struction.Nevertheless, the car was of such great weight that itsbuilders thought it necessary to mount it on four, four-wheeled trucks. Because of its extreme weight and themanner in which it was mounted, it rode . . . poorly. The trucks were equipped with broad tread wheelsto enable the car to… … THE FUNERAL CARPhoto taken at Chicago on the Lake Front, near Park Row, May 1, 1865, while on theway to Springfield with Mr. Lincolns remains. LINCOLN LORE James T. Barkley of San Diego, California, in hisreminiscences published in the New York Times, De-cember 13, 1930, wrote: In December, 1863, I…
