It was made with four strong iron wheels with grooved tires of rubber, so that the roughest ground could be traveled over.
The body of the wagon was of thinly rolled but tough steel.
The interior was quite spacious and vigorously divided up into various uses.
A coal bunker was provided upon the sides of the wagon.
Over these were cushioned seats, easily made into sleeping bunks.
Forward by the high dasher was a compartment for the storing of provisions and any necessary stores.
But the most wonderful of all was the canopy or top which covered the wagon.
This was made of thin but bullet-proof plates of steel arranged like a window-lattice, so that by touching a spring the four sides would promptly roll up, leaving the wagon open on all sides.
When the lattice work was down loopholes were provided in it by means of which shots could be fired at an attacking foe.
Altogether the new Steam Horse was a wonderful invention and quite a safe equipage to travel across the plains of the wild West with.