The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-01-25
AIR vs.. HORSE.
The Horse as Motive Power MUST no"
Give Way to Air.

are numbered. The horse must 60
A big corporation, headed by Joseph
Letter and Richard Croker, has been
formed to establish a compressed a'r
motive power system, aud trucks,
carriages aud every form Of wheel
vehic now drawn by horse will be
operated by the new motive po' er
system. Mr.. Croker explains the
plans and purposes Of this company
| in the New York Journal. The Jour
nal says:
Richard Croker smiled blandly and
rubbed his hands together in genial
way when asked yesterday if it was
true that he was at the head of many
million dollar scheme to exploit CUM
pressed air as motive power in New
York city. Yes, he replied,
"Joseph Letters information TO the
Journal on that puint is a solutely
correct. am Que Of the incorpora-
tors of the New York Auto Truck
c,ml any, aud We intend to do gen.
eral trucking business in New York,
Brooklyn, Jersey City and the suburbs
adjacent to those cities. L. think L
can safely predict the doing ava" with
the present methods Of trucking by
the use of horses.
"We shall give the present truck
men an opportunity to join our enter
prise, and will make this company a
corporation owned by the people OF
our city.
"ln my opinion the horse as pet,
for pleasure driving, speeding pur-
poses, and as play toy in general,
will for all time hold place in the
affections Of mankind, but for busi-
ness purposes-the carriage of freight,
passengers and drayage along the
wharves and piers and in the streets
of our cities aud larger towns-he
must recede before the advance of
civilization and the requirements Of
the present inventive age.
LAS population becomes more dense,
while the business portions of our
communities cannot, for obvious rea-
sons, readily be expanded, the public
welfare REQUIRES a relief from the con
gestion of the streets, and that every
possible measure be taken to aid in
the sanitation Of cities. In the sub
stitution of auto trucks and vehicles
for the work horse | believe we have
found great aid in the solution Of
these vital problems.
.Self-propellipg vehicles will allow
the city Of New York to be one of the
most beautiful cities in the world: as
the pavement can then all be asphalt
ed. The removal of the horses will
also obviate the wear on the pave
ment.
"Thc new plan will greatly facilitate
the handling Of freight and will relieve
the congestion Of the streets: it will
also create field for organized labor.
cit will remove the dilapidated
buildings now occupied by stables and
hamshacklc storage buildings, which
will be supplanted by fine: elegant,
FIRE proof structures.
"The carting of coal in Greater New
York, while representing an annual
expenditure of s7,5OO,OOO, is only a
small part Of the enormous amount
expended in New York for the hand.
ling Of freight aud goods.
,;Our New York Auto-Truck COM
pany is composed Of solid business
and mechanical men. The incorpora-
tors arc Senator Arthur 2. German,
of Baltimore; Nathan Straus, propri
etor of the r. H. Macy Il Co. store,
New York: Lewis Nixon, designer OF
our navy, president of the East River
Bridge commission, and also proprl-
ctor of the Crescent ship yards, at
Elizabeth. y. j.; Joseph H. Hoadley,
owner Of the Hoadley Knight com
pressed air system, now being installed
BY the Metropolitan Street Railway
company on their cross-town lines.
and myself.
,.slr. HoadIcy is the president OF
the company We Incorporated yes
terday in New Jersey at lo,eOo, 600.
The sum is only intended to repre-
sent capitalization sufficient to prop
crly organize the business, after which
the necessity will require large IN
crease Of capital.
The New York Auto-Truck COM
pany will use compressed air as It's
motive power. The international Air
Power company, owned By the letter
Eothschild syndicate, Will do the
manufacturing for the company at
their Providence and Worcester shops.