The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-01
FOR HEAVY HAULING
LIVERPOOL SELF PROPELLED
TRAFFIC ASSOCIATION MAKES
SEVERE TESTS
OF HEAVY HoRsELEss VANS
Results OF Recent Of
fetal Trials at LiyerpooI-Enor-
nous Leads Drawn Up Grades
Where the Heaviest qFeams of
Horses Would Fail - Motor Cars
Climb Hills Most SuecessfulIy.


LIVERPOOL, Sept. 12--Whether it
means the doom of the horse as
draught animal, is what all this part of
the world is wondering Long ago France,
England and finally America reluctantly
made up their minds that the advance
of the automobile would do away with
OIL. gentle friend as q motive power
for Pleasure and light driving. Now on
the heels of, the automobile cabs, and
drags, and runab bouts, and pl1aetons, and
coaches, and so forth-come automobile
trucks. For some years men have believed
tina, perhaps steam, or electricity, or con-
densed air, or petroleum. or another
wholly mechanical motive power might be
properly and successfully used in light
traffic, but they have looked to horses for
strong hauling. Certainly the horses were
never bred that could have accomplished
in the same time and at the same eX-
pense what the 'autotrucks" chat is the
name which has been given to then1)
did the other day in their o.flcial trials
here.
To deliver merchandise direct rom the
ship to the shopkeeper; to do away with
the many landings and transfers now
nece ssary in shipping goods; to tie Liver
pool more closely to New York and Chi
cago to bring all the worlds centers of
trade and industry nearer and easier
these were the ultimate aims Of the sec
ond contest between autotrucks held by
the Liverpool Self-Propelled Traffic as
ISOLATION.
Five systems of heavy horselass vans
~, 9Th
and they scored in consequence the most
notable successes that the automobile has
ever registered in all the world as an
industrial agent. People said it was i'm
possible that the mammoth autocars
could ascend hills rising one foot in nine
while bearing total OF more than seven
tons in weight; but il was done, and
one system mas two gold medals to prove
that the autocar can rapidly go up and
down rocky sleeps win heavy loads,
where the strongest teams of horses
would slip and stall and fall.
Everton Brow is the speepest and most
difficult hill in Liverpool, and its equal
can hardly be found in all the United
Kingdom. 1t is paved at different points
with macadam asphaltum, stone and
WOOD, all OIL winch are lHOEe OF less Try
ing in a test of this kind on a steep
gradient. In addition, it takes three
turns, one of them being an acute angle,
and had the road been made to- order
as a hill-terrified, it could hardly have
better served it's trying purpose. Three
separate hill-climbng tests were made on
the first of the three days of trial.
AS starter each wagon was sent UP
empty and down again. Then they We're
loaded with sacks of corn, and in each
trip up and down the car was stopped by
signal on the most precipitous part of the
rise and descent. To ada to the difficult
undertaking, the hill was watered in its
-steepest portions and on the 'sharpest
turns. Some of the FIVE cDntesting cars.
Slowed around with their hind wheels
and skidded bit on the difficult turns
and two of them had to make q double
start before they got away for the climb.
One of the heavy vehicles threw the spec
tators into fever of excitement by a
threatened bolt when on the most danger
Gus part of the hill, and a runaway, an
upset and steam explosion seemed i'm
minent for a minute or two. But Ire
driver stuck pluckily to his fractions
mount, and, by whirling it In a back
ward circle. was at last able to bring
the vehicle under control to try again,
and successfully. 1t was the most excit-