Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-07
Auto Truck
Fast Crowding
Out Old Darby
Machine for Heavy Hauling Has Ad-
vantages Over the Horse that
Are Winning.

These days show the benefits of the
motor car as a freight carrier in COMPARE
son with the horse-drawn frelght-carrying
vehicles.
Plying between New York and Newark.
New York and Yonkers, and points on
Long island, are various freight-carrying
auto trucks, which run at a speed of ten
to twenty miles an hour. These trucks
boWl along with tremendous loads piled on
them, and make the journey three times
as fast as horses can and with, of course.
little effort, whereas the horses are seen
staggering in the hot sun, and the Door
beasts are objects of pity to those who
know that they can be dispensed with
safely at this stage of the automobile
making business.
The auto truck takes only half the room
that the horse-dIawn vehicle does. and Il
has been proved by the merchants OF Ro-
chester and other cities that It is far
cheaper to use automobiles h to use
horses.
Postmaster Edward M. Morgan, known
as New York's business postmaster In
talking with the writer at Asbury park
recently in regard to the efforts and ex-
rlmen the New York Postoffice has
made In automobile mall delivery, said:
we nave proved to our satisfaction
mat the postal delivery is a
success, and 1 might say 1t is not onlv
a success. but it is also a wonderful saw
ing, both in time and money. We can de-
liver mail faster and cheaper today with
the motor truck than we possibly could
with the horse-drawn vehicles. and too
II saves a tremendous amount of space al
the rear of the postoffice. The saving. of
course, in stable and feed room is also
an important item, as, you know, a bale
OF nay VIII take up more room than a
barrel of gasoline, and is not so easily
handled but the stable room is a matter
OF concern, especially as New York gets
more crowded, and land gets dearer.
i expect" said Mr.. Morgan, ito see
nearly all our mail handled by tomob
delivery where, of course. the tube is not
used which is also a tremendous time
saver and an ~undoubted success. II IS
doubtful to my mind IL we will see much
more of the horse, as the airshiu is com
Ing along, and who knows but what we
VIII be carrying mail in aeropIanes or
dirigibles? I would certainly not at this
time say that we will be doing s.. in ten
years"
The automobile from a sanitary stand
punt also Olters something to be consid-
ered' and then again comes the question
OF street cleaning and street repair work.
AS everybody knows, this is a large item
In New York City, and, in fact, in all
cities. 1t is the ironshod vehicle and the
horse that draws it that is responsible for
most Of the street disintegration, as the
automobile does not cut up the streets OF
New York, which, for the most part. are
made of material that cannot be cut ex-
eept from a continual chipping by the
iron tires and the sharp horseshoe.
From a street cleaning viewpoint. II is
the /horse that provides most Of the re-
ruse that has to be swept up and carted
away Besides, doctors have declared that
disease spreads from the refuse so dis
tributed throughout the streets, and which
Is blown in all directions by the wind
when dry.
II will mean the saving of millions Of
dollars in street repairing and street clean
Ing when the horse is eliminated from the
streets of New York and the automobile
takes its place. II will mean the saving
Of miles Of room between the Battery and
the Bronx, and that item alone must be
considered.
The day OF the automobile has arrived.
and the day Of the horse is fast receding.-
New York Globe.