The San Francisco call., 1909-10-17

of rough going. these have proved a
great advantage over the freight teams.
GAINS IN COMPARISON
An ordinary army supply wagon
drawn by four mules or horses carries
a maximum of $500 pounds. One ami
MAJ going lame, or one wheel becoming
stuck, puts the entire equipment out
OF commission. motor truck, as
demonstrated in European armies, as
We'll rs our own maneuvers, can carry
twice as much. will go three times as
fast with a tenth the risk of becoming
disabled. 1t costs less to run and
does away with the necessity of divid-
ing the load between supplies for
troops and feed for so many horses or
mules.
The same conditions apply to the
ordinary traffic of any large city. For
instance, the largest army transporta-
tion truck occupies but 20 feet of road
space or about third of that re-
quired for a team capable of drawing
but half it's load. 1t is needless TO
point out the economical advantages TO
be derived from this fact. especially
IN point of relieving congestion about
those centers from which emanate
large amount of merchandise await
ing transportation, either to or from
the store.
The use OF the motor truck also
serves 10 relieve the congestion along
the main thoroughfares Of any large
city Its ease of operation. ira ction
power and carrying capacity enables
II to thread a maze Of vehicles and
land its cargo with greater celebrity
than could be hoped for either from a
four or six horse team.
IN MINING INDUSTRY
The application of the auto trick to
the mining industry serves again TO
illustrate its advantages. Here again,
the vehicle is put to Its seVerest tests.
Few, if any. find any better road in
the rough mining centers than the
ordinary freight wagon. yet in Mexico
whole trains of these trucks are trans
porting maximum loads of ore over
long distances at a cost of but a frac-
tion of that entailed in the mainte-
nance of horses and mules.
Despite the fact that these subjects
have been fully solved in manner
calculated to demonstrate the great
advantage of power trucks over horse
delivery, San Francisco is at the bot
tom of the list OF cities that have
aNailed themselves of this great econ
omy. The only solution that can be
offered TO the problem is a hesitancy
about leaving the beaten paths of Gus
tom and an acceptance OF the latest
methods in lieu of the old.
If the auto truck has proved a sue
cess in direct competition with the
horse and wagon in its own clement
on rough roads and with heavy loads
what might be expected of its ap-
plication over paved streets?
TIME VERSUS TIME
sample of the application of power
driven means of delivery in lieu of the
old method is given in the experience
of an agent of the Adams express COM
pany some years ago in Pittsburg.
The company placed an electric de-
livery wagon in suburb of the city
of smoke This wagon was equipped
with iron tires The first snowfall
came. The agent telephoned the sub
agent for information regarding the
starting of the delivery wagons on the
morning succeeding the snow The
subagent telephoned that the horses
were not out yet, but that the cleo
tric delivery had made two trips, but
it was impracticable, because ii had
taken three-quarters of an hour to put
sharp corks on the wheels. At 1 80 that
afternoon the subagent telephoned that
the horses were out On inquiry as TO
what kept the horses in, the subagent
replied that it was because they were
being sharp shod. Asked when the pro-
ceeding began the agent was informed
that it had been going on since a. m.
You told me the auto delivery was
impracticable beca use it required three
quarters of an hour to put corks on
the tires. and it has taken six or seven
hours to sharp shoe the horses" re-
piled the agent.
oh -." replied his subordinate
we have always been doing that way"
ECONOMY IN ELECTRICITY
In adopting the power truck in lieu
of the horse and wagon it has been
found that within the city, where cleo
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