Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-19
MOTOR CARS IN BUSINESS
4 Factor in the Development of Com
munitieS, Commercially N ,
Individually.

we are beginning to realize the scope OF
Me commercial automobile. 1t is opening
VI the country. Suburban real estate Is
Neing developed in a marvellous manner
farms in the vicinity OF cities which
brought from $50 to $40 an acre a few
years ago are now divided into villa plots
and bring twenty-five times their original
value. The automobile is populating the
mountain tops; 1t Is aking travellers TO
every attractive nature spot. 1t is making
r~oadhouses of summer r%esrorts.
The farmer, through his familiarity with
the gasoline engine, has been quick to see
the possibilities Of the automobile. He, is
putting it to untold uses. II q threshing
machine breaks down, the hands are de-
layed but a few hours while the broken
part is whisked thirty miles to a repair
shop. City concerns which have extensive
territory to cover are rapidly adopting the
automobile. Horses are rendered worse
than useless by billiards and heavy slush,
but the automobile delivery trucks have
demonstrated that they are capable OF
weathering conditions which no horse
driver would attempt to master. The auto
mobile relieves the horse Of the misery OF
slippery, hard pavements, the drudgery OF
hot streets and the cruelty Of drivers. The
motor ambulance brings first aid to the
injured. A complete emergency fire de-
partment-ladders, chemicals and hose
comes to your assistance swiftly and
surely aboard a single, self-propelled con-
veyance. Public safety has been greatly
increased at the time of riot or mob by
the almost instant transportation Of large
numbers of police to the scene of trouble.
The motorcycle will probably solve the
question Of policing our cities.
This was how the automobile aided q
business. In the same storm period at
Worcester. an automobile coal truck helped
keep people from suffering discomfort by
being on the move when most everything
else was not. The road conditions were
miserable-snow, slush, ice. The truck,
with its six-ton load, kept going con-
stantly. An official of the coal company
said; III the work could INV been done
by horses It would have taken five double
teams to displace the automobile" When
the heat wave was at its height last sum-
mer a hot place was Washington. D. c. A
wholesale paper company found 1t neces-
sary to deliver goods to suburbs OF the
capital, Georgetown, Tenallytown and
Chevy Chase. Under cool weather condi-
lions. with a first-class horse, that would
have been a days work. The car made
the trip, all deliveries, and was back at
the store in less than three hours. As for
the financial end-and that is the part the
business man is most interested in-the
president Of the paper company declares
that the car is saving him SIS a month.
A laundry man Of Orange, N. j., volun-
teers the Information that a light open
motor delivery wagon does the work Of
two horses and to date its up-keep aver
ages S2H a week. less than one-half the
keep Of one horse. without counting wagon,
harness and wear and tear. A load is de-
livered in from one TO four hours less than
with horse service. and the longer the
route the more time is saved. II Is always
ready to go and requires no high priced
man to run It. A manufacturer In Denver
drove a car eighty-five miles IN something
over twenty-four hours, passing the range
and attaining an altitude OF about 1000
feet. Through the Rockies he repeatedly
started and stopped in deep sand. Expert
ments which proved successful have just
been completed after something over a
years trial by a Syracuse wholesale wine
and liquor merchant. He found that with
a motor truck he could cover more terri
tory with less expense than with three or
four horses. His machine is costing him
about $3.50 per month for oil and gasoline,