The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-18
COWWERfIM VEHICIFS.
The Bui,t for Hu.in->s Anton, obiIr ansi
Its nniisierS.

The Erabow.kN Power Wagon company
recently investigated the delivery system
Of department store E-lng thtrtN -four
: horses. hft--n wagon fifteen driver, and
fifteen helpers Figuring up m" cost III the
horses aud wagons. harness. feed. shooting
; reps ring and wages the total OF the .,Iulr-
: ment and hv- wears expense Vas SIS Gno
The 6rhbow-kJ company then ngur".l
"a hat would b." the co-t Of nVe 'TrI'ks iuaI.
'tr-s. oil. Liability and tire insuTrnrr. Hht"h
UI- not added 10 the other table" and
som. other details 10 replace IN" other
service II came to ST. 97i ~. The saving
IN favor of RI. AUTOMOBILE" vas 80 SEA 80
or about sSIs each week
when the Packard COMPANY sends ouf
picture Of one OF VI motor trucks ~ i ia
action dong something. not posed against
the side Of q binding or represented - fresh
from m" fh'rorY Folks z"t accustomed
10 seeing Packard trucks hauiug thing,
ana gong about their proper work
Three hundred aud ihIT'y-on" CONF lnI"-
IN nin"'y-thr-. line OF business have.
bought Packard trU. - about hall Of all
the trucks sold are repeat orders ty com
panl-s that bought on" or two to start with
The Landssn COMPANY has figures of a
great many department stores IN the "l'y
which make Use of their equipment ~
years back and then number ~ "a rtuuAl
orders Increasing Nth th. sea >on- N.
solid rubber tire. OIL The lansi"n cars ara
Mt very loX COS Tire costs. however
are much greater than other charges on the
machines. even batteries. 80 that the average
for the l.ansdrn II very small indeed n i
n car of rcOnomy ami Wearing qualities
\ letter zen; recently TO he Garfori
company in flyrta, ohio, from an Atlantic
city Arm gives this description Ul sem.
special ~"rVic" done 10y Gartort car
We started from Atlantic tIty December
n n pf hnHi-nEnlI t.
weighing over two tons to 10 lrlt'"r",i Ia
Oak Lane Pa and arrived back 20 Atlantic
trip. and the ma. hine only used nineteen
gallons 81 ga-ol-ns On tn" f"llowing
morning, December ~. "" ~iart"d from
ami arrived at the Cry Hall IN Philadelphia
after making two deliveries on our WY,
at r NJ and the ney' morning We finished
the trip 10 OAK Lane
Truck and livery men III Buffalo were
the n Goodrich Company, dealers IN
automobile tires. pu' Franklin one ton
,rGd I H. had been hsnh. bu ih,- Nm
through outside vehicles bu' they decided
10 nae truck IN an effort =" r"iu-" eN-
pen--- The truck makes all kIndS Of 'riJ-.
carries cypress matter and makes dclivrrI--
Of goods To all part- II IN" ci'y IN" MAN
axer. II u N,bh-tte. says that no, only
has there been a saving IN expense. bat hat
Their. has been imprOv smen' IN the handling
OF freight and much more prompt delivery
The Warren Motor Gar COMPANY which I
has ust begun 20 turn ou' such m"dcl-.
has found h'g demand Tor Va" liEh' de-
livery car with a us" pound capacity h"
fr-t 81 these Warren ears scr. -hipp@d To-
the East but they are now coming through
'hs Local is,tSry ~ ,t .S"s .nsB ,cc.,,.,
for special work by some Detroit news
papers which found them desirable for III"
delivery Of payers to outside districts
Things that a business man should know /
before buyinz commercial Vehicles ar"
First what ,hr,r expenses and de
business results produced by the horses
second-Thai the design and make ~
truck ~ mechanically correct. not accord |
ing 10 pleasure car -tanda ri-. for there - ,
as much difference in the u.c. enec, On .
Materials. DC between the two types a.
Third That back ~ the truck there Is !
9 factory and company mechanically and /
financially able 20 insure its future sta
bility. NJ that repair parts may Toe had AT all !
times. and that he can alwsys depend on |
getting trucks from IN" same company
In Kansas City recently a horse drawn |
vehicle carrying heavy load Of alfalfa |
S ago pounds left the Kansas city railroad |
station simultaneously, zach bound IN
delivered his load eleven miles distant ,
truck was again loaded with SEQ bounds
NJ alfalfa for the fafmsr for whom th.. horse |
drawn vehicle had started on Its nr~t trip |
~ the SAMPSON reached iiS destination |
ten miles from Kansas Clty the driver 81 !
III" four horse team had just started to I
lnlOad While the horse vehicle was de
,iysrinR .7'O pounds n distance Of ten miles
the sampson truck carried two loads ag-
zregating II-SsO pounds tveniy-One miles
In tho endurance contest about San Frnn-
ri~co for automobile trucks the Carierrsr
"a nod unique honOTs ~ lost its perfect
score by pulling under the wire seven min
Iss- ahead Of time The car waited OIr-
side ~ IdOrs Park for nearly one hour and
thirty minutes. and then tho driver pulled
over the lire through a Misunderstanding
NJ time and was fneh seven points for 20
ioiHR The Carfsrcar truck 10 in the half
ION class IL carried it- load for - cents
. ton mile DfYiCial figures were based
IpOn q ton hut the trucks themselves are
10 carry only half ton A
IualIv oH~rHiiry. the Gnrt"r"sr costs only |
.. ,..nt- mile 10 carry - "np1ritv