The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-29
EVENTUALLY MOTOR TRUCKS
Statesmen RELIEVE THRY
WILL OUTLASF AL.

varSsw Reasons Cited why Thh RoEm e
Haalmg Rhsula Drive IN maEss
Frum o. elFests-llgh Oaue atrongs
est OoJectSsa NlAaS 10 u JGst Now.
Ths nan Whs saIlp commercial vehicles
sincerely believes that In tho course Of
time the motor truck win supplant all
bOrss drawn convSyancsa. He doesn't
think that every ono Who now employs
horses In his truoking work WIN come
around voluntarily % squploytDg che ma
chine. bllt 10 doss feel that the pruaraus
II the campaign az the motor truck will
leave No chnioa % a HuaAll group og there
Who bold oub sgninse ths mIaehine.
Every yeAr." mys . aalas Manager for
one 81 ~ leading companies. @ths city d
sprsadine fEeAar out toward tho country
districts. II b growing up toward The
bronx and cut aloAg Long Ialand and
over toward New IsEusy and down into
8eatsn Island The parsons WAo live IN
tAoas dlHtiOts wunb 10 have tn goods they
buy IN the city delivered 10 them with
aonS degree Of prompeitnda. he motor
truck "a the hight answer 20 that problem,
because the commercial vshiolo can cover
these territories and stiil not sc beyond
its proper radius.
One large departments store or some
thing oS the soge puis IN . Wseam Of auto
mehils delivery. Some wAoleaale butcher
decides 20 cover hls outlying territory that
way. Some Wholesale gEoosg lsarns he
can increase his clientele by adding rapid
delivery 70 his OthaR lnduoamaats. In
every case this means an advantage over
a FivalwhO doesn't ugs the motor truck.
trying to Sc his way clear 10 going into
tho same line.
There b whege 10 come IN. and We Ree
q customer who probably didn't have the
alightsst idea Of coming in with ~. There
are plenty Of folks who are opposed 10
the motor truck and who cannot sss
Ito advantages. but they may Be forced
hy the action Of Soms chief rival to under
take the very step that IN objected 70,
This IA in line with what Ia said about con-
ditions forcing many to become our Gus
toners.
Even % thoae who are stubborn 10
he very last circumstances may force
them 70 the decision 10 take up the motor
truck. Every year the stable becomes
lses and Len desirable. The districts
downtown and iu ths middle parts Of tho
city Whars stables are become more uss-
"a Tor oshsg sOrts q bulldinRs Il IL a
BIG los % any hrm mailing uss Of horse
dawn vehicles 20 have thass stables q
lOnR distances away from the districts In
whith arc thslF principal usea. II store
n dawn IN tie ehopping district and its
stable In Tho Bsonx ahsES 10 q great waste
Of energy thars.
Rants are advancing on stable proper
ties. IN the city. Feed IL becoming
higher and the cost Of harness 10 going
up. Thoas are itsma that mount up In
tho oass Of stables where many horses
As1 hspt. Then. again. and this 10 q very
nlg item. the charaoesr Of the pavemsnts
4 more fitted for commercial trucks and !
Ices for the horse.
The more aSphSltinR. the better for
tho truck. The wet asphalt IL bad enough
foF the motor. although the heavily loaded
oar will not skid much. " az all, but for
n horse doing heavy trucking u 10 pretty
near an inpOasibiiity.
IAN thess things are combining to
hring more and more persona around 20
oar way Of thinking and when once they
naGin figuring on the motor instead OF
the horse. they realize how many are the
advantages Of the former. A. time goes
90 and more folks 90 in for motor trucks.
the horse owners will md new situation
arise. With the circ1maoHibed field, the
urioes Of feed and h0rss supplies will adj
Vnncs even further. Every big city will
30 this thing. Eventually. the man
who has the horse-draWn vehicles viii
rsaliES that he is really. paying more for
the horse than h@ would for the motor
and be will make The change.
Every condition esems 20 me % bs
vUrking IN favor Of this. Take for in
canoe West strest on q busy day. The
ulacs - iammed and crowded with wagons
r1eing along slowly and held up chiefly /
through their number. Substitute FOR |
two OF three Of these one motor truck |
and Immediately the congestion ceases
and yet the same amount Of work h done. |
This h feasible and valid suggestion too. /
because more than OHs Of these trucks |
70 be found in the press Of tEAiio is from |
some large house which daily sends out |
hundreds Of them. West street has been |
repmved 20 that 10 the best thing for /
motors. and IL u a good bet that before |
long the street win have them in the ma
jorfty instead Of in tho minority. a. n
the case nov.
sEsSh sSason ussa an increase in the
number Of makers Of motor trucks. You /
might almost cay that thsrs are a. many
motor TRUCKS A. thero are manufacturers
~ automobiles in general. In my trips
around &C. any number OF new trucks
pOppinR oft upon the market. The makers
see ehe Bald there IL for them and in thsir
saRsrnass % Est into the field they arc
really doing the consumers great good.
The stronger the composition among
the manufacturers the lower the prices
win 90. ! expect 20 see soon that the
prioes Of these trucks Of all grades viii
10 within reach Of the very smallest users,
This viii have TO be done II the motor
truck Ia % como into universal Use, az i
or two wagons which serve q very small
territory "a "A rood a customer 70 have
- any, and we don't want 20 waif unth
b. d forced by the high prices Of feed.
aSmblinR and harness 20 come % ~. We
.gmnf % get him before that and make
~ IN turn help us 20 get Others.
NJ isn 70 an easy thing 90 got the biggest
nm 70 make the changes from horse
rgWer 20 motor power. Take for in
stance a man who has forty or fifty teAma
He hna q bag stable and employs q lot
= men who know all about horses. n
he inaealia one OF two motor trucks a.
an experiment. thess trucks GET all the
worst of 10 from the start The stable
men. who are opposed 20 them on pTin-
n1uia, miHhandIe them. I've known Of
N-Bss where ells machine was deliberately
s1wstipd IN order 10 set the impraa1ion