The sun., 1910-05-29
TESTS FOR FHE MOTOR WAGON
As THE USER 90 TT REGARDS
THE VEHICLE.

some aS the Experiences af These Wh0
Have Changed Prem H0Ns 20
IaehIns Greater MIleaGe. speed
EeoOOpy Ana Rsllabnlsy N Easlaes.
Two things the user Of commercial
motor vehicles demands. reliability and
sconomy. probably the former even more
/. than the latter The advantages that
motor trucks must show over horse drawn
vehicles are these two, and the manuRae-
turer. brewer. coal dealer. department
store man. grocer or what not asks first
Of all 10 be shown that the truck can bs
depended upon. The day when the
sromidic aOh. the automobile h always
breaking dOwn' goes for the commercial
vehicle too has long passed.
Those manufacturers who really turn
out motor trucks and delivery wagons
don't get complaints about reliability
A and power to stand the wear. Those
7theFa Who merely put a motor truck body
5n a pleasure car chassis are apt 10 get
hovh from those 20 whom they cell their
product; but these ears cannot be
chased with genuine motor trucks any
more than . lot Of junk hastily tOsosd to-
gethsr IL entitled 20 be considered In the
sane olaas with q carefully tested pleasure
car.
When the agent of q company selling
motor trucks Roes IN 10 Sc q man who
has plenty Of hoFas drawn vehicles and
advances his arguments toward making
Hchange. what does he say? The chances
are he tella that manufacturer or merchant
that no can inoFease the radius Of his de-
hveries BY many per cent. He tells him
he can show increased reliability on
both long and short hauls. Ne shove him
where he can % away with relay points
for the relief Of teams.
|. He shows how gAsOlene. u that is the
power. or electricity. as the case nav be.
compares in cost with feed; how drivers
may Be made into chauReurs; how one
garage is cheaper than many sets Of
stables; how motors dCn't fall aick-very
often--or die, and how much greater
is the capacity Of one motor truck than
Of many wagons and how much greater
il the speed Of tho engine than the plod-
ding Rait of the horse.
n a department store attempted, for
Instance. ta send horse out over a route
" ITO miles in the course Of the day. what
would becume Of that horse in the course
Of week. u it lived that long? We, there
10 big department store in New York
that has a route Of that lesgth. served
hsndily and capably by the motor truck
The increased radius Of delivery means
-
a. rule. mean greater income.
The automobile salesman goes into the
Office Of the other fellow prepared to
meet all objections. The motor truck
isnt a. easily amenable 10 changes In
the weather a. 10 the horse Generally
speaking. a heavily loaded truck won't
SKID IN wet pavements and can work
its way through snowy streets Il can
cliab hillS with a heavier load than ever
A team Of horsss can. and with any sort
II free way can make great speed with
. little danger. II iE ever 80 much handler
IN the short hanls.
down a street the other dAy Nhen he
came 10 A place where building was going
on 4 tr,ickman was hacking up 10 the
sIdewalk a load Of building materials.
The auto salesman and his friend stopDed
20 look u took the driver. and a skiiful
man az that. about fifteen minutes 70 WorS
the hOVss hack 10 that the wagon was IN
the plaee he wanted Il 70 be-. -See
thar aid the saIssnlan, sand then com
naFe L With the hnndinesr Ot motor
That thing would have been done In two
minutes with an automobile. and that's
aIIOwina plenty OF le8wAy. Tbs motor
truck ia time saver and it's on that basis
that we are selling a Joe OF them.
The experience Of express companies
with the motor trucks ~ perhaps the nes'
line on their worth because they do Z
heavier line OF steady work than almost
any other sort Of business except the
elanartment sloTes. One cypress com
nqny cOmuarsd the work done BY nifty
three double wagons a. against forty
AUTOMOBILES tr1icks. arriving AZ q cOnclu'
sion Of p per cent. saving IN favor Of th'
motors
The horas drawn wagons were these
Thirty-nine three ton wagons a. 81.
apiece, totalling Si4.5l7. hvs two toi
wagons costing sS7o tS apiece. total o
A,6a7i5. and nine one ton wagons al
ks7R NJ. a total OF 81. al. .e0. To draw thes'
were employed 2i7 horses az an average
urice of $40. This horse item mad
kae stn TA@ -etA ~ double harness a
Rs came 10 a. SIS These items Of wagons
horses and equipment amounted q
e6a 69i O5
fhe opsrating expenses we're figures
thus: Interest on 80 6si OS a. per cent.
Es iSi S5 Depreciation OF the stock was
"A -. the wagons 10 per cent. Of tie.OO5 O5
or a. 900 90. on the horses. ~ per cent
of ~. go. or ~. .003 -. and on the harness
IL nsg cent. Of q. 3sS. or es3a ~. 10 FEED
2i2hOr~es az t2e 20 a month took SsI a2a ~
Fifty-three drivers AZ ssS a month 90
g, ai $40. and a. many helpers At tl5 mOntl
took s2s. SO These Items brought th'
total % horse operation 20 sito.0TiO5.
Here s the case for the motor truck
There we're ten three ton trucks a. y, 80
which made SO OO0. and thirty two TOT
trucks AZ S. 90. making 800, 90 EAtrl
fittings and extra parts made $3.50 :
more a total of running stock Of sitO.
$40 N This vas more than tWioB the COS
Of the horse equipment, ~ the magnitude
Of the actual saving on operation. sum
Gent 20 bring In nearly Is per cent
reduction IN annual expenses, is marked
The operating expenses included the
psr cent interest on the cost Of instalia
lion an item of sT.O2sH Fuel. oil. tires
repairs. renewals. &c, cost SO ee9 81
The Rara g employed Ave men a. helpers
costing WOsO The forty drivers OF IN
motor cars got t8s a month, an item o
9si no and the helpers. at sis q month
cost t2l go The total Of operation 70
the motor trucks " e. ais. DO2 ".
The saving 10 favor Of the motor trucks