The sun., 1910-05-29

Instances of TIE BoEt In he last paragraph
above. Tho dapartmnnt stores have
found that they were alba 10 serve Q
much wider radius and that they could
get their goods further along with the
preliminary delivery than ever before.
For instance there u a hrm that serves
now q large part Of Long Island thas
formerly Was out of the question. Goods
are sent out 10 q VelayinE point and then
forwarded BY auto trucks 70 the ,pur-
chasers. Az for tho deliveries down
toward Consy Island and in the Borough
Of Richmond. they have been materially
improved since the dry goods and depart
mont folks pua In complete motor truoh
service.
One Of the leading brewers II enthu-
siastic over the resultB that have been
Obtained through motor trucks in bis
line. aNince W. started In aAid he.
sthinRH have gone along 20 that We never
have had The least regret over the changed
motor power In fact We are mighty well
pleased that We shifted from horses. The
enormous loads that We have 70 carry IN
order 10 serve any great route have made
Il necessary for us tO mako improve
ments In the way of delivering kegs and
barrels. We can pile a motor truck away
up and put q load on Il that Il would take
many horses 10 handle. Then when the
load is under way Ne know there win
not be delays.
spsrhaps We have had exceptional lnck
with our trucks, but We have had only
small bills for repairs. Tho trucks are
called upon 20 sustain great loads. but
thew have met every requirement 20 far.
| Ordinarily a brewer has about all the
business he can handle when he has any
established trade. and We thought before
] l.. esasahua ahgt
distributing all we ever would: but since
then. with the increased mileage and
capacity Of our trucks. We have increased
our business
A grocer whose business imt very
large but who used t6 have three or four
wagons has replaced them now with
two motor delivery wagons and hndR
a material decrease in cost % mainten-
ance aud growth in eiiiciency. He
finds that by sending these wagons Od
on separate routes, that just about divide
his territory in two. he can accomplish
more work with the motors than with
the hOrsaa The decrease Ia cost under
the conditions. 10 all the more Acccptabla
20 him.
There are all sorts of favorable stories
10 be had from almost all those Who have
invested IN motor trucks and the growing
number Of concerns making them 4
perhaps the most significant featurV
Of this new departure. There 70 just one
common cause of complaint among the
motor truck JRers and that Il Ocoaai onally
becaIMs Of high repair bills.
The makers have investigated theae
complaints when brought 70 their notice
and have found in the majority Of oAsea
that the fault u In OverloadinR the wagon
There u a hxsd weight limit for theae
ca1 and a ixed limit of their capacity
A motor will make its hest effort always
u haul what il " called upon 20 haul
and yeTv often II results that the vehicle
70 atrained hadiy through ovegloading
The manufacturers. or some of them
have reaorted 10 the device of under.
estimating the load for the cars knowing
that there probably will hs some excess
in weight. and In that wav have succeeded
In keening the users within the proper
limit - the machine