Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-11
Horses and Wagons Passing
Out, and the Motor Truck
Takes Their Places.

AS the logical means of transporta-
ton of every kind and all kinds of mer-
chandise, the motor truck has firmly dem
onstrated its superiority over horse-drawn
vehicles both in point of service and cost
of operation. Statisticians of national
fame have from time to time compiled
facts and figures that leave no room for
doubt, and actual experience has proven
to the skeptical buyer that the CONNER
cial motor vehicle is not an expensive
experiment but an adequate and econom-
zeal means of transportation. Verify the
day Of the horse has passed.
Pictured above are two Velie trucks.
The large one is one of the twenty-five
Velie trucks owned by the Pullman Pal
ace Car Company, which are used for
the transportation of steel, iron, raw ma
terials that are used in the building of
Pullman cars. The lower one is a small
Velie delivery wagon, in use by St.
Louis baker for carrying his wares to
different parts of the city. These tive
cars show fair comparison of the uses
to which a motor truck can be put And
almost any factory has a car to meet
every purpose from the lightest delivery
wagon to the most massive truck that
could possibly be needed for transporta-
ton purposes.
Trucks Cost Less Money.
It can be demonstrated very easily that
gasoline truck delivery is more econom-
ical than horse delivery. when conditions
are right. OF course, unless a man can
displace at least two-horse teams with
truck, it is not advisable to get one, un-
less the truck gives him a. greater radius
and thus a chance to increase his bust
ness. When there is enough work to keep
truck busy all the time, it will pay
for itself many times over
Hills offer no terrors to the modern
truck. They will pull any hill horse
can pull. They can go over any road
that a horse drawn vehicle can. In fact,
it has been proven that motor truck
can go in places where no horses could
pull a wagon. The wonderful service
that a truck can give through snow and
slush is hard for one to believe who has
not seen one In action under blizzard
conditions. There are a number of in
stances in the past few years where mo-
tor trucks have made remarkable records
roads, covered with snow drifts that
would seem almost impossible.
Service All the Year.
With modern service departments, the
truck gives practically 365-day service per
year OF course. inexperienced drivers
give some trouble, but the manufacturers,
by studying drivers as well as motor
trucks, have rendered them nearly fool
proof If they will give the machines
plenty of oil and grease. they will hardly
ever go wrong.
Drivers should use a little care and
refrain from overlooking. and if pur-
chasers will give a little study to their
own transportation problems trucks will
prove out every time. In this town, the
trucks were knocked a lot because the
early ones were poor and did not get in
teligent care, There were no service de
partments and no service.
But the prejudice against motor trucks
is disappearing. They are taking their
rightful place in the Industrial life Of
the nation. and right here in Atlanta and
in the South the commercial car is fast
becoming the real means of uansporta'
ton of every kind.