The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-17
MOTOR TRUCK
MARKET GROWING
LARGE INVESTMENT IN EQUIPMENT
by MANY OF THE BIG
-
CONCERNS.
BUl ING IS VERY HEAVY
WHITE COMPANY's SALES SHOW
CUMULATIVE RESULT OFF SER
VICE IN PAST -FOUR
YEARS.
BUY ING Is VERY HEAVY

Il Heavy and systematic buying of
motor trucks by big concerns was re-
ported by the White company, of
Cleveland, yesterday Many of the
users have made substantial invest
ments in new equipment and their
/ purchase of White trucks is the cumu-
4 lative result of the service given by
these trucks during the past four
years
Unusually active buving Is stcwn
| by municipalities, oil companies.
| brewers, grocers, department stores,
meat packers and taxicab operators.
Among the contractors. road builders
and building supply men there has
been veritable stampede to pur-
! chase power-dump -trucks- Closely
! following the sale of thirty of these
! trucks to eleven contractors, coal
| companies and material dealers, asi
announced few weeks ago, the
| White company reports the sale of
/ fifteen power dump trucks to county
commissioners, contractors and build
ling supply dealers.
| In the list Of current purchasers are
eight municipalities and counties that
bought power dump trucks for read
work. five that bought fire appar-
atus, three that bought patrols, one
THAT bought ambulances; six brewers
that bought seven trucks. four de-
partment stores that bought seven,
three oil companies that bought four
teen four grocers that bought five,
| one meatpaclSer that bought five. EIpe
| miscellaneous buyers who bought ten
trucks of various types and seven
taxicab companies that bought fifty
three taxicabs. The number of com
I i,l tel G
total now owned by all is $50. The
list follows:
Three power dump trucks 70 the
Lake Shore Sand and Gravel com
pany. Cleveland; one to II. G. SieHert
leo. builders supplies, Everett. Wash,
making a total of three owned by this
Arm: one TO Seipie & Wolf contract
ors, Toledo. making total of swo;
one to s. p. Van Wagenen, highway
contractor, Albany, n. Y: one 10 the
city of Cleveland. street repair depart
ment, making a total of fifteen. one
to the city of Manchester, \. H, pub
lie works department; one to Airing
ton Mills. Lawrence. Mass, making a
total of two; one each to Ramsey
csuilford county. n. c.; power dump
trucks with tractor wheels to
Chatham county, N. G.. and Caharrus
lcounty, y. {,
! Two six-cylinder combination chem
Heal and horse trucks to the city of
San Francisco, making a total OF
three. one each to Lake Forest, IN.
Fon du Lac, Mis-, and Dixon, III; one
l 1-2-ton truck to the city of Chilli
Gothic. o.. one 3-4-ton truck To the
city of Woonsocket, r. l.: two police
patrols to ST. Paul, Mimi, one to
Syracuse and one to the city of
II Panama; two amhulances 70 Bellevue
and allied hospitals New York, max
ing a total Of three; two 3-4-ton
trucks to the government of Panama
one 3-4-ton truck to the United States
government for the Alaska board of
road commissioners, making IL total
of two.
One 3-4-ton truck to the Pabst
Brewing company, Cleveland, making
a total Of four: one / 1-2-ton truck
TO p. Schoenhofen Brewing company.
Cleveland, making total of SIX. enc
ii t-2-ton truck TO Piisener Brewing
company. Cleveland. making total of
two: two 5-ton trucks to Conrad
Seipp Brewing company, Chicago, one
3-ton truck to South Bend Brewing
association, and one alton truck To
kuntz Brewing company. Ltd. To-
ronto, making total of three, Five
other brewing companies. the Berg
hon. Garden City, Forest City, Daven-
port and Diebolt were among recent
purchasers.
| Three 3-4-ton trucks to the Joseph
Horne Co, department store, Pitts
burg, making a total of thirty-threei
two 3-4-ton trucks to Gimbel Broth
ers. inc. Milwaukee, making a total
of forty-six in Milwaukee and New
York: one ] Lotion truck to T. Eat on
Co. Ltd. department store, Toronto,
making a total of fourteen one g
i ton to Oppenheim, Collins & Co, de-
partment store, Cleveland. making a
total of eighteen; ten 1-2-ton trucks
Ito Atlantic Refining company. Phiia-
0elphia: two 3-ton trucks to Standard
, Oil ompany of Indiana, two s-'on
trucks TO Standard Oil Company OF
New York, making a total of 1873
! owned by Standard Oil companies.
Two 3-4-tCn trucks to Mich
aud Brothers, inc, grocers, ST.
Paul making a total of nine; one IA
, ton truck to Chandler & Rudd Co.
Egrocers Cleveland, making total of
six. one 5-ton truck to the Captain
Cook Coffee company kealakekua.
| Hawaii, making a total of two; two
. 3-ton two 1A-1-2-ton and one S-4-ton
truck to Armour & Co, making total
, of sixtytree: one 5-ton undressing
truck to PENNSYLVANIA railroad, AL
toon, Pa, to be mounted with a steam
| fire engine enc 5-ton truck to Ameri-
, can Can company, Chicago making a
total Of seven; one 3-ton truck to Gem
trail Union Telephone company, In
. dianapolis, making total of three;
two / 1-2-ton trucks to McPike Drus
, company, Kansas City, making 4 total
of three; one 3-ton truck to National
, Plumbing and Heating supply com
pany, Chicago. making total of three
and one 3-4-ton truck to East ohio
, Gas company, Cleveland,
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