The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-25
MOTOR. DRIVEN VEHICLES
DlSPlACE FEW HORSES
Editor Eoljambe, of Commercial Car
Journal, Says Field In Wide for
: sHs Small delivery Cars.

N The startling fact was brought out
lin paper read at the truck makers
convention in Detroit, on the field for
medium sized and small trucks. by l..
Z S. Foljambe, editor of the Commercial
Car Journal" Philadelphia, that motor
driven vehicles have really displaced
but LIS per cent of horses. He said, In
Part:
& Prior to the introduction OF the par
eel post the Interstate Commerce Com
4 mission compiled figures on mcrchau-
disc transportation. From these gov
eminent figures it has been dcduced
that of the total volume Of transport
taron in the United States. the steam
ships and railroads combined handle
hut Is per cent, leaving the other So
Der cent TO be moved by horse and
wagon or mot6r-driven vehicles. Yet
during exactly tho period representing
the introduction and growth of power
driven vehicles. namely, from 1900 to
1910, the government statistics show
IAN increase of sc per cent in tho num-
: her of horses in use on farms and Ill
per cent in mules and other draft ami
: mails, making a total of 2i,ooe,0oO in
T. use on farms alone.
1. "A realization of how little inroad the
Z truck has already made is borne In
= upon us when we consider the following
: fEures: From 1908 until the present
: time inclusive, there has been produced
: in the United states, approximately
: 10000 COMMERCIAL cars. One hundred
thousand TO $4,000 of these are prob
. ably now In use. On an average, count
: ing all sized vehicles, these do not
I; displace more than three horses each.
! or a total number of horses displaced
: OF not over $4,000. When this number
& is compared to the total number OF
{ horses and draft animals in use, &c.
/. 100000. it is found that commercial
I cars have in reality displaced less than
. 1.o per cent, and even taking into con-
/. sideration the motor driven farm trac-
/. tor, the possible field still not covered
is fully aS per cent
AVERAGE LOADS OF HEAVY
HAULING nut 1880 POUNDS
I, For purposes of distinction he classes
all motor haulage as either transfer
or delivery" and says:
by transfer is meant the movement
OF maximum loads from one point di-
fectiY to destination without lessen
] ing the load such as the transfer from
! farm or factories to railroads or steam
, ships. from mine to snelter, from stores
! to distributing points. etc. This class
!! of haulage has been developed by the
! Urge truck to a high state of efficiency.
but the average of even this class OF
: load has been SHOW, to be in the neigh
! borhood OF but $500 pounds.
J BY delivery is meant distribution or
goods to numerous consignees. in which
case there Ia an ever diminishing load
y upon the vehicle, and almost n no time
does 1t carry it's maximum. This Is the
field for the medium and small sized,
truck, and embraces from rs TO so per
cent by VOLUME of all merchandise
Transportation.
Transfer includes the raw product
while delivery concerns itself usually
.NN:th the finished product The total
homage handled is practically the same,
sbut the volume is vastly greater the
Finished product as rule occupying
smany times the space of the raw ma
.ter!al. This nccessitates IA large nun-\
mber OF delivery vehicles of large volume
Ihut small load capacity, as compared 10
sthose required to handle the unfinished
sproduct."
3 Many estimates have been made as
VITO the proportion of the total haul
vaEe which comes within tho field of the
smedium and small truck. These figures
tNariously estimate that from as to SO
sber cent OF all merchandise trunsporta-
ston. aside from that cared Tor by
!.stenmship and railroads, can he han
,d]cd by the smaller vehicle, leaving but
TO 10 25 per cent for the large truck
sNet the production OF vehicles has until
kreccntly been almost in inverse ratio,
u Stability in the industry can never be
preached until cars are produced much
Anore nearly in proportion TO the de-
snand.
Z IN proof OF the demand that exists
tamonS users for such small vehicles, lie
rcites the use of the Ford car for COM