New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-24
..,Trucks Not Making
' Loads Builders Had
Anticipated.
,opSES. MEANWHILE,
wv GAIN IN NUMBERS
.,.d That Power Vehicles
.'s. Misplaced $4,000 AMI
n,l<-125,000 in Use.

mals-l25,OOO in Use.
,ins. possibly, New York. Chi
- S,rsdelphia and other large cit
90 BE- horseless, fulfilling the
., the men who manufacture
.,p,ks. But It won't be in this
-, nor in this century, unless
-,,,sss vehicle strikes n line of
~, that will carry it along
..,,, than 70 has been going for
/ Is, few years.
Lost government report on the
~ horses in the United States
ia. the four-footed animal IN
attained ratio Of increase al
liar 10 that maintained IN sew
..,,ious years. Federal statis-
climate that on January there
his country 2l195,ooo horses
r. = Of IL per cent over 1913.
a's' s,stistics from the same
Us 'r.r the years from 1900 to 1910
sa ~, y, increase Of approximately
=. -, go that the horse is actually
= c. its percentage Of gain. 1t
49, ~. ~ course, that the power pro
~ Sc.biele which, 1t is predicted,
-,,,nslly displace the horse, mas
80 increasing in numbers, but
4 ...sis are so widely apart that there
/ ,,rslv grounds for comparison;
---.sTss Of business men have been
-. - % the use of motor trans
49, -, for transfer and delivery
~. ~ not inconsiderable number
l-.'.rlturists are proving that for
ann haulage the machine that
hes the pulling power OF from ~
. - is superior 70 pair OF the
/ s,sft animals. Additional thou
~ both classes realize that the
80 offers advantages that cannot
s,ired for the older form OF haul
Bpt great proportion Of the
:, ronverted remain so, preferring
!, foug in the old-fashioned way
y, Interesting figures on the sub
Ave been prepared by l.. ). FOL
~ Of Philadelphia. a well known
+.,-i,v. He estimates that OF the
M commercial vehicles produced
I. is6s probably $4,000 are still IN
.-i,.ion. Assuming that these vehl-
ave displaced three horses apiece
/. ,o.sl number displaced would be
: rore than $4,000, or about 10,
: cent II only this small inroad
(. bssn made d. six years a slight
-vlstion will quickly show that the
,-.lsss era is still a considerable
r,.snt on the basis that motor
- have not been sufficiently eX-
~ or that their exploitation has
I lssr along lines TO produce the
= results, there appears 10 be no
Il Of explaining the slow growth IN
l;slarity OF this undoubtedly nnest
net 70 the needs Of transportation
\. almost every angle-efficiency,
SONY Of upkeeD, speed, the saving
psse and the betterment OF human
a..h-it can be proved that the motor
rsn vehicle is superior TO the draft
ana.
Esry salesman is equipped with fg-
!. proving these claims, and he can
~ 70 bear on a prospective Gus
i-u the assurances of satisfied users
he various lines Of business IN
ca both forms Of transportation
: .sed. Yet the sum total of result
~ years has been 70 displace less
E ? per cent OF horses, though year
lssr the motor vehicle has been i'm
rsd
i.rtsps the remedy lies in providing
!. type Of vehicles that will be more
Ia'y aligned in hauling power and IN
re- with the horses they displace,
sTng the advantages Of greater
n,sl, cleanliness and economy OF
ri;s to be the deciding factors with
:. purchaser
nat there is & good demand for the
ta,slns that equals the team Of horses
lszs 10 have been borne out in a can
la o. manufacturers made by the
foI Truck Club a short time ago IN
q ,'cssyor to ascertain the number OF
'nnsre1l vehicles built during the
~ 81 months Of 1914. Thirty-four
NJ rplied to the queries. their to-
''oagetion being 4,744 cars.
!, isbulation shows that the 1,OOO-
I'd type. which probably comes
ais;i 70 the two-horsed wagon. is
y shesd in favor over all other
ls'iiss. OF this kind 1858 were
IN and presumably disposed Of. as
'ahsi 1872 Of all other sizes. Next
numbers stood the one-ton ma
is' With 7Sl, closely followed by the
ion type, With 7l3. There were 323
ne l5OO-pound type and 2A5 Of the
''i!ing into the larger capacities.
re we're eighty Of two and a half
~ seyenty-three of three and
: and sixty-fve of FIVE tons. Gu
s-s{ enough, there were reported
'aree cars Of the 500 pound type,
~ Is the equivalent OF the wagon
's s'n by one horse.
aHh the enormous demand from
's'pe for horses of the kind that can
.aliIed IN warfare, this would APP
q 70 be the time for the motor truck
,ls 70 bestir themselves. The price
pair Of good horses al this time
~ 20 far toward paying the price
q truck that would replace them.
y 1eaange would be followed by a
salhg Of bills for feed and stable
NJ and IN storage overhead. since