The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-06-04
Motor Cars in South America.

THAT the motor finding way into the sections
of South America and that the southern continent will
actucr to take INTO consideration and to cultivate brought
in article by William A. Reid the May number of the Buc
of the Pan american Union, Washington. D. c. Even in those
countries where good roads becoming
necessity for industrial purposes for in many places begin
ming to demonstrate its value the transportation freight and
where railroads mpacticabc expensive to
build. In this connection Mr.. Reid writes:
In the barren section of Chile where the cart and
mule have long done faithful service finds today number
OF automobiles During recent journey through nitrate fields
several machines placed the writer's disposal and they
did excellent service of the trying trails to be en-
counlcrd N any country Furthermore it learned that
motor trucks are to be given trial i'll he handling of
The twomue team and cart general present
SOW Sa locomotives costing several thousand dollars, may
eventually be replaced by the motor truck proves practical
u Inc truck costing from $4,000 to $4,000 itself
more economical Hn the od system; the clearing and building
cheap road for the will certainly expensive than
At any rate the experiment is well worth watching by those
teresed In the sale Of commercial for should the
ns operating IN Chilean nitrate eventually adopt the
truck the demand will gradually thousands of machines
"A few months while the writer in Paraguay the
considerable number OF pleasure ears. especially those of
cheaper grades are in use the Paraguyan capital but the
c watched the american agent demonstrate the possibilities
OF MS machine Even the president the Republic
ing of the toughest sections highway could be
selected for the trials The truck proved wonder worker and
vent IN Asuncon revived previously started place
several motor trucks service between districts the
larger towns where the only of transportation today
BOLIVIA one of the worlds most diversified countries ono
grapy has been using the commercial several
advantage. Railways being with the
activity that the couns trade demanded and in
rduced regular from PotOs Suce distance
miles where highways far from good This expert
et IN freight and service, and the long ago
demonstrated their pacticaby the advent OF the truck
in Bolivia the roads have received attention than formerly
the pleasure become necessity their has in
creased, especially in La Paz
PERU knows, is not land with many of
automobile roads There however in Lima the capital
300 machines OF which Colombia
the department Of public works has made plans gov
erent appropriations for constructing highways suitable for
eutooes Among these be mentioned $4,000 for
from Payan to PaSo $4,000 for from Pampona
mare $4,000 yearly for highway improvements from Bogoa
oyaca $4,000 for road from Santa the coffee dis
riot Of that section and subvenon Of $4,000 for road
medicinal springs Barranqu Venezuela notHithsand
ing that gasoline so gallon Caracas Is buying cars
and improving roads During the last fiscal year three
trucks and 227 pleasure shipped to that country
the United States.
The greatest natural ed for the automobile however in
South America Is TO be found in Argentina BRAZIL and Uruguay