Omaha daily bee., 1916-02-20
HORSE GIVES WAY
TO MOTOR TRUCK
KisselKAr Company Presents Some
Figures Showing Motor in Favor
for Heavy Hauling.
Is ALWAYS READY FOR WORK

Concrete illustrations Of what a motor
truck will do in comparison with horse
hauled burden equivalent. arc not as
easily obtained as Mandatory generaiities
on the subject.
The motor truck is unquestionabiy
doing great work in nearly all lines OF
business. but TO set accurate figures for
comparison Is difficult because the aver
age business man doesn't seem TO keep
his books carefully enough 20 be able to
furnish them.
Tho Kissei Motor Car company has
dug up one firm using n fleet OF Kissel-
Kar trucks that knows just what they
are doing and also just what horses In
The same duty, formerly did. The re-
port says:
Last year we kept an account OF each
Of the trucks we own. We found that In
the case of the four-ton truck, Il cost
J US for gasoline. oil. tires and repairs. In
cluding all new parts used. s26s per day.
for 500 working days.
eve consider IL advantageous 20 use
driver and helper in the operation OF
our trucks, which Is an additional ex-
pense Of about s. per day, We have also
estimated as depreciation Is per cent
on our present inventory valuation, which
AMOUNTS to about 81 per day. Now let
Us add the items together and see what
We have.
Gasoline. olI, tires and repairs. .......t2. 80
Driver ana helper. ....................... 300
Depreciation ..'............s............ 100
Total for one ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .6s
I'VE have no trouble delivering each
day four loads OF four tons each within
a radius OF five miles. which you can
see gives us delivery charge OF IS cents
per ton. You will. OF course. understand
as you decrease the distance you may
increase the number of trips.
For quick Delivery.
when we first thought OF using
trucks for this delivery, we asked our
selves this question; Can we deliver as
quickly and as positively with automo-
bile trucks as we can with horses? After
five years of test our answer is: Five
years ago we were using twenty-five
horses and this one four.ton KlsselKar
truck.
To-day we are using five-ton. two and
one-half-ton, two-ton and one-ton ks
seiKar truck and four horses. Eighty
per cent OF the orders that come in over
the telephone are accompanied with the
request. send II In one Of those KlsselNar
trucks.
"A horse drawn vehicle with two good
horses drawing at the most three tons
would not make more than two trips each
day within a five-mile radius. Such a
team will cost a. operate at least IS per
day. 50 II Is quite easy TO figure which
would be tho cheaper. forgetting the con-
venience. rapidity and up-to-date-ness on
the truck over the horse.
again. barring serious trouble, when
the truck comes in at night, Il can. II
necessity calls, again so on another Ions
journey after n good drink OF gasoline
while the horse must be put in the barr
for many hours rest before we can Bafel,
use him.
with horses our deliveries were con
fined 20 a comparatively small circle
now we think nothing OF going ten. fit
teen or even more miles and compete Will
railroad rates when you take into con
sideTation that We deliver direct from tn
store house 70 the spot where the proauo
n to be used. For this reason the up-te
date auto truck user win set the prefer
ence often at q better price"