El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-21
BOSTON, AKRON
FOR BIC TRUCK
Proves Practicability Of
Long Hauls By Big
Motor Vehicles.

The unprecedented volume of
freight which common carriers have
been suddenly called upon to trans
port, in some instances involving an
excess Of so percent over last year.
has been the i'll wind that blew the
motor truck industry good AS we
view the ever increasing number OF
trucks engaged in inter-city trade
We cannot help realizing that we are
witnessing an early stage in the de-
Iyelopment OF new transportation
methods in this country.
There are, OF course. many limiting
I Factors and progress is OF necessity
SLOW and tedious. of primary impOr-
lance is the question of roads II IS
/ conservative TO say that there are fe ~
roads in the United States that are
fully adequate to the needs of motor
! transportation Of the future. But mo-
] tor truck hauling is here TO stay and
7 these road conditions viii gradually
/ be improved 10 permit new trausuOr-
I JstiOn development.
II the present railroad freight con-
! gestlon had developed five years q 20
7 business would have been helpless
/ However. all this is changed today.
The motor truck has developed side
+ by side and relieved the railroad m
I the short haul" field II is really
an ally Of the railroad. doing its
/ Bit toward maintaining the eQuili-
I brium OF the great transportation
world
/ But only in the Short haul" field
/ have motor trucks up to this time.
Z operated as feeders" to the railroads.
Yet the Goodyear Tire q Rubber COM
pauy has. for some time. prophesied
the establishment of motor tranSuor-
tation lines not confined TO short
hauls Of 25 to 70 miles, but covering
routes OF hundreds Of miles In fact.
not only has the operation Of lines
maintaining regular schedules, night
and day. between cities. been visua-
lied but has actually been trans
formed into reality.
The Goodyear company has i1auEU-
rated this new era IN the transports
ton world through the establishment
of a line operating between its fac
tory at Akron. o. and Boston. Mass
hauling tires TO its eastern branches.
and returning laden with cotton fab
rio from the Goodyear cotton mills. N
Goodyear. Conn. a trip of 1870 miles
Three round trips have already been
made. the last Of which was accom-
plished in seven and one half DAYS
The truck used on these pioneer
trips is a five ton Packard Of standard
motor and chassis. fitted with a spec
iaI body Behind the drivers seat
is a special sleeping compartment the
width of the truck cab. containing
q bunk. used by the two truck drivers
in relays II might be supposed that
sleeping on q motor truck would be
somewhat difficult. but the cushion
ing qualities OF the 3SX7 front. and
44NIn rear pneumatic cord tires. with
which the wheels are fitted. renders
the sleeping quarters quite comforta-
BILE
The load carrying portion or the
truck is OF stake body covered with
large tarpaulin bearing a large siE1
reading Akron Boston Express" a
44X10 tire carried on the end gate
serves both as a spare and an eNhihi-
ton tire
The tires used are OF the same con-
struction as other Goodyear Cord
tires. except that they carry larger
number Of plies Of cords and much
additional rubber. They carry a five
ton load with no more damage to the
road than that caused by an ordinary
touring car. The tire is sufficiently
large 10 cushion the load. absorbing
all shocks and distributing the weight
over greatly increased section Of IT,
With the use Of these big tires all
lowing transportation Of heavy loads
without damage to the road surface.
the opposition 70 the operation az
truck transportation lines. which has
been aroused by the pounding and
pulveriziuE action Of many solid-tired
heaTy-dutT trucks, on the foundations
Of the roads, will be withdrawn. for
il is not the heaviness Of the load that
breaks up the road surface. but the
iOlt1DE and pounding and intense Vi
bration caused by lack OF proper
cushioniuE