The Yale expositor., 1918-11-14
THE YALE EXPosIToR. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER "A. 1918
STATE DllI Jed INTO
FIVE MOTOR DISTRICTS
Each County Represented BY County
Chairman Appointed BY His District
Executive Committee.
Rural Motor Transport Marks a New
Era Of Transportation In South
eastern Michigan.

Farmers, dairymen, merchants and
manufacturers in the southeastern
district of Michigan will profit as the
result of the work of the Highways
Transport Committee for that district
under the State War Board. The
organization the Highways Transport
Committee Is herewith announced.
The organization of this district
will be followed by the organization
OF four other districts covering all OF
Michigan.
For each county in the state, a
county chairman will be appointed by
his district executive committee.
In each county the executive com.
mittee, working through the county
chairman, will coordinate all the
work of the rural express lineb, the
inter-city motor transport, return
loads bureaus and all other means of
increasing tonnage by truck, and will
be aided in it's efforts by powers de-
legated to it by the Federal govern.
ment.
The farmer whose perishable pro.
duce this fall rotted on the ground
because Of lack of shipping facilities,
or who is compelled to take day or
a large part off a day from his farm
work whenever he desires to haul his
produce to a market town, will be
keenly interested in the efforts of tho
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place truck haulage facilities at mod.
crate cost within easy reach
The dairyman, or the farmer who
has milk for shipment. Will also be
directly benefited, whine the small
town merchant. druggist, etc. and
many manufacturers. will find their
business facilitated and haulage costs
reduced by success of the Highways
Transport Committee.
Work OF this committee I'm Michi.
gan will be patterned on that of the
highways Transport Committee OF
the Council Of National Defence, In
Washington, which made a survey Of
the state Of Maryland to determine
wartime benefits to be derived By
farmers, consumers OF food products
and the public generally, through this
modern transportation development.
This survey brought out the fact
that the rural motor express marks
new era of universal rural transport.
ation-every farmers gate a shipping
platform for his outgoing produce and
incoming supplies. 1t brought out
also the need felt by farmers and
country merchants for more adequate
transportation.
The facts developed by the Mary.
land survey resulted in new facilities
being provided on a basis OF actual
need for the additional service, which
already had a known and proved
value. This work, however, was only
preliminary to the rapid extension
of facilities, where needed, which
will relieve the labor shortage and
make more food available.
In Michigan the Highways Trans.
port Committee will work out its
problem of survey first in the South
eastern district comprising the couu-
ties of Wayne, Washtenaw, Jackson,
Monroe, Lenawee, Hillsdale. Macomh,
Oakland, Livingstone, Ingham, ST.
Clair and Lapeer.
John A. Hanley, superintendent OF
transportation of the j. l.. Hudson
Company, has been appointed by Will
lam f. Metzger, State Chairman OF
tae Highways Transport Committee
and confirmed by Governor Sleeper,
as Chairman for the Southeastern
District. Mr.. Hanley has had year,
OF experience with motor truck haul
age problems and his appointment ia
the direct result of a definite plan
formulated in Washington at the re
quest of the Council OF National De-
tense by Roy c. Chaplin and X. G..
Hargraves, both formerly of Detroit
and now Chairman and Secretary.
respectively, of the Highways Trans
port Committee.
The committee in this district has
been selected by Mr.. Hanley and is
as follows: w. s. Gilbreath, man.
ager, Detroit Automobile Club; f. c..
Dunbar, president. Dunbar Stove Com
pdHy, JOnu MCNdlly, tTdlIlC manager,
Detroit Board of Commerce; Edwari
N Hines, Wayne County Road Com
missioner, and L. b. Dudley, adver.
Using manager of the Federal Motor
Truck Company
There are now nine motor express
lines operating into anG out of De
troit These lines have regular
schedules, warehouses for terminal
handling, and standard traffic rates
They are carrying goods to and from
Detroit, Flint, Pontiac. Toledo. Mon
roe, Jackson, Ypsilanti, Ann 'Arbor,
Adrian, Tecumseh, Lansing. Romulus
New Boston, Inlay City, Mt. Clemens
and Port Huron.
Shippers have been slow to use the
facilities offered by these truck trans.
port lines because thew seldom have
the option OF how TO ship" But
purchasers Of goods in these cities
are beginning to realize the advan.