El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-16
U. S. Motor Trucks Bear Huge Burdens; Frank cup.su
Supply Army; Garry Mail After the War e77S'+S
Already Established In East and
Have Greatly Supple mented the Railroads
Frank G. CaTpsztsF
Copyright. 1918, y
frank G. Carpsntsr).

, other vas 100000 pounds q sugar sent
from Philadelphia to New York when the
later city was snort AZ the tine the
headquarters q the emergency nest cor
poration we're moved from Washington TO
Philadelphia the CLERKS and their office
equipment and their families and house
hold goods were carried frcm one place
70 the other on trucks Tie change Eas
made within IS hours. and that without
any pereeptibls halt in the work
It would take columns OF newspaper
space 20 print thu names Of the many
motor truck companies now doing Al *
scout the great cities % the United
states Nest Of the chain stores have
their own trucks and carry goods from
the main supply plants TO their various
stations a Brooklyn company With 100
stores Is delivering goods Tor radius -
AS miles on Long Island Z has tn
trucks and six trsilers-
o., An Arizona copper company earrier
It's ore down the mountains in cater
pillar tractors over route formerly
thought impossible FOR sverythinE 4
oxen The trucks cross = height no=s
than nile above the sea and carry the
ore - miles The motor truck o. used
also n the lumber Industry u hzuIs
saUioEs- 1soo feet OF timber being taken
at = single load.
The goods deliveries % nearly sTory
city are now done By truck. and IL
some citiss the department stores have
combined and are cooperating in parcel
delivery Not long ago the merchznts
OF OLlLHas hlL-s heEa lHeEALlLE - &C.
livery trucks They combined. and ths
business is now done By nine trucks. with
saving Of from 3 70 70 percent
More important than any city. com
pany OF individual truck enterprise 3
that being carried On By the parcel post
branch OF the United statss mails This
service Is under tho cE7rss % fourth a.
sistant postmaster general Biakoslee. 4
man with vision. who sees Il the motor
truck the bringing together % the pro
Of the middisman. who feeds on the
farmer the release OF the conre1tion Of
the railways. the improvement % cur
highways and the creation % = new bus
mess for the backToods farmer ana out
of-the-waT manufacturer. which Vii
bring such results as c1uld almost Fay
the interest On our national debt
Up 10 six months ago there had Beer
established By Ike roctoffics department
eisht motor truck star rorteG. and these
sgsiss , the SIX moths 5e5ss Rsssealss s.e
f1ss.0o0- Every route had canned over
x39.oan equal - double that amount per
passenger nile OF travel Eag more thar
SIX cents During last July new routes
were put in order. covering more than
zoe miles q road and involving . taly
To Cover the Nation.
It Is the plan OF the Postmaster general
70 Eridiron tbs country with these rural
motor truck routes and open Up tsrri-
tory not now easily accessible 70 the
railroads- A survey has been made q
the possible through or connecting routes
east % the Mississippi river. and tbs
indicates that We should have 1900 rzilss
OF postal Highways. o. which At least sea
niles VIII Be essential 70 this service. A
similar mileage will probably b 1sceE-
szry west Of The Mississippi
M Blakesiee tells ne thu earnings q
the postal truck service would more han
pay the cost Of making and maintaining
these Highways. and that without rsdur-
ing the present postal ircous derived ~
using other mezns OF Transportation He
estimates that 10000 such routes would
each earn $4,000 pe- year. produclnE
S4Q0-o0o.oo0 per t-nnun1, Or more thai the
annual postal revenus a. this rima-
But this Il only thu beginning. We Al
ready have souethinE Ike 5000 rural
and star routes IN working order and
100. 900 motor trucks nigh. 5e easily en-
plcyed- At the tine that the var closes
we shah have far more than this Nun
Der in France. and they can Be brought
home and put 70 work IN the nal ssrv-
ice at \ great prcfit To the earnings
from carrying Of parcels - sdded The
high rates % transportatio1 fer first class
mail matter. which makes the total prof-
its Of the transportation Ereatsr tan
can possibly be earned by any private
organization attempting TO compete Il
ready We have postal truck routes run-
Ming all the way from Portland Ne.
TO New Orleans. and from Philadelphia &c
Pittsburg and Columbus. Cincinnati and
Memphis New routes are being formed
every week. and 50 far the Increase IN
the traffic IS ensrmous