The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-15
MOTOR TRUCKS WILL
SAVE R. R. DELAYS
To Have Important Bearing in
transportation of Freight
This Winter.
ny w. - rICKLlNG.

The wise business man already has
settled THE haulage problem OF the
coming winter by buying motor trucks
and thereby ;.ecoming independent OF the
railroads." says w. I. FL kling OF the
y Y. Fulton Motor Truck Company.
He has not overlooked the lessons
O, last winter. when congested railroads
all but paralyzed his trade because Of
DELAYS and sometimes an entire lack of
service facilities. lie has realized that
,bs,e same railroads will be congested
again during the coming winter months
as the war Job of the country increases
IN size and Importance.
"Just consider for a moment the trou-
Bic experienced last winter. Many of
tAe loaded freight cars averaged only
two miles a da1 The right OF way
given to coal trains pushed the ordinary
freight cars on the sdings and there
they remained for days and weeks at a
time 1t didn't matter whether they
were loaded WIN live stock or perish
able foodstuffs, for on the sdings they
rad TO remain until the coal trains got
through. The losses to tradesmen were
enormous,
Inlnk WHAT the HlOtOT TRUCK COul0
have done TO relieve this situation and
save the tremendous sums Of money
that were lost. Think of the number
OF freight cars and locomotives 1000
motor trucks could Shave relieved for
work that was practically n total loss
as a railroading proposition. Wen say
the average amount Of freight carried
by one Of those box cars was twenty
Ave tons In one day a Fulton truck
could have carried (the same distance)
fifty tons One thousand trucks could
have carried $4,000 tons per day. They
could have released for other work
1000 freight cars and 100 locomotives.
And these same trucks could have de-
llvered the goods to the store doors in
stead OF at the freight terminals, where
further exasperating delays were the
rule.
AT the rate of two miles a day 1t
would require a freight car forty-nve
days to get to Philadelphia to New
York, Then there is always the rail-
road embargo to consider, which means
no railroad freight at all. The business
mans Philadeiphia-New York motor
truck transport free from embargoes.
coal train rights Of way and lack of
equipment can meet all his demands at
all times. Ten one and a half Fulton
,rucks with trailers could move forty
tons Of freight for him IL necessary
every night between the two cities.
Every business man must consider
seriously the question of railroad en-
bargoAs on less than carload lots carried
iess than 100 miles. They are almost
sure TO come as the result Of the pressure
II shipping demands during the coming
months. Here the trailer will come in
as distinct advantage to the business
man. The Fulton and a trailer could
easily handle four tons with the smallest
amount of wear and tear on the equip
ment The combination Of truck and
trailer is being used most effectively by
many concerns that could no longer
stand the delays and the financial losses
associated with railroad operations.
Again. the railroads should be used
FIRST for our boys overseas in the moving
Of thousands Of tons of stun necessary
10 win this war. The motor truck will
relieve the pressure of commercial bust
ness on the railroads, releasing equip
nent and prolonging its heretofore hur-
ried depreciation.
Food is national issue at the pres
tnt time, ard inseparably related to the
problem OF transportation. The Food
Administration is now doing its best to
lave the largest possible amount of
pershable foods consumed at home. con-
serving concentrated foods for shipment
overseas. Rural motor express is prov
Ing OF invaluable assistance in the move
nent to increase the nations food which
'an be shipped for longer distances. to
points where 1t is more urgently
needed
Beginning first in Maryland. rural
motor express Is now supplying Balti-
more and the city Of Washington with a
arge amount OF food to meet the needs
Of greatly increased population-food
which reaches the consumer the same
day It leaves the farm. Tons OF farm
produce are daily carried into Baltimore
FOR city consumption by this medium.
me possibilities of which are almost
unlimited and which have aroused great
enthusiasm throughout the country. 1t
mas received the unqualified Endorsement
o. the Food Administration, which re-
Gently instructed its entire organization
70 give this movement every support
possible"