Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-02

Total ........42,549 25,56g
It will be noted that the total
mileage is 42,549 and the tonnage
$500. The big figures for 1915 are
partly explained by the fact that the
truck was pushed hard In night
work on big jobs, but the fact that
after three years OF hard service 1t
was able to withstand the strain OF
extra work, and actually eclipse its
own records, is the best possible
demonstration that could be asked
of the quality Of the truck.
The Rodgers company believes
that the depreciation on the truck,
gauged by this performance. has
been virtually nothing as far as ac-
tual service goes, and that it would
be business folly to trade the vehicle
IN for another. Instead. at the
proper time, they plan to have 1t
overhauled and kept in service. Mr..
Herman Rodgers, one of the direct
ing heads of the company, expresses
the opinion that a Pierce Arrow,
even In the hard contracting service,
should be able to give ten years
with reasonable care and proper
overhauling.
This Company's trucks toll about
two hundred days per year. on the
five-ton truck four miles per gallon
of gasoline are obtained under nor
NAL conditions The two-ton shows
a five-miIe average. About fifty
miles a day is the working average
mileage when the busy season keeps
the trucks on go.
Would Discontinue Horses.
Ten miles Is the outsides distance
covered from the yards. The COM
pany retains fifty horses for nearby
work, but would gladly discontinue
them all IL trucks could be operated
at as great an economy in nearby,
central city, congested street work
This company has two yards in
Pittsburgh from which sand and
gravel are hauled to building opera
tons throughout the city. Two mil
lion tons Of sand and gravel are
taken yearly from the beds Of the
Allegheny and Monongahela rivers
at their confluence to form the Ohio.
This work saves the government the
need of doing any dredging.
The facilities for this work include
20 steel barges, 8 wooden barges
and one hundred flats. Wooden
barges hold 100 tons and steel
barges 500. Material is scooped from
the river beds on a system of end
less CIldlil buShScoi To puNhcIS pii
chain.
The catch is run through n cylin-
drical sitter which assorts the ma
terial into various classifications
Different sized holes determine the
assortment, Sand goes through the
smallest perforations and the big
stones stay till the mass Is run out
at thAsend of the cylinder where the
1asresf holes are.
Wien a barge is filled with as
sorted material 1t is brought into
one Of the companys two yards To-
Gated on the river. By means OF
what is known as a clam shell
bucket, operated by n crane, the
sand is swung from the barge into
a large hopper. This is really a
series OF reservoirs high in the air
on wooden uprights.
The hopper is fitted out with
chutes to permit the discharge of
the material of the different sizes. |
A truck runs under the desired |
chute. lever is pulled and by grav-
ity the truck receives its cargo in |
half n minute.
With the truck the company feels |
itself equipped to care for amy job.
In case OF rush to finish a job on |
contract time vehicle can be |
worked all night.
Counting all items including de- |
probation and labor this company |
figures the cost Of each Of its five
ton Pierce-Arrows to be $40 per day. |
Each truck displaces five teams. 1t |
costs Sc a day to hire team, so that |
against hired teams the trucks show |
an economy Of $40, or one-third. |
The company's own teams are oper- |
ated at So. Thus the Pierce-Arrow |,
truck economy is 25 per cent against
the company's own horse drawn
equipment