Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-24
RETURN LOADS
TO BE URGED
Chamber Of Commerce Calls Attcn-
uOn to and AdSuutCs
Plan

The Chamber aof Commerce 81 tho
United States is i,au,ng "A bulletin
10 all OF the boards 81 commerce
affiliated with IL u tho country
calling attention to the return load
plan Of motor truck trnnsportatlon..
The bulletin reads as follows;
Tho motor truck ls part OF tho
transportation equipment in every
community Its use more nearly
to capacity Will help solve local
prohlcms
More complete use means loads
both ways \ motor truck usually
carries good load 10 its destina-
ton. whether tho destination II In
tho Etmc community or In another
city. Too often. however. the truck
makes the return trip with no load.
Every time this occurs thore is
waste ~ At lenst. hair the capacity
~ truck to do work In transpOr-
tatiun.
owners ~ trucks do not wish
llhll Wv va fiiNh l'N'' w 'A'' -
hlclea to be lost Manufacturers
,Rnd merchants with goods piled up
and awaiting shipment do not like
tn soc empty trucks pass their
doors Both need a local clearing
house for Information about the
trucks that ~urc available and tho
shipments that are roaHY !. g, tn
bring together loads and empty
trucks
such n clearing housc tho local
commercial orEanizttion can enaily
provide. II viii not ordinarily on
tail any special expense. II will pro-
mote operation IN the commun-
ity. II will render very real ser
vice for which business men VIII be
thoroly grateful
Return load Bureau Is conyen
lent name FOR clearing house. Tho
bureau should ascertain the cBthh-
lished lines Of trucks that run reg
ularly on fixed routes and the part
of their capacity that Is not being
utilizod It should then obtain IN
formation from all owners Of trucks
used for private hauling. getting
statements about tho capacity OF
each truck how far It's capacity Is
used between what points the Cas
pacity ~ unused II the unused ca
uacity can he made available fOt
other persons at reasonable price,
etc Bcsides gathering this infor-
nation. the bureau can make known
to everyone that whenever n truck
Ia 10 make a trip without load the
bureau will respond tO a telephone
inquiry hy endeRvorlnE TO give the
name Of a person who wants to send
load over the route IN question.
Efforts can be made also TO have
drivers who bring loads hy truck
from other points telephone 10 tho
bureau In order TO get return loads
AT tho same time the bureau can
enlist tho cooperation ~ business
men who may have shipments TO
make.
I'm order that any driver or
other person from out NJ town mpy
quickly ascertain II there is a re-
turn load for him. each bureau
should be specially listed In the
telephone directory.
with Incidental questions the
bureau will not usually need TO deal
For example. It can leave the com
pensation that Is to be paid TO no
gotiation between the parties
I'm England return load bureaus
have proved Of great assistance
They have been most developed in
the Cnited states ~ commercial or
ganl1ntions IN Connecticut. ENper-
iencs has demonstrated that the as
slstance they can render Is very real
and important. and that they can
be organized ndvantageously In
many communities where they have
not as Net been tried"