Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-01-06
Have an Influence
on Transportation
Problems

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lhelI operating costs were ConHldefabIS
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ghs"Ilnc. steam ana horN" draw u
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were the acme or dspendAbillty tut
lh'rmoro lhelr simplicity or design
ana operation enabled them l" hel
irthly driven 10y inexperienced men
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more and more scarce. wumen drivers
were tried na an experiment and they
made good Today one OF the largest
stores In London operating some sixty
90 70 clectfJc trucks use women dtIv-
crs almost exclusively This repre-
scented very significant development
which the government authorities
, hntc not been slow to appreciate.
Volumes could he written on much
, Interesting d.tnil nssocinted with the
slccess of IN, electric commercial ye-
bicle IN England md uurticularly ,hesc
. iast three wears nnd The very likely
'devalopmenta which tho next few
. v.ars wi1 yitn.sa Inn again sunre
imnoa.a lip,itntions II 'tnIyht bnu,-
/. over he intoreatinV 10 note that ,,brrc-
ns England had hut l5O electric trucks
| n lt,tin nvor thrcr ve,,s pgn tnd,v
| nhott one thousnpd ARE An operntlnn
ana man, more ara ON order ana wcro
n not FOR tho hcl ~ Recommendation
/ facilities tbrgo fiutlrra ,,ouId he ruu-
| suI,ruhIv yrent,r ~, pIva "A ru,,,
| 40, ~ III n artunl catp .L,isc th,t' IN,
,rnt.lv rntr of cIectr,c truck inatnIIo
| nom ihr.e v.ars nyn v,s ,hout fifteen
| vh,rc ns no nv,To.,c ,e,,l, r,tr ma
r,s, throe yeors bns Noon a1out ,hree
| hundred with the ,r,s.pt YEARLY rate
| about f,yo hundrrd I, t,r r,tn ~
| Increns. has bv No mann. yct reached
i its stride and during me coming Few
l Years. even n war ahoblJ continue the
4 vrlteT wouid moi hf ,1rprised Ia see
l many thousands of these utllity ve-
hi les installed. Ana what is even
mor" Interesting, every electric vch Ia
Installed Will not only tCmHin pcrml-
/ mont hut by virtue Of its successful
1 operation VIII Influence largo add
1 t.nf
Electric Industrial Trucks.
While tho ruccesq Of the electric
Il commercial vehicle has been mnri,cl,
the success of tho little electric u-
du7l, 'al truck, If pF+Il l' has br,n
l even more 80, and 'Oday great fn<ffr-
hcrs OF these units are rendering most
Il efficient ana valuable assistance IN
1 hundreds OF manufacturing pMnts en-
gagged IN making munitions and In the
more peaceful commodities. In many
instances these small electric trucks
| nre Rlso being operated by women who
experience ltuo or no difficulty I'm
rapidly tamillarlzing themselves with
tho trucks simple construction ANA
control II therefore Will bc seen thar
rot only are these trucks dsng yco-
man duty teach truck releases on an
/ average OF about five men for other
important work. In speeding up and
transporting the vast pu1ruucs OF ma
ttrNl~ employed these days, hut they
1 are a." unking II possible to tllIy
atd ua'1iu'N utilize the services ~
n women without whom ne world TO
u"N would ue less sR'
ilccric lhs''n.,r Cars.
Likewise I'm England We find a
i greatly Increased use - electro, pas
scuEcr ears. which I'm many INSTANCES
are employed in important work far
/ removed from what We ordinarily
1 might consider ns pleasure. when il
is realized that the electric passenger
1 vehicle more than successfully com
1 petvs- with the gasoline car I'm urban
l territory with gasoline Rt from 70 TO
2 cents gallon and electricity mt
about o cents per kilowatt hour. tho
4 immediate inUurtnuCp and. NHluC of