Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-09-08
IMOT0R TRUCK
I GREATEST AID
! OCOOD ROADS
Bureau Established to Help
systematic Cofnrner.
Gal Traffic.

n automobile, which history pre-
ssgsents as the father of the railway To-
y somoti was l~eglslated off the roads
ssspL in 1880. Its wheels were
~ up the highways.
ssss The situation is quite different to-
LAY. Its wheels are building up the
ENnlghWays-making hard roads of the
type that will endure for many gener-
cations:
The passenger car came and the
VIM breaking down his social Isolation.
now that the>freight truck and
Inc. express truck. are coming into
Mtnelr own. the farmer, the BUSINESS
adman and the ultimate consumer are
a~demanding good roads~in any sec
Spreading down the last economic
Transportation barrier between pro-
Hducer and consumer.
u. incidentally, it may. be interesting
10 know that the reason the automo-
aD1le with Its steam engine. outfawed
saassin 1880, was able to come back upon
S@stne highways with a gasoline engine
Mthree-quarters> Of a century later was
tsthat a process had been discovered
~ by which rubber .couldNbe vulcan1zed.
h means a layer Of protection for
aaboth between wheel rim and built-up
highway.
The development Of the giant pneu-
,smatic cord tire and its use by motor
asfexpress and freight operators. who
y want 1t because it means a quicker
"trip and more protection to the goods
sShauled, a taken away the last pos
d sibility that the motor vehicle will in
Qjure the road more than does any 9TH
ser means of road transportation.
e Army showed Way.
It was the army's7 experience In
France that caused the American peo-
84@s:ple ~to>awaken to the possibilities Of
motor transportation combined with
aaEood roads. It vas only because Of
Sthe splendid Network Of hard roads
ssin France that the fighting army Of
America was fed by a wonderfully eff
g ficient system. These improved roads
Mgave the big trucks an avenue Of ap-
sproach.
Meanwhile, in America the railroads
assfound themselves very much. over
d worked. The trucks cane to- the res
aMs.cue here as they had or the battle
i front. They relieved the railroads by
those sections of the country where
Y there was need and. stretches OF .gobd
highway could be connected up. Be
Il cause speed was highly essential and
demand required eve the gleanipgs of
sms.production they also acted as feeders
i of the railroads..
Patriotic civic agencies aided the
"a. ef1cient functioning Of the motor
SS~truck' during this period by keeping
s. shipper in touch with truck opera
: tor.
My Bureau Formed.
( After TIE wal It became apparent
& that IL motor truck transport was te
y attain it's real development and per.
Rssform its real service in. the natiora
I scheme Of transportation, in q perma,
nent way. 1t must be guided along
sound business lines, and placed on
sound business footing. Tos assist II
- this york, the Firestone ship b!
truck bureau was established. Toda!
.s7theA centralssbureaua atGs.Akronst a,
branches in the Sc larger cities Q
1S5@thes United States 3aaas.%a 2%2'';'S
The branches bring shipper ant
II operator together On a basis Of mM
Y tual profit.
The central bureau is searching
~s:throughout the country for thos'
v. routes which will support the naoto'
" express. 1t is finding many Of 5thes'
4 routes already have good roads. Blu
also 1t Is finding many routes will
& good possibilities Of profit both t.
T. shipper, and truck operator, u with
4 out road improvements sufficient t.
a afford fast inc economic operation. II
such cases, when the fact is pointed
F-out, producers and consumers VIII
would benefit most are, not slow t
demand highway improvement.