The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-28

tlOnal AUTHORITIES on TRUCKS hlBn-
ways and transportation. to be held in
conjunction with the motor truck
division of the show.
The inaugural session of the con- |
ference will take place on the main
floor of the armory on Saturday eve
ming at S15:. This auditorium 10 in
the same huge room as the trucks.
one corner being partitioped on and
rooted over. Seating facilities for
one thousand are provided Confer
ence sessions will be held twice
daily beginning Monday, January s.
Afternoon sessions begin at 2:15 and
evening sessions at 8:16, and are
open to the public
To Impress Trucks alae-
1t is the aim OF the highway trans
port conference to drive home to
motor truck dealers and operators,
and through them. to the business
man and general public as a whole,
the clear-cut understanding OF the
use of motor trucks as the cheapest
quickest and most convenient method
Of transportation; and to represent
truck haulage as an indispensable
supplement TO. instead of a compeu-
tor of. the railroad freight train.
Particularly interested in the expo
sition OF these points will be those
whose home regions could be bene-
fitted Immediately by the establish
ment of new motor express and pas
senger routes. The experts RESPONSE
BILE for much OF the postwar expan-
sion in motor transportation OF goods
Snd passengers, are now emphasizing
the fact that buyers and sellers of
trucks are dealing primarily in trans
portation; and that increased trans
port facilities are keys to part of the
problem OF reducing the high cost of
living.
Revealing light would be thrown on
the reasons for high living costs in
the metropolis, according to one ex-
pert, il figures were to be compiled
showing what proportion of farm
product grown within 100 miles of New
York has been shipped to the city dur
ing the last ten years, and What pro-
portion was wasted by decay owing
to the lack of shipping accommoda-
tons.
All About Trucks.
The chief subjects to be covered
by the speakers during afternoon
sessions are: Monday. "Merchan-
dising the Truck" Tuesday, I'm
proving the Laws Regulating
Trucks" "Wednesday. Selling
ers' Service to Dealers and Gus
TONER'S" Friday, Selling Motor
Transportation" Saturday. High
ways and Motor Transport" during
sessions. Monday. Motor Transport
tation of Passengers" Tuesday. I'm
creasing Truck Efficiency and Cut
ting Trucking Costs" Wednesday,
The Rural Motor Express"
Thursday. Aids to Motor Truck En-
ficiency;" Friday. Motor Truck and
Railroad Freighting." The highway
transport conference is under the
direction of John r Eustis. All SEES
sions will be illustrated by stereop-
ticon and motion pictures and mo-
ton picture shows will show each
session.
Taking up nearly all Of the $780,
900 square feet of new concrete floor
at the armory the 7O-odd makes Of
trucks and the numerous exhibits
of accessories will afford material
illustrations of practical points EN-
phasized during the conference.
These exhibits with the setting
forth given them by the big armory
and its generous decorations will be
a striking spectacle. From the CELL
ing. 10 feet high. to within a few
feet of the floor the decoration will
he in yellow and green. made up of
10000 yards of bunting. weighing
1880 pounds. The wide strips OF
yellow and green, springs colors,
will give the show a CHEEKY atmos-
phere that will dispel even the
gloom of a gray day. OF, the 10000
square feet of floor 10000 feet will
be covered with linoleum.
For some there will be a romantic
touch in knowledge of the fact that
the site of the armory was in years
gone by occupied by the Jerome
Park racetrack. where many a turf
classic drew 10000 or more specta-
tors at a time when horsepower
and shoe-leathcr were the only tran
sit facilities available between the
city and the park.
Many Makes on Exhibition.
The following makes of trucks will
be shown: Acason, Acme, Ace, Arm.
leder. Attlebury. Autocar. Bethlehem,
Brockway. Clyesdale, Commerce. Cor
bitt, c. T. Day-EIder. Defiance, DENLY,
Diamond T. Dodge Brothers, Doris,
Federal. +. w. D.. Garford. Gramm-
Bernstein. Graham. Huffman. Hurl-
burt. Indiana, International, jackson,
Jumbo. Kelly. Kissel. Koehler, Maccar.
Master. Maxwell. Nash, OldsmobiIe,
Oneida. Packard. Paige. Pierce-Arrow,
Rainier. REQ. Republic, Rowe. Sandow,
Sanford. Schact, Schwartz, Selden.
Standard Sterling. Stewart. Sullivan,
Tower, Trailmobile, Transport, Three
Point. Triangle. Union, Velie, Vim,
Walker. Walter. Ward, Ward La
France. Wilson, Whittier, Keystone.
Not only will the truck exhibit give
a practically complete cross section
Of the truck industry OF the nation.
but every conceivable accessory to
trucks will be shown. spare parts.
trailers. bodies. eficiency-increasing
appliances-representing all Of the
ramifications of the industry.
S. A. Miles is manager of the Ma
tional Auto Shows. and the committee
in charge of the motor truck section
Is as follows: NJ. L Butcher, chair
man. Federal Motor Truck Company:
A. ]. Whipple. Diamond T Motor Car
Company: David Ludlum. Autocar
Company. =
New Use for Old Files r.
Frequently 1t Is necessary for. the
car owner who does his own repair
work to file a piece of cast iron that
has been subjected to friction and
so has acquired a glaze or skin. The
best way to get through this skin
Is to use the edges OF an old fie. !