The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-06
MOTOR SERVICE
TO Springfield
Through Auto Truck Trips
Daily Starting from
Here Monday
TRIAL TRIP WILL
BE MADE TOMORROW
Two-Ton Truck to Be Run by George E.
Hawkins as Outgrowth of Idea of
Secretary Mofitt of Brattleboro
Board of Trade.

DOdlu Va LIdNC.
Establishment of a motor truck trans
portation line between Brattleboro and
Springfield, Mass, is assured and the
announcement was made today that the
first regular trip would be made Mon
day, after trial trip tomorrow. The
establishment of the line is the out
growth of plans of Secretary II. E.
Moffitt of the board of trade to further
the commercial activities of the town
and be of mutual benefit to shippers
along the line to Springfield, and the
plans were developed through confer
ences with local shippers and George E.
Hawkins, who saw the possibilities from
business point of view. As a result
the Brattleboro-Springfel Overland
Transportation Co. will make its trial
| trip tomorrow.
Mr.. Hawkins, who has been employed
| by the Roberts Automobile Co. and do
/ ing general trucking since giving up
work as manager of the Stromberg
| farms ON Ames hill about year ago,
| has arranged his tentative schedule,
which calls for an early departure from
| Brattleboro and arrival in Springfield
at $50 in the morning. He plans to
| deliver his load and take on his return
| load in time to leave Springfield at 10
o clock and arrive here about : o clock.
| His load for Springfield the following
| day will be picked up between 4 and
i 0 clock, the first Springfield load being
| picked up between those hours tomor
row Orders for the Monday load should
be telephoned before that time to the
i Roberts Automobile Co., which will take
orders at any time for future trips
The route viii take the truck through
Hinsdale. Northfeld, Bernardston,
Greenfield, Northampton and Holyoke.
: The machine to be used is a new two
ton Selden truck, which Mr.. Hawkins
drove here from Syracuse, \. Y, We'd
ncsday. 1t has covered body suitably
, protected from the weather and is
; equipped with pneumatic tires, thus
} causing less vibration and assuring
greater tire mileage and less wear on the
engine and engine parts
If the patronage warrants, another
truck will be put ON the route, and if
this IS done one machine will start from
either end of the route each morning
1t is planned to make the trips regularly
J through the winter months as we'll as
through the summer.
Although transportation rates viii be
: slightly more than the regular freight
rate and lower than the express rates
it is expected that a considerable saw.
ing win result to the shippers and Gus
toners, as the motor truck will make
door deliveries, whereas with freight
!, shipments it is necessary to pay cart
. age charges. There also will be a con.
siderable saving by reason of the quick
er delivery. The through freight ship
{ ments from Springfield at present are
generally known to be slow, it being i'm
:, possible in many instances to place or
: sale before Wednesday morning goods
: which have been shipped from that
!, station during the day Monday, and
there are but two through freight ship
{ ments from Springfield each week. Bar
: ring possible accidents the new motor
: truck service will enable dealers here tt
= secure their goods every day.
!, Three Springfield concerns who art
. the largest shippers into this territory
have promised to give their entire busi
: ness to the new line and one large ice
cream concern already has contracted
:, to send its entire product for this sec
: tion by the motor truck route. Three
big shippers in Brattleboro, one o.
> whom uses about 10000 pounds a week
% have agreed to patronize the new pro
e iect. In order to make the line a sue
:, cess it will be- necessary for the ship
/ pers of Brattleboro to give their co
:, oDeration