The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-09-07
NEW YORK STATE TO
AID TRUCK HIGHWAYS
'stnhli~hmcnt Of Motor Truch ~
press Lines l. Sponsored hY
state Commission.
FARMERS ARE TO BENEFIT
Delivery oT Food Ma TRUCK Can Ho
Made at Three ilth, Cost" Of
transporting bY HHilruld

/ Tho establishments of motor
I truck express lines through the rural
sections OF The state where farmers
are having most difficulty In gctlIng
their prriahuhlr products 90 markets
is tu %. sponsored hy q eomuliSslon
appointed saturday uy Governor
Smth Of Sew YORK., uf which former
Representative Peter g. 1vu Eyck Of
Albany iS chairman
Tho governors reconstruction
commission found that IN many cases
tanners were unable to Krt their
goods tu Sew YORK markets ~
uutrkN as Florida shippers, who had
the benefit at direct express service.
u Wus si1ird that the railroads have
Illllo interest In local freight husi.
ness. ana that farmers with small
Hhipmruts for short hauls found
their goods delayed. The cOmmis-
sion estimated that so per cent Of tho
porishnhlo produce grown in tho
STATE does nn Ee- to markgL
The committee viii work through
farmers organizations and munlci-
nal officials tu encourage the open
inE OF truck routes No state appro-
prlaliou viii be asked for the pres
rut with Mr Ten Eyck ON the COM
mittco are Frederick \ Green, state
commissioner Of highways. Professor
BOYLE uf The state college of agricul
lurr, william T. Dana, chairman OF
the council ~ farms and markets
aud e. W Fem of the nnlional'auto-
mobile chamber of commerce, all
serving without salary
In favor Of the motor express lines
IT IL said that the delivery OF food by
lhiS means could hc accomplished nt
three fifths the cost OF railroad delly
cries. aside from the gain In speed
Eural uuCk lines are now operated
successfully between Dcndwood. 8. C..
ana SundhcC Wyo., making the run
IN ak hours against railroad dsllv.
cry requiring three 10 five days Ia
all there are about coo motor lines OF
lhls sort operated throughout the
country
In california. whore good roads are
In evidence wherever one goes, motor
uonsportntion has covered The short
lhul business as It had never been
handled before.
Hundreds OF motor truck ilnos.'
carrying every known commodity.
are running on regular schedule
hack and forth between the cities
ana the small villages and farms
NfS hIt TEX ulhltu as lUe ThllWulH
are ana have been found so vllua-
bic that they east themselves into the
mold ~ public necessity now and
forever
In the oil fields they are a god
send. according 20 large operators
around BakcrHfleld ana other places.
because these lines are giving the
most economical service and doing IL
quicker than 10 was done before.
A. the farm Of Frank Gilbert at
Iowa Fails. Iowa. four motor trucks
q part OF The national motor truck
development train, which ~ covering
Il . ZOO mile tour through SIX OF our
wrHtcrn states. In an eudcdyOr to I'D
ucatc the farmer, cleared a 35-acrc
patch ~ oats and wheat In three
hours The motor trucks went in
and relieved about 10 horse toams
and hauled thc grain IN shcAf one
ana one-hHlf miles from the field to
he throsher and ha@lcd the grain to
point Tho trucks dis
placed 10 horses and alhut ~ men.
II would have taken ~ hours to nave
'learcd the field with 10 horse teams.