Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-08-31
TRUCK BUREAUS
AIDING SHIPPER
Originated by Firestone They
Are Now Springin g Up
Throughout Country.

One of the greatest projects ever
launched in the interests of efficient
transportation is the hip-by truck
movement with its attendant establish
ment Of bureau III branch cities through
out the country to aid truck dealers ana
truck owners who are engaged in inter
city hauling or terminal transferage.
The ship by-truck movement has been
promoted by Mr.. Firestone principally
to convey to everyone interested the I'M
portance of the motor truck as trans
portation medium. Particularly is this
movement designed to engage the atten-
tlon of merchants and manufacturers
who have merchandise to ship in small
quantities to outlying districts Of neigh
boring towns and villages. 1t is move
ment to promote greater efficiency ~
the hauling of shipments through the
use of trucking agencies.
The plan as it has been developed EN-
braces a ship-by-truck bureau in every
branch city. Each bureau that had been
established has an expert in charge.
These branch bureaus i'll turn are under
the jurisdiction of q central bureau at
Akron. The aim of each bureau chief
is to secure all the trucking data pos
sible in his territory, to list and arrange
that data so that it can be efficiently re-
ferred to and tabulated for the benefit
tI
local industries
Truck routes are listed along with the
schedules maintained over those routes
and as a result the truck owner and
those who have occasion to ship less
than carload quantities of merchandise
are mutually benefited by this altruistic
service established by the Firestone
company.
The whole idea as it has been fostered
and worked out will tremendously stimu-
late the volume of tonnage handling by
trucks all over the country. To date
over 80 ship by truck bureaus have been
established at as many Firestone
branches. This shows better than any
thing else the impetus this big move
ment has gained, the stride forward that
it has made. and it has been such "A
stride as will place the motor truck as
a factor of established Importance in the
nations transportation systems.
The experts in charge Of the local bu-
reau help to organize the truckers into
associations, where such organizations
be advertised in one of the local papers
in connection with the bureaus cam
paign 10 boost shipping by truck.
From the truck or transportation
companies this expert secures such in
formation regarding routes, number Of
trucks in operation. etc. as he needs to
make his bureau of real help to the
merchant or manufacturer who in the
past has been using the railroad to make
small shipments short distances. BY
placing such information before these
business men. they are easily convinced
Of the practicability as well as efficiency
and mobility Of the motor truck. afford
ing an economical solution to their short
haul and service problems.
Each bureau is clearing house for
motor transportation data Route maps.
schedules. transportation costs. etc. will
be furnished III printed form like rail
way time table bearing On the particular
conditions obtaining in the territory in
which the bureau is located These in
formation folders will be Of tremendous
value to the local shippers and will
greatly stimulate the business Of truck
ers and motor transportation companies.