The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-09
MEET TO REDUCE
MOTOR TRUCK COSTS
Conference Here Will Explain
Practical Ways to Better
Freight Transportation.

Everything IL set for the largest
trucks ever held when the Truck Owners
Conference opens its three sessions
at the Hotel Astor Thursday evening.
March 1a," says Harold p. Gould, chair
man OF the conference, who has been
working here for two months arranging
the meeting.
Last year scores or owners came
from eleven States and a larger out OF
town delegation is expected this year.
This is the ninth national conference
given by the same STAFF along exactly
this line-seven meetings having been
held in other cities.
How many New York truck owners
ever spend weeks in travelling 10 see
the best operating methods used in other
cities or even their own district? Very
learn how they are saving thousands Of
collars year by short cuts and better
methods
by attending these sessions the
Z owner will get precisely the same result
staf will show hundreds of scenes
where these better methods are In sue
cessful use by means OF motion picture
films they have taken especially for
these meetings. They make perfectly
clear their digest of what these other
practical owners have found to be the
best practice.
The films show clearly the Pittsburg
Coal Company's loading methods that
.At1ahlel 10 Of
coal in less than twelve hours and the
simple despatching system that saved
Standard OIL in Detroit $4,000 by caus-
ing thirty-six trucks to haul greater
tonnage than forty-two had hauled
before.
Thirty bonus plans have been found
by the stan in other cities, each one
with advantages. For instance the
Chicago Motor Bus Company saved
$1,000 in gasolene month by paying
1900 In bonuses to the men; Timken-
Detroit cut their ton mile cost 6s.4 per
cent. with bonus plan General Storage
i'll Detroit earn as high as $50 a day a
truck by giving all sixteen drivers 20
per cent. commission on earnings instead
Ut plain wages.
THE surprising thing about these
plans is that after they are installed
Iwbers wonder why they had never used
them before.
II a transportation man at $4,000 a
year and better inspection methods that
should save $4,000 more, and a des-
patching plan that would save one truck
or $4,000 a year again, he has really
cost the company $751; 600 a year over his
salSry. or per cent. interest on $780,
900. He is a third OF a million dollar
dead weight against progress. Every
executive should check up his truck
methods against the best in this and
other cities to protect his concern against
possible losses like these.
This conference charges no admission
TO owners and business men generally
but excludes the trade unless by special
Invitation because 1t Is users and not
sales meeting. No devices or truck.
ere ever mentioned by name or discussed
a. to merits and dement's.
Because of the value of these meet
ings to the user and the truck industry
the following live manufacturers are &C.
lively supporting the movements:
''Trucks-Packard, Kelly-Springfeld
q. NJ. c., Autocar, Mack. Service, Gar
ford, u. S. Selden. Hurlburt, DENLY
i:epublic. AtterbUry. Pierce-Arrow. Dia
Inond T., F. w. D. and Paige. Tirei
include. Firestone, Goodrich. Goodyear
kelly-Springheld. Trailers-Troy, King
Trailmobile. Accessories or parts
Clark Equipment, Russell Axle. Hyatt
Service Recorder, Jaxon Steel Products
keeder. Sewell Wheel, American Taxi
meter and Rowe Chain"