The Washington herald., 1920-04-18
National Good Roads Week to be Celebrated
NEXT Month to Draw attention to Big Field
Opehing in Modern TRANSPORTATION By Truck
Idea Has Re,
vealed Special opportu-
mites for Great Useful
ness Of Motors in Hauling
Local Freight.
by J. H. sCHIEswOHL,
Manager Washington ship-by -Truck
Bureau.

Bureau.
Preparations are steadily under
way for the national celebration of
Ship-by-Truck Good-Roads. May IT
to %. ..
How ship by truck in little more
than a years time has grown from
the germ of an idea into a Vital
movement of national Importance Is
story which has been watched in
the making by thousands of leading
business men and transportation ex-
perts the country over Through the.
ship by-truck movement in this
short space of time practically every.
community. from the largest metrop-
oils to the smallest hamlet. has come
to appreciate the utility of the motor
truck as a real factor in transporta-
tion. II has demonstrated its special
adaDability to the field OF the short
haul, it's practicability in linking up
the farm, the market and the con-
sumer and it's all-round usefulness
in developing our agricultural re-
sources.
1t took the war to open our eyes
to the splendid possibilities Of the
motor truck. That service record
pointed the way to even greater
fields of usefulness in peace time. 1t
was with the idea of developing
these possibilities that III. 5. Fire
stone undertook to focus the atten-
tion of the. American public on the
Importance of the motor truci: IN
the nations transportation scheme.
system Of Truck Routcs Seen.
He had visions of a great sy stem
of interesting truck routes on all
main highways providing better food
at lower costs, lifting the short
haul burden from the railroad. aud
in general facilitating traffic
In cOnsequepce ship by-Trucil"
bureaus We're established in every
large city in the United States. Their
activities are manifold. The Object
of these papers is to show to all
potential shippers and truck op-
orators just what is being done for
Them and to give to all whatever
assistance the experience Of. nation
wide bureaus can offer.
The present paper will show one
activity. We have had prepared. ~
the American Automobile Association
& map which shows the ten routes
now actually being covered by truck
operators out or Washington. These
cpSLdIOES are ISIe0 wlfn the 81 tD-
by-Truck Bureau at 1905 Eighth
street northwest. The bureau serves
as clearing house between shipper
and truck operator. involving no
financial obligation to either parry.
How will this activity beneh: the
country in the vicinity of Washing
ton? There is no question of will"
1t has been demonstrated. II the
reader looks at the may ne
will notice towns which are Reached
by 70 railroad at all. Some acc IN
contact with the outer world by
boat. When the weather is seve-eet
and these towns are in greatest need
Of help from outside the waterway
Il; impossible and the town SUITES.
Regular Mail Service.
There are localities where the
United States mail could not be de-
hvered IL it were not for regularly
established truck routes In local
tiles where several years ago com.
munication with distant places
ceased at the onset of winter. the
writer was assured by Gen. James
l. Blakslee, of the United States