Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-18
10. OBSERVE GOOD ROADS
WEEK IN THIS CITY
Ship-by.Truck Movement Makes
Hcadway Over
-. Country.
TRUCK 4 REAL FACTOR
Principal Aim OF Bureaus Is L"
Serve as - Clearing House BE-
tween shippers and Truck
Operators.
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4 May /, to 80 will I've observed as
I Ship-by-Truck Good Roads Week in
Y Richmond
How this movement fnowr 10 SHIP
by Truck Good Ro;uls. in little more
than Il year has grown from the
germ of an idea INFO vita! move
ment OF national importance is 4
story which has been watched in the
making by thousands o: leading busi-
! ness men and transportation experts
throughout the country.
+ Through the Ship--byT Truck Good
I Roads movement in This short space
lUt time. practically every community
s from tho largest metropolis TO the
z ciatc the utility OF the motor truck
as n real factor in transportation.
at has already demonstrated It's spc-
cial adapt:on to The field OF the short
j haul. its praGicabihtY in linking up
!. the farm. the market and the con-
Z sumner and Its ,all-rostIri usefulness IN
4 developing oar agricultural resources
Origin Of the Movement
II took the war IA open our eyes
L to the splendid possibilities OF the
i motor truck. That service record
4 pointed the way TO even greater fields
4 OF usefulness in peace Zines IL was
I with the idea OF developing. these
L possibilities that IL. = FircStone un-
!, dertook to focus the attention of the
American public on the Importance
& OF the motor t'ICk IN the nation s
{ transportation scheme
\ His first contribution 10 that end
1 was the slogan Ship by Truck. i"
This. phrase. he relieved, could be-
bcome the watchwUrd that would unite
! all those Interested in developing and
/ short hauls. 'SisiiNhyT Truck" is in
+ teresteti in these short hauls par
1 ticulariy. because Ihis seems to be
[ the specll held or the motor struck.
The Present Plan.
ship by Truck" snon realized that
the good roads question Is vitality
linked with motor trucks. Trucks
follow good roads no matter how cx-
cellent the ,rucl,. lts activity is limit
ed BIZ the Qaiaii:y OF the road. Hence
I the natural development into ship
hT-Truck Good Roads
ship by-Truc burri.iIs are now i'm
operation all oytr tn, country ON.
Of the principle aims OF these bu-
rsaus is 20 serve as 4 clearing house
between shippers ard truck opera
tors
During the rec*ul congestion in
Washington mary calls were receiv-
ed FOR assistance. . mill!ncr wanted
fsevsnty five hats brought; from New
York TO WashinSton: manufactures
has 5000 cases ot heavy pOwder to
ship TO South America These are
only two OF the varied calls for hrlp
and thron:h the day compiled al the
was afforded.
Careful study Of roads in tn.
territory which might be available to
: prospective truck operators puts the
/ bureau in a position TO give sound
Z advice on thu advisahility of open
ing a route. First hand knowic,Ige
of the average ;onnag" shipped from
{ tho towns along the highways is Of
Naiuablr services 10 statistical depart
ments
Being apart from any personal cog,-
siderci ion. The bureau can safely mn
mote shipping by truck and aid in
the good roads movement
Now does RN>lmond fit in This M =
!t!onal schcmc' y bureau with All