The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-28
FINE SHOWING MADE
 BY MOTOR TRUCKS IN DOWNTOWN PARADE
Practical Demonstration of Ship By Truck" Move ment Is Witnessed
 By Thousands

Yesterday about 10 o'clock there sounded down Twentieth street the music of a brass band and the roar of nearly two hundred trucks. "The parade is coming" the cry went down the line, reminis- cent of circus day. Yet it was something far more significant than circus day. It was Bir- mingham's visualization of her resources, glimpse into the future.
 With the roar of 150 motors. the parade moved down Twentieth street. In it was every type of motor truck used or sold in Birmingham. There was the small half ton and three quarters of a ton trucks, easily adapts able for short quick trips. There were the large many-ton trucks, powerful, capable of long trips across the coun try, with heavy loads.
 The parade was lead by a squad of notor scouts who were followed by the city commission. Several of the cities, fire trucks took part in the parade. Nearly 150 trucks followed. STEEL CONTAINER One of the most interesting feat ures of the morning was the exhibit l of huge steel container on the truck | of the Gwin- Williams Grocery Com rany of Ensley. This container is the | means by which the Birmingport | Company mean to utilize open space 1 on flat boats to carry perishable ma | terial and freight that would be de- stroyed by ewather.
 1 It is a demonstrated fact that the
 majority of freight down the Warrior | river is freight which requires flat boats and that will not be injured by 1 W eather while the opposite is | true of the up-river freight l This problem the Birmingpor, Company met by having these steel | containers shipped to Mobile by raj
 and there loaded with the perishable 1 freight. Then it is loaded on the flat
 Loats and brought up the river with
 out injury.
 l Practically every large business house in the city was represented 1T
 the parade by at least one truck. Plac- 1 ards streamers, and signs on thest trucks proclaimed Birminghams in terest in the "Ship-by Truck" move nent. "On to the Warrior" was popular cry.
 l PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATION | Numbers of OpOnle who saw tht parade testified to the fact that i
 was one of the most practical demon Istrations of this kind ever seen in, th'
 south; opening many eyes to the su Ipremacy of the gasoline driven freigh carrier over the railroads for shor hauls where haste is imperative. f The arrangements for the parade were in the hand of Ship by Truck" committee under the chair manship of Kelly B. Spencer. Much O the credit for the success of this pa
 rade is due to this committee.
 Fellowship day, celebrated by join
 lpncheons of the civic clubs of tn city, which has been planned for som
 time was also carried out in connec
 ton with the other features of tn
 day Members of the Rotary and tn
 Kiwanis Clubs had joint Luncheon
 in the Tutwiler Hotel, while the oth
 CTS, the Civitan. Community, Req
 Estate Exchange and the Automobil
 Club lunched at the Southern Clut
 Members of the Civic Association
 joined the combined party at tn
 Te rminal station at 80, for the tril oi inspection to Birmingport and tn Warrior river, bringing up the total t
 almost 800 of the business men of tn city.