Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-02-20
MOTOR TRUCKS ARE
VERSATILE IN USE
FISANCIER SAYS THAT RiIi.RO NJ
AND TRUCK EACH HAVE
PLENTY or WORK

Tho January siih issue " Wall street
Journal contained an article ly Guy
Morrison Walker. noted milroad finnn'
.,es. A ~l..,L !. ......ti ar 'Fo~ r'ov'
point on the absorbing problem "
meeting tho Nations recognized made
quate facilities.
Guy Morrison Walker SAYS: IT h
Idie "a talk about motor truck c0npe'
tltlon with steam railroads cyon on
comparatively small short h1uls. b..
cause wherever The volume of traffic
warrants an Investment Go tmnsporia
tion equal to the cost of building rail
road. that method ~ transportation r.
and VIII remain. 80 much cheaper thar
transportation hy motor truck can pos
sibly b.. that competition ly motor
truck viii h. impossible.
There De- oven now "a l1rec ll1r
IN transportation for the motor truck
one 81 Tho chief difficulties with m,
transportation business today it con.
Ecstion AZ terminals ana delay .n the
delivery ~ frr.rht
what would our public think "
the Pos; office apartment delivered no
mail IN city Ike Ncw York. but
waited Ter everybody Oh uil either at
the central pnstoinoH ur even 90 CO.
branches Tho rnstofurc buildings.
branches and central stations. would
roon h. literally svumrJd hy mass ~
undclIvcrcd mail which would clog uu
every available inch 90 sp4Cc and Soon
overflow out into The streets. ui
course. 90 think of such 70 thing now
seems prcpo-tcrous. bat this b. exactly
what the railroads ara doing 100 thU
matter ~ freicht. a tr.iulml ~
freight arrives at "a terminal carload
lots arr separated from smaller ship.
mcrts; noiioos are sent ont tu cone
Signees announcing THAT such and
such goods have hocn received FOR thcli
account. and then the ullrud oom.
pany sits down and waits fUr these
people az their convenience or the D1u.
veniencc of tho truckm.n o. GU fuf
this fright and take O. away from ne
terminals.
In other words, the railroads should
organize their own collecting ana els.
trihuting systems az h0ih ends. IN
this way a. SION as a train of frcgh,
was received az a terminal Il would im
mcdlaiciy b. unlmdcd. put on motor
trucks and taken cut at once and dl
iivered 10 tho consirnce.
This would IN lnrzc measure solve
the terminal problem which IL now a.
pressing and difficult. Tor q would rc
lleve az oaoc the congestion - und,.y.
cred freight and what u equally. u not
more importan; Il would enable The
railroad companies "a unload cars i'm.
mediately upon recoip; and start load
Ing them again for return insicn 81
holding them lille az Is no tho case Tor
days. waiting Tor the cousrnccs 10
como and unload them.
The proposition seems 20 reasonable
that the ordinary mar SAYS az once
why have not tho railroads done this
but the answer Is equally reasonable
The railroads have not done IL because
n they should attempt 10 do 20 without
being ordered hy some law they would
Immediately be- ordered not 20 do 50 ~
some truckman's union. or some com.
pany engaged In the business OF truck.
ing. or by an organization u indcpns-!.
ont truciSmen who would pretend as id
the Chinese carriers. when the first rail.
roads were built In China. tina; the IN.
noyation was going 20 destroy theft
business and leave them 20 sarve.
"Of course the Chinese carriers found
otherwise after the railroads were built
in spite Of their protests and the truck.