Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-08
100000 BECOMES
AVERAGE MILEAGE
FOR TRUCK TIRES
HUNDREDS o. VETERANS on
ROADS HAVE PERFORMED
THIS FEAT.


Thus. arbitrarily, the cost accoun;
ant vas formerly wont 60 give any
slew motor truck which his employee
might purchase five years a. toll ~
ineiate and finally DISAPPEAR after
hpving returned its original cost. sub
sequent upkerp and a tidy surplus foi
profit.
later the efrof IN such an inflexlbis
COS, system became apparent. for the
motor truck. n u Was good truck
refused 10 retire from aytlcc duty d.
spite the fart that. Theoretically -
working days were over.
In fact. 10 many trucks that wet
into service ten years ago are siii
wofkins and earning. years after they
hate written their original cost off the
books. that a few cost accountants
have chosen 10 measure truck longcg.
It's b. miles rather than years Agt
yielded 20 mileage a. a." unit u meas
ure-and 100000 miles was considered
q hbersl allowance Tor truck
hut once more matters were compii
wv ~ wv kNHAA ANMAN"H ANN - many
az them rounded the 100 900 mile post
and Rept right on going that the re-
ord ceased % excite wondermcnt. For
Instance. the White comIany Of Clcy,.
land. In It's annual iahulation OF let
tiers from owners tsstlfying that ihey
operate White trucks which hay. ex
oeeded 100000 miles and are silll or
the road. announces that so Whites
sslii IN s-rvice ARE known 20 have iray
eled foe.o zoe miles. i0s additional
Whites have excccded ls0.0eo miles,
~ are somewhere on IN. 200 900 O.
1oo.oeo Eiile lap: while % trunks have
forged ahead o. the field. well beyond
the SOC. oo0mil- marx. The figures IN
each group are approximately double
those revealed by the 1919 iabuatlon.
Many businesses Represented.
in half . hundred lines Of business
ana IN all sections OF the country thess
veteran motor trucks have piled W
their hiRh miieaees, Warriors ~ the
heavy duty type vie with nlmhle de-
livery trucks for places o. distinction
on the honor roll
From san Francisco. Charles "
Dixon. az the Dixon Transfer a S.or.
sge Co, writes: Three OF our Whites
have gone $4,000 miles each. one sss.. |
ese rniles and the other over 500 e0o |
miles. This last truck had done 200. |
600 miles Tor the Standard oil CON
fnny before We bought Il and for seven |
years u has been IN continuous serylcs |
Tor ~. running from north 10 south |
Of California"
One q the quartet of Whites has
eclipsed seeooe miles for the Columbus
ohio, Bread Company. a s.ion supply
truck haEscliei up aia.Ooo miles for
the Humptuiips Logging company @.
Aberdeen. Wash. The Fuller Dry Cl,aa.
ins Co. q Cleveland. White users for
u ycars. have cne delivery truck that
has -rcunded out soe.ooo miles. two
rsore tied At go 900 miles and ano,hes
fhsf Thss completed 1900 miles.
a Whole Fleets leo. 900 sfilrrs.
Numerous Instances might h. cited !
* shola fleets of 100 0oomIls trucks |
81 work In single Installations. In the |
delivery fieet ~ Glmbei Bros. New
rnrk.. arr IS Whites TIA; have done
lee'oeo miles. Twenty-Five whites In
He feet e the schulEe Baking co. n
chicaeo. Cincinnati. Kansas City and
Omaha. are ioo. ooo-milers. Every uni,
n the original fleet os the Bradford
baking Co. Of Los Angeles. has gone
10000 miieF. The White Transit Gu
q Plymouth. Pa. serves the mining rr.
slen In the vicinity OF wIlkcs.Earre
vHh fe<t q White TRUCKS. thirteet
p which ARE ieo.o00.milers, nine har
mg Started toward the 30e.eoOmas
ors hundred thousand Is only NON.
trsi mileage for buses. That mark IA,
Htn passed by Is whites owned hy
- Emetick Motor BUS Line co. a
NsIlefcnte, Pa: by 10 Whites Of the
k<in CITY Motor Bus Co. Chehafs
Hesh,; ~ five Of the Highway Transit
- trucks az Canton. O.: five ~ the
eorfs Fresno stages at MADEIRA. Cal,
ana others.
y Years Old. sdn Going.
l.Wnnah Of the zanesvilie Ohio,
HUtl Co. praise the dependalility and
aafshhty. Of their io.year-old White
fHft has rolled up l2s. 600 mile. ana =
wi IN srrvice. Two vtserans Of 1910.
yiatase are stu working early and
fsfe nor ". y. Southworth. Cleveland
Yccers In the meat business seven
lYo,oee milers are enrolled In the clsv.
lsnd Provision Co.'S fleet. The s.,on
white purchased hy Peter McCaba.
1niinng material DEALER. was the first
heevy duty truck 90 start working IN
hioahy. n. y. 4 few months later.
Nc Aecahe added 3.tOn White. To
my zach truck has licked of more
than 10000 miles.
Two veteran trucks have pulled oyrr
$4,000 miles 81 holly. coal mining
cpnntry Tor the Sieulenvllle ohio, Co.l
a Mining CO. All three OF the White,
rerchased b. ths Herman a Grace ca.
81 krooklyn. sheet metal contractors
nave teaehed The high mileage class
= few other scattering owners % 100
rse-inlle Whites. Erlected n random
are. Tho Tuolumne Lumber co ~ 81,
cfsto. Cai: the RaveTry Furniture Co
~ Atlanta. Ca and other southern
elites: ths Eherhardt HAYS 60. ~ wich.
IA Kan: the Henry =. Mayer Music
House. Of Paris. Texas: Baum's Harnc
% Flowers. Knoxnie. Tenn: IN. Mcra.
Pals Sewssciniiar.
II would b. possible tn 20 IN. rant
fy.ns Into Numerous lines Q; business
and estsndirg The nurnber ~ exam
rtss IN esch group. bu, 20 exhaust the
Nv would carry the story 20 ;orhiddcr
sngths. For I; IL still growing from
csy 70 day and week 10 wecf
sRiD" GLEASON WILL
n MANAGE WHITE SOY