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THE WASHINGTON TIMES, SATURDAY; JUNE 28, 1919. CONSUMER A BOON ODUCE - AUTOMOTIVE SECTION AUTOMOTIVE SECTION 22 v m t &yk. MOTOR TRUCKS FOR B The problem of good roads is only cae part of a bigger problem trans portation. So says It. E. Fulton, vice president of the International Motor (jpmpany. It is necessary, he continues, to state this obvious fact for the simple xason that the obvious is usualy the last thing we see. The other half of the problem is vehicles plus their mo tive power. ,,Good transportation has resolved Itcelf into two things; good roads and motor trucks. A favorable sign of the times is the growing recognition oii the part of good roads advocates that good roads exist for the use of better transportation media the mo tor truck and the automobile. The motor truck is not only replac ing horse transportation, but in many Cases It is supplanting railroads. The motor truck is the solution of the modern transportation problem. Replacing Railroad. In addition to the unlimited use of motor trucks for delivery purposes, they are substituting for railroads where the railroads themselves are toeing them, to replace spurs, which are a source of expense and difficulty. Also, in intercity shipments large truck companies operate transporta U AN EXPRESS Ifln vRBIbq fB o TRUCKS G ONLY the highest standardization of units in GIANT trucks units that can safely be guaranteed by the manufacturers and our "J el ' , ji T?OR instance GIANT trucks use I 1 i : : ', I Ifredoiftjnafe 1. if THAT'S just one of the reasons why Jacobs Transfer Co. pur chased this 3-ton GIANT from us. I ' 1, 11, 2 and 3J ' 1 a n & -. JiKMSKV' I Mil' li - fr B I rS liy&sH8$5s nfTlls!nffiiTTlii n' i ii i ' ,'s. ii' I Exclusive Agents for D. C, Maryland and Virginia Forst B tion service for merchandise, supplies, etc. An idoa of the extent of this form of transportation which is calling for better roads and the best motor trucks is given by the example of Callan Brothers of New York, who operate a motor truck transportat'on system within a radius of 400 miles of New York city. They have a fleet of more than forty seven-and-one-half ton Mack trucks. They have closely connected their service with the Erie Barge Canal, which runs from Buf falo on Lake Erie, across the State of New York, joining the Hudson river at Troy, a distance of 387 miles. Link Cight Warehouse. Callan Brothers have linked their eight large warehouses, with a stor age capacity of 00.000 square feet, and their motor truck service with the terminals of the canal in New York city and important upstate transshipment points along the canal. The Harlem River Ship Canal is eight miles long. Callan Brothers unload freight direct from the canal barges at their warehouses alongside their yard for shipment by their large fleet of motor trucks and delivery direct to consignees or to Callan Brothers' warehouses to be held for future de livery in New England, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, or other seaboard States, or to trans-Atlantic piers in New York city. These motor truck transport sys tems are the outcome of the inability of the railroads to handle the great quantities of freight which have con gested railway traffic in all parts of the country. This condition is re sponsible for the discovery of the real value of the motor truck as a f - Ton Models u :iiJ ! 'i roSi inCi transportation medium. Motor trucks were used in connecting the broken lines of railroad shipping and are replacing the use of local freight trains on "short hauls" to a consider able extent, thereby releasing freight cars for the more essential shipments on longer hauls. Mean Safer Delivery. Shipping freight by motor truck means less handling, less damage and saier delivery. It eliminates at least five handlings of goods as shipped by railroad: First, from factory or warehouse to freight station; sec ond, loading from freight station or truck to cars; third, unloading at des tination from cars to trucks or freight station; fourth, unloading from trucks to stores, factories or warehouses, and fifth, handling In case the goods are removed from the car to freight station and held until the consignee sends a motor truck to remove them. Distances considered practical for motor truck transportation are held by various authorities to averago from 100 to 300 miles. In special in stances trips of 400 miles have been made. An exceptional demonstration of long distance hauling is the fleet of motor trucks which the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company operates between Akron, Ohio, and Boston for the shipment of fabrics and rubber supplies. These machines make the round trip of approximately 1.5G0 miles in from six to nine days, de pending on the weather and road con ditions. They are driven between terminals with no stops other than for meals and supplies. Each truck is manned with two drivers, one of whom drives while the other sleeps. Korernnner of Big Era. The establishing of long distance motor truck service during the emerg ency of the war is undoubtedly the forerunner of a continuation of such service on an even larger scale in the era of peace. The service is dem onstrating to manufacturers and merchants that motor truck transpor tation is the only way to escape de lays caused by slow moving local railroad freight trains and the loss of time that had frequently been ex- e909e9ae9e999 Save Your Motor Install Kaufman De-carbon-izer Cures Carbon Knocks Faulty Valves Fouling Spark Plugs Keeps Motor Efficient A Necessity on Every Automobile Kaufman De-carbon-izer Co. 210 2d Street N. W. 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Machinery manufacturers and cotton and woolen mills in New Eng land cannot well afford to await the arrival of slow incoming freights, so they have their raw materials deliv ered to them by motor trucks In ex press time. Heavy machinery is de livered direct from shops and foun dries in Washington from warehouses in Baltimore. Tons of high explo sives that railroads refuse to" carry j are delivered by motor trucks with but one handling after they leave tho chemical works, and so on ad in finitum. Farmer TJse Motor Express. Farmers, too, are' turning to motor truck transportation. Thousands of them are now served by motor truck express lines, without which they would hardly be able to ship milk or farm produce. This service has en nbled them materially to increase their production, with a certainty of reaching the market. In Maryland there aro twenty such lines carrying supplies Into Baltimore and Washing ton. They have a daily capacity of 115.C90 ton-miles and haul more than fiOf) tons a day into these markets and take back an equal amount of mer chandising to farmers and county merchants. The United States Food Administration states that one man with a truck can haul as much farm produce as three men with wagons and cover three times the distance. All of this emphasizes In a general way the conditions that have obtained in railroad transportation and ex plains why industrial and commercial interests are turning more and more from what had been considered "short hauls" to the use of motor trucks for transportation. Business men first turned to motor truck service to meet an emergency: now they are turning to it to insure against interruptions and delays In carrying on their op erations. Upkeep Lmi Expensive. When counterbalanced by their ca pacity and more extended distance of travel, the upkeep of motor trucks has proved to be less expensive than the maintenance of horses. One of I tne Dig jiacK ixucks oi me uauan fleet has been In the service ror rour years, and it has never had its en gine taken down for a general over hauling. It is still in commission, carrying Its rated capacity load every day. The following is a schedule of the distances and time made by Callan Brothers' seven and one-half-ton Hack trucks: Hours Per MIIps. Trip. New York to Philadelphia 100 12 New York to Baltimore IRS 22 New York to Dover. Del 172 21 New York to "Waterbury, Conn.. 55 11 New York to New Haven, Conn. . . 77 9 New York to Bridgeport, Corn... 68 8 New York to Hartford. Conn 113 IS New York to Sprincflcld, Mass... 139 18 New York to Worcester, Mass... 190 23 The foregoing gives a practical In sight Into the transportation methods of tho Immediate future. Motor truck Shop '- &m mmm j" Fst TviStaa V Xf portageXires Cord oi Fabri c 6,0 00 Miles Ford Sizes 7,500 Miles Forget Your Tires Equip youf car with Portage Oversize Daisy Tread Tires then settle down for 6,000 and more long, happy miles. Built generously oversize and provided with an extra ply of fabric, Portage Tires'really are unusually strong and husky. A "cushion strip" extends from bead to bead treads simply can't 1502 transportation has come to stay. The problem now is to perfect and de velop it. Engineers See Opportunity. Engineers who for years have been engaged in the building of better roads are now including In their ef forts the problem of better motor transportation. They realize that good roads are but a means to an end efficient transportation, tho get ting' of things from where they are to where they are needed In the best, quickest and most economical man ner. Within a range of 50 to 100 miles the motor truck is today easily a competitor on better than even terms with the railroads. All that is need ed to widen the limits of this zone i- the building of smooth, hard surfaced highways of adequate strength. Gov ernment recognition has been taken of this fact, and a new Government department Is to be born out of the stress of tho great war. Its purpose will be to create a country-wide svs- i tern of roads that can be used in win ter as well as summer. This has the double strategical value of a strictly military measure and of relieving railroads. , It is now proposed that topographi cal maps be prepared showing our present loosely constructed and un systematic highways. With these as a basis a plan will be made of an in terlocking system of roads, upon which the products of the nation may be moved from coast to coast, and from the Canadian border to the Gulf of Mexico. New and sounder types of roads than heretofore will have to be constructed, having as the first con sideration the greatly increased wear and tear of he"avy trucks. Even the best of our existing highways are not calculated to 'withstand continuous traction of heavy duty trucks. The best engineering brains of the world thrashed ' out the problem of good construction behind the battle lines In Belgium, France, and Italy. An approach to its solution was made when the engineering division of the French army "metalled" the roads be hind Verdun In such speedy fashion that heavy tractors top heavy with men, munitions and supplies of all kinds were enabled to pound over those roads day and night, thus giv ing the Hun a blow that led to his defeat. This lesson of Verdun has awakened highway engineers to tjie possibilities of automobile truck transportation in times of peace as well as war. The problem of transportation will be solved by good .roads engineers and motor truck engineers working in co-operation to achieve the desired end. THE MOTOR TRUCK O. tho genteel Toursedan, He's the slicker, spick and span. An' he leads a life of luxury an' ease; Mr. Roadster, he's a sport Of tho racy, reckless sort. An Miss Electric she's a lady. If you please! I'm related to their tribe. Hut I ain't what you'd describe As a slicker, or a sportln lucky-buck; I'm the roughneck of the crew I'm the coarse uncouth Tahoo I'm the un-arlstocratlc Motor Truck! I'm the sturdy son of toll. I'm the crlm and irrlmy moll An' the bedlam of the busy marts of trade; You can pipe me off a mile By my rough and ready style. An my hale an' hearty hiccough on a grade. I can carry heavy freight At a slow an" steady gait I'm the patient, ploddln' sort with pep and pluck But I gotta groan an' grunt When I do my tollln' stunt, 'Cauao I'm just a. plain, plebeian Motor Truck! Where they dig an blast an boro In the earth for oil an' ore. Twlit the mines and mills I ply -with precious loads: O'er the rugged mountain trails I kin trundle with the malls An' thpy tell mo I'm a bear at building I roads. I From the peaceful countryside I Where the farms an" fields abide. I I transport tremendous loads of market truck: I O' I'm burly an I'm tough. Cause I'm built of solid stuff I'm ynur bustlin', husky, rustlln' Motor Truck.1 To the furthermost advanc Of our fijrhtln force In France, In the face of them Inhuman, hellish Huns To the front-line trenches fanned By the breezes from No Man's Land I kin lug the ammunition an tho guns. I kin treck with tons of food O'er them shell-torn stretches strewed With the grim debris of battle, blopd and muck An" I'll do my bit unawed. By tho everllvln' Gawd, As a crashln', smashin TI. S. Army Truck! C WILES IIAI.LOCK in the Donvcr Tost. loosen up. Many other good aualities let us tell you about lem and quote, prices. UNIVERSAL TIRE CO. nisTniniiTous. -1 14th St. N. W. KUAMvLI.V .134" This column Is aevoted to th Interest of the autolst. All questions as to care and upkeep, engine troubles, tours, etc., will b cheerfully and fully answered by an expert. Questions must reach this office not latsr than Thursday to Insure issue In current week. Address all communications car Automobile Editor Washington Times, giv ing; Initials of inquirof for Index purpost. If your car Is In trouble on the road and you need a tow or assistance, avail yourself of The Times Auto Emergency Service, It Is yours for the asking. See notlcs In this section. The Hartlg Tire Company, 1612 Fourteenth street northwest, has started to expand their business, and have opened several branches not only In Washington but elsewhere. The Hartlg people have the dis tribution o fthe AJax, J. & D. and India tires, and they intend to carry a full line of all these tires at all their branches. At present they have opened sales rooms at Baltimore and Norfolk, and are planning still further expansion. Locally they have two branches be sides their main office. One of thes Is located at 1015 Eighth street south east, and the other at 3202 M street northwest. In addition to the tires already men tioned it Is the Intention of the com pany to handle all standard makes an soon as arrangements can be made. At their main salesrooms they have added a fully equipped repair shop, under W. F. Garrlty, a factory expert of many years' experience. License plates that are being used for commercial cars, both for dealers and users, are to be produced by prison labor, a bill having been passed by the N Y. legislature to that effect. Equip ment for manufacturing the plates is to be installed at the Sing Sing and Auburn prisons, and it is said that the State will effect a considerable saving, as the consumption of plates was ap proximately 500,000 last year. It is understood that New Jersey, which utilizes convict labor to produce Its automobile license plates, has found the plan very economical. In 1918 automobile manufacturers paid a total of $33,000,000 in taxes to the Federal Government. In the same period car owners paid $50,000,000 in motor registration fees to the States. Total automobile taxes including the personal property, excise, local charges, etc for the year are estima ted at $ 150 000,000. The charges will reach f200.000.000 in 1910. All of these are paid by car owners In the last analysis, making: a total charge of $25 per car for 1018. Against this It should be noted that of the 2,500,000 miles of highways in the United States but 6,250 miles are equal to the demands of heavy duty traffic, and this mileage is made up of loose, unconnected links. It would appear from this that the needs of the car owner have not been considered in highway construction, yet his taxes amount to a sum equal to more than half of the total road expenditures In the United States for any single year. Evidently a national policy is needed. Secretary of State Hugo (N. T.) is sending lists of the 51 lenses and light controlling devices for eliminating headlight glare, thus far approved, to the chiefs of police, justices of peace, and all other officials, asking for a strict observance of the law. Troopers of the State police have re ceived orders to note cars operated with glaring headlights. Prediction Is made that within thirty days all cars will be equipped with non-glaring devices in conform ity with the law. 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