| Show SUCK UCK IS MOST I t EXPENSIVE OF I MilLING pAULING MODES i. i Effective Ef- Ef Also Very T Trailer oy Method d of Trans Trans- r p pj nation F j SC CAN AN HELP NA NAk NAf NATION IN PROBLEM f k i I of Commercial Cars Unravel Freight Puzzle r I In Br H. H C C. LEG t Of Indr Landt I A Cohe Co of or he cheap cheapest st method he throughout the vest wesl- I Lt r n n In n existence today Is that of motor trucks 1 n states This assertion I Itt t trailers Troy fro d 4 scoffed at b by 3 one who had id be tt 4 gold the he work ork of trucks t d Troy noYs but It Is a a. fact I i rate between Salt Lake Lace Ie freight rhe he oO 00 o ogden ranges from 30 cents to hundredweight by rail Take tr tS average I and it would Vents rents as an ordinary Lt It t 7 17 per ton to haul nn an between these two points IT cost compares very favorably vora bl v III where here the tho th thet of truck costs t th tb that trailer trader without used ik ek Is Trailer Cut Co Cost oat t Quickly But it when a Tro Troy trailer is used see sec seethe drop For example It W- W We the lie e costs for tor the cas easy job jolt 9 Id be a very verr truck to haul Its Us rated LY ton three r. r rY Troy dand arid In addition a a. ton three-ton Lake to Ogden ller tier ler load from Salt This trip has hasin hasin d d return In one day lay Ln in made hundreds o of times during Ie e past year rear Very Yen frequently the theme theme thene me ne ton three truck hauls a I c ton five ton oi h r load However er with the three three- e. e tn n ft trailer the tho total load I is six tons Id d the entire cost o of operation which fevers vers interest depreciation tire wear d good wages ages to the driver has never 21 1 Or 01 in railroad terms I cents per hundred Nearly ear one one- If the cost o of shipping by rail This latter aHer cost Includes the term 11 1 il I 1 charges at both points That I is It the freight t in ill Sa Salt I t Lal Lake e n and nd Ivers slivers It to the consignee at nt 0 Og- tn n lD Insure Prompt Delivery And d more valuable than nn any other in og Dg it insures Insure the tho freight reaching he purchaser the day ay It 13 is shipped his Is should appeal to the shippers who ve eo contended with the short maul aul of ot today Many 1 an of ot them have o tilted alted weeks for tor goods to come only hundred or so miles and aro are bl waiting now ft The government go wishes to be telie te- te lie Ic ed ed from the tho burden of short shon haul freight It is this portion that is the civile use ue of ot the costly confusion and blockades we have hn had on the entire Railroad abroad system of ot the country during lie e past pUl winter It is tho the short haul eight that will 1111 hinder the progress progresso o f E the war as long ong as it continues Few people eople know that it takes a as long for carload of ot freight to h go from rum Salt ike kc ke to Price as ns it does doe'S for tor th the same sime to go from rout rom Salt Lake to Kanis Kan- Kan all all- is City It This is because USO schedules ul s provided e for tor handling the th through h freight and entire trains can be made ij p D and started on their way with a Ingle Angle destination before them Value alue Great on Short bort Haul Short haul or local freight has Ither either to lie at the tho loading point until r sufficient quantity can bo be gathered gather d do lo o ship chip the entire car loaded to full ull to the one destination or It BOM oes in a mixed car which contains height for Cor a number of different stations sta sta- lons ons or worse It Is loaded in a car r nd because there is s not sufficient eight to that point the tho car Is started a short Journey only half halt loaded In either event there is a long deP tie tic P I 1 y It II is valuable to both the shipper nd tho the consignee and is costly to the road that handles it But Dut the Latest atut loser is s tho the government that I sadly dl y in need o of the tho materials that tho car could be hauling from the Pacific to the Atlantic and wd who c can cantell nl tell loll but that the car Is taking up the space that a hundred shells ml might ht po pos poi possibly I sibly be bo loaded In and on their a way to stop the chan charge e o of a pack of ot murderous murderous mur mur- derous h rous bloodthirsty Huns Load Lond Trout Prom Go Go mur-I mur It should be bo nn an ens easy matter for tho the r lC largo o Intermountain shipper of or local freight to a assist the tho government o In releasing thousands of cars yearly from local loca work to allow the railroads to put them thorn In n the long haul service It ItIs ItIs ItIs Is a saving for him to do so It is a saving In n a n great reat many ways was the greater of ot which is the added assistance assist assist- ance anco given ghen the tho government In bringing bringing bring bring- ing the railroads d up to the highest state of efficiency for their great reat work In III carrying on the war This point of ot efficiency will wll never be realized while the tho systems are flooded Clouded with the short haul freight Reports are arc persistently oozing over o the country that very cry shortly short short- ly 1 or orders ers will be he given hen the railroads to not accept shipments that are arc not for tor a R. distance o of at least one ono hundred miles wiles Satins ID Pelt lu In France It would that this would be bo a measure that would work worl great hardships hard- hard whips ships on the firms nn and business houses that do Ilo a L great amount of or business In neighboring towns but then hardships I are me bred from warfare and we cannot expect to escape them even en when we weare weare I Iare are thousands of of miles mlle from the scenes of ot conflicts Transportation Is the tho very lIfo life of or successful warfare Should an any of or the methods of ot transportation In Inthe Inthe in inthe the warring zones break it would al almost almost al most roost Instantly spell 1 defeat t for tor the tho forces foree dependent upon It for ammunition ammunition i tion and supplies And the lines Inthe in inthe I the thc United States are as much a part as the little narrow gauge road running running running run run- ning from the French seaport to the I base basc supply depot Why should the they I not be bc when the shell cannon or aero nero aeroplane 1 plane plano or troop train that is started on Its journey somewhere in our own oVon countr country finally end ends up fit nt the end of ot Its travel on this same little narrow I gauge I It is for for this reas reason n that no bar that is s in too spokes or of our railroad system BS B'S tem and is impeding its progress will willbe willbe be allowed to exist If Ir it is possible to eliminate It lt The short hort haul frel freight ht Is doing just this now now and tho local shipper will do well to outline new neww w ways s 's of or delivering dell his goods short hort distances distances dis dis- lIs- lIs and not bo be wholly dependent ent upon facilities s 's that nUL may may bo be withdrawn from Crom his use at an any time The truck and trailer will go so a long lone longway longway way towards helping him out |
