Show MOTOR TRUCK v LM DATA OPEN t TO NA NATION TION t n 4 Tt Firestone rd i estone Or Of Offers ers J c cd Bureau Information to f f fR R Railroad road Administrators L ALL I LL L TRUCK SHIP 1 aTA STATISTICS A AVAILABLE Vl Ir L lest Sees Secs Lesson Leon c in Exi Ex Ex- w of th British i t l e in London d t- t tJ location typo type Information tion showing it r and nd capacity of or pr practically every motor moto Truett r I. I in the tho United States has hM been n do subject to the call of or tho ro on n- n ni iTt In the event railway r freight sr M becomes curtailed so o for any Ic u nn Mai fo malts maka It necessary or desirable to io supplement it with motor true truck service r his Information now available a through lists on file in th the largest I Cities iti cities s of oC the United States in which I has has branches has been offered t to tile federal fuel tuel administrator and to 16 director of ot railways b by the Fire Fire- I t tto EtOI le C Truck Ship bureau at Akron through F. F Farr director of or the buT bureau butau bu- bu T reau tau ai who also has proffered the ser fc s ib s of ot tho the personnel of or the bureau In perfecting a sup supplementary ry service ser whenever and wherever cr it might be re- re AccordIng to Mr Ir Farr approximately teJ i- i I tOO medium and heavy Y capacity mot mo- mo Wl t tr trucks with drivers ers could be ed Into service included in tho the are those owned by GOOD cOO open oper- tors lors tors regularly engaged in city and Ln hauling on fixed routes an and schedules f d. d knit Strike Po s lt is not the bounds hounds of or posy pos pos- y said s Mr Parr Farr that the rail rail- t zb-l zb men cn will stripe strike e and oven even without 1 lIly eventuality our government o ought l c a complete record of all sup- sup jl transportation systems Items It K ht become highly desirable desirable- for gns- gns oll o to shoulder as much as J possible of or of the freight carrying burden to reduce re- re duce fluce to a minimum the coal eOll burning re- re of oC tho railroads so ro o tho the needs of oC domestic users may be taken te care r of t us England Iland s-a s gave ve motor transport a a. thorough M test i. i as a freight carrier dur- dur Sn tho the recent railroad T workers workers' fact Ir 1 Jn fact England's Jn J cities depended t a-t al- al I mos cf on motor transport for tor d necessities How Icon well the tho trucks 1 In thIs bo bog Job Indicates in ea slay Il what th they might bo be expected to 0 In n an In emergency in this country 4 The hc bl big immediate problem England hid tiKi to o solve was the feeding of oC Lon- Lon JY inhabitants Just as the atal Ls lino nS' nS g of or tho the people of our larger lars Tj t Ic would bo bathe the big problem in this f Towns xa y and villages are ago near I nough 4 to tho source of oC supply to take I- I rare roro r 01 oi In a satisfactory utan u r r. r Tho Th trucks truels proved od that th London can n ne I h have ve a c. serious food 0 through lack of or transportation so 80 1 long lg I ti o hl highways aro kept open tl to motor motor mo mo- mI I tor transport tr L London Food S Suffered London It was found required 1 12 13 OCt tons fors of It food tood and gallons 0 oC of r milk During the first day d o 0 of i tho the strike about wout one-fourth one the thc 1 cary lr supply was delivered On the second dif dai half h a 1 supply uJ ply was brought brouGh t tIn In On tho the third day and every overy tiny stay La tho-e tho thereafter a full tull supply was carried into Imo the hc cUr city Because of oC reserves re OM to carry carrr Ih th the city through tho the two t days dl of ot organization Uon there thore was owa no perceptible percept I Il ible iMs of oC food tood during the lend ten ten- d day j strike I I Ono thousand tru trucks ks were vc-re used In Ingathering Ingathering I gathering the mill milk from th the country surround surrounding in London Altogether trucks were weN employed in gathering and distributing food tood in the tho districts district affected affected af ar- b by the Of or course what wh was England's problem presents only on a a. small scale tho the problem th that t would woul bo ho ours if our out cities had to depend nd entire entirely on motor motor motor mo mo- tor truck service for Cor food tood supply ppl TIt But t tIt it Is s not probable p W we will need more than th to supplement the thc railroad ice fee And we vC havo have more than ten Umes times Ume as s m many miny ny trucks as England In round numbers there thero are aro commercial vehicles In tho United States About half haH of these probably could coull be turned Into efficient carriers c of food tood in c case se of or emergency They could be bo of ot enormous enormous enor enor- v value luc |