Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-12-24 | Page 15 | Another Service Truck for the Salt Lake Hardware Company

Another Service Truck for the Salt Lake Hardware Company j : - Jr jWv 'VH A ' ' '4 J Salt Lake's biggest hardware concern adds another Service one-tn truck to its delivery fleet in the wholesale department. J According to R. J. Poole, manager of the Salt Lake Hardware wholesale delivery de-livery department, the Service truck has best answered the requirements of their business, and the sincerity of his words is vouched for by the fact that this is the second Service truck pur-, chased by his concern within the last; two months. This new one-ton Service truck, as illustrated above, is equipped with specially built body finished in Brewster green aud trimmed with yellow. yel-low. When questioned yesterday as to the relative efficiency of auto trucks and old-style horse-drawn vehicles for delivery, de-livery, Mr. Poole said: ' ' Of course, it is well understood nowadays now-adays that the gasoline motor truck is the modern vehicle for deHvery, but you realize the vast difference in the efficiency of the old and new way and the saving that is actually to be realized real-ized from theuse of trucks for delivery. deliv-ery. ' ' We estimate that the use of the one-ton truck manned by one driver, eliminates three teams and three drivers, driv-ers, which means a saving to us of two drivers' salaries, as well as the upkeep up-keep of the teams, and the service is much more satisfactory and efficient.1 '