Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-03-25 | Page 40 | Wilson to Take on Dart Truck Line

WILSON TO TAKE 01 DART TRUCK LINE President of Shank Company Com-pany Goes East to Arrange Ar-range for Shipment. Announcement was made yesterday of j the taking over of the Dart truck dietri-I dietri-I bution here by the Shank Auto company, distributors for the Cole lino. Harry Wil-I Wil-I eon, president of the Shank company, left 1 during the week for Waterloo, Iowa, where he will arrange for the shipment ' of the trucks to the city as soon as trans-I trans-I portatlon is available. I In the Dart line of trucks the Shank j company will carry a wide assortment. From one-half-tan models to the six-ton j variety will be carried in stock. ! During his visit in the middle west i Mr. Wilson will visit the Cole factory in Indianapolis to accelerate the shipment ; of a tralnload of Colo cars which aro now ' ordered. Twenty-one carloads of the Cole ' models are now on the way here, how-! how-! ever, and with the coming of the pleas-i pleas-i ant weather it Is thought by the officials , that these will soon be sold. Mr. Wilson is taking no chances in i - running short of cars during the coming season. The possibility of a great car shortage throughout the country in the summer months looms oig at the present time. If transportation cannot be found available to get the big shipment of Coles here in time for their distribution, Mr. Wilson will at once recruit a small army of drivers who will form a caravan and drive the cars to Salt Lake.