Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-11-24 | Page 25 | Motorized Railway Pays Big Dividends

NOTORIZED RAILWAY PAYS BIG1IQEMB California Has Rail Trans- port Line That Comes to the Door. "Let's apply for a receiver," suggested sug-gested tho vice president of the railroad, rail-road, sadly. "But bo won't havo anything to receive, ' objected t ho treasurer. "Here's a straight loss for the year of more than $8000. And it's likely to be worse than that next season. The road has been losing money for the past six years. Seems- to mo we'd better tear up our rails, self 'em for juuk and quit." "Wait a minute." W. j. Holt, president presi-dent of the twclve-milo lloltou Jnter-i urban railroad EI Ceutro to Iloltville, Cal. tapped his pencil sharply ou the big redwood table. "Lot's look into this thing a bit. Our road ucd to clear $17,000 annually, but automobiles anc motor trucks have cut our traffic down to nearly nothing. Xow, it's up to us to get back this Inst biiHiirss that's all. I'omc out in tho, freight yard and 1 "1 1 show you a Jittlo invention of mine. ' ' They vent out. to the freight, yard and' the following year Helton .Intrnr-ban .Intrnr-ban railroad showed a., not profit of $5000 ! Holt's "Jitlle iuvontinii" moved Ihe mountain, lie had gone (lie motor trueks one better by devising a wheel I hat would run ou cither roaifor rail. The. I rucks and juices of the IIol-trui IIol-trui Intcrurbau now pick up their loads at warehouses, ranches or hutids, drive' up to the nearest rond crnino-( turn onto the track and ruth a lung the rails at forty miles nn hour. Here and 1here, at sonic little byway, they swerve off and jolt down a country road to 'nme ranelier's door. After making their delivery de-livery thev return again to the railioad, resuming the run. - j The wheels a re equipped with a solid i tire at tho outer side n, :t deeply ! crnoved rim, serving ail pnrpv-ey f,f a. railroad wijee, at the ie-id-. The trip'k is driven onto the yhWa at. any erns-in-j. Jt thus becomes a railroad imtor truck which can be run oer the rails j at a ruueh higher speed and with much lower fuel ex pe use t h an j f i . ere i driven on an ordinary road. Mid or Lijc. ' I