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Show METEORIC EVOLUTION MURKS MOTOR TRUCK Pierce-Arrow Power Wagon Is Example, Says Frank Botterill. Transportation history has never recorded re-corded such a meteoric rise ae that credited cred-ited to the motor truck, particularly the heavy duty types that have, in rapid order, conquered one formidable obstacle after another. Resistless has been the progress of the big steeds of steel and they have been forcing the time-honored horse and wagon system off the transportation trans-portation map. Los Angeles, as one of the greatest motor trucking centers in the United States, has witnessed many forceful demonstrations of motor truck efficiency, and there is one that lingers as a strong example of what can be expected of heavy duty machines. Details of the demonstration demon-stration have just been received in Salt Lake by the Tom Botterill Automobile company, distributors for Pierce-Arrow trucks. When a great number of twenty-three-and-one-half-foot sections of twelve-inch pipe had to be moved from Los Angeles into the San Fernando valley to points far removed from railroads, the transportation trans-portation problems proved perplexing until un-til the motor truck entered the situation. situa-tion. A test was made with a five-ton Pierce-Arrow truck and a trailer of five tons capacity, owned by the Advance Truck company of Los Angeles. Fifty-six Fifty-six sections of the pipe, weighing a total of twelve tons, were loaded upon the Pierce-Arrow and trailer, and it fairly raced away with its cumbersome load. The time, money and labor saved by motor truck transportation in this one big project alone ran into great sums. A striking example of the utility of the motor truck is being given 'every day by , the Advance Truck company's fleet. A keenly felt shortage of freight cars exists ex-ists in Los Angeles today and this condition con-dition is prevalent throughout the United States. It is singularly interesting that a railroad company that owns a ranch in Ventura county, near Los Angeles, is using the Advance company's big Pierce-Arrows to transport freight to relieve re-lieve the pressure tor rolling stock on its own lines. I This is a forceful lesson to the mer-i mer-i chant and wholesaler as to the actual situation in railroad transportation today, to-day, and it proves most clearly the value oflffuck service, because of its economy, flexibility and freedom from congestion difficulties. The Botterill company reports a steadily stead-ily increasing demand for Pierce-Arrow trucks for reasons similar to those pointed point-ed out in the communication from Los Angeles. Pierce-Arrows in every part of the state are meeting just such emergencies emer-gencies constantly, according to reports received by the local distributors. |