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Show COAL MEN LIKE TICK S1H Numerous Big Firms of Salt Lake Show Preference for Packard. "It la but a short time ago that vlr-:ually vlr-:ually all of the heavy hauling In Salt Lake City and environs was done by lorses," said A. S. Sims, manager of the i 3ims company, 173-1711 Social Hall ave- nue, distributor of Packard cars and j rucks. "Now," ho continued, "the horse- ! Irawn truck or dray is the exception, not the rule. For the delivery of heavy oaos, in nnu eiruuiiu wi... ... r truck has become the accepted thing, win- ter or summur, and the reasons for this I change are not far to seek. The first-class motor truck elves to the operator a service that would be lm-possible lm-possible with one, two or even three , teams, and when all the factors are taken Into consideration, the service given Is j more economical than could be secured , by use of horses. The truck is several times as fast as the horse-drawn vehicle, i It requires no long period of rest each day; that Is, It can be operated ten. twelve or even fourteen hours a day by changing : drivers, and should a period of enforced Idleness be required, its upkeep cost Is , negligible. With the prevailing prices of hay and grain the feed required to keep a team in good working condition foots up a considerable amount each week. "Hauling of coal during the winter season sea-son Is a big task In and around Salt Lake. That the leading coal firms of the city are now hauling the major part of i tho coal they deliver by truck is well known; that many of them believe the I Packard truck is the truck they depend upon for regular and superior service is evidenced by the fact that during the last few davs the Central Coal and Coke company, com-pany, the Marsh Coal company, the Western West-ern Fuel company and the Standard Coal company have all purchased Packard trucks from the Sims company. This would seem to be fair evidence of the high place which the Packard holds In the minds of operators whose business Is such as to put the motor truck to the I severest and most lasting tests." I |