Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-11-23 | Page 47 | Ruck Terminal at Minneapolis

IB TEIIl II MINNEAPOLIS Return Load Prob-km Prob-km for Ten Rural Motor Impress Companies. finest. Doubles Capacity Ajter One Month's Operation. ZL - morvased to .uch an axt, nl E taMla!i4 to h.-:p m lvu,s n Kvula problem, haa douM. I is cac mil u,oro on '-' aperation. Z.lti in the heart of the whoialo Z, t!ia terminal U aflordiiu a cen-to cen-to te UT express win-" win-" routes radiate i JJen, Mliv.-earc'-:.- J "ruc'ss are carrvir-S Into f..- cu Cum of ceam. butter. ss arid -vecy weuM so o .: i -Slas o! fioss and arc taking back 'a, turner his reQulremants In funii-tna funii-tna machinery. pocarUa ana othef Lb, of Ufa. The terminal ia the XtfatVn :r.at which tncowlns loads BifutM throughout 'he city, u.d !i,.v..wms loads are assembled. . 2sv true operators, truck manufac- !L, a -; represents ::...:.ei'. Set to"rd systematic 4.-:' ... . ' . ' rr ' ' ttrest Keen. -ie establishment of t'ao Flre-Efc-bv-truck bureau. gret interest Caroused tn the northwest in the Lto-trcck movement." sa s 1. M. i-r -tor of the Twin C t Sri the bureau. "New operator 72&t into the field each week aa inutilities unfold themselves, wit. iCrateal in sucoaaaf-'- " -- itopreci.-t that by next spr i there to a network of motor truck freig laoress routes connecting the Twin Bk practically all the larger cities I towns In Minnesot fioksalers and large shippers art (to the terminal management unanl-toeipport. unanl-toeipport. and every morning their Es my be seen delivering merchan-in merchan-in the loading platform?. T..:s mer-iafee mer-iafee is. in turn, sorted and distributed aanral e.vbress operators, in a short alt has started on a rapid and untangled un-tangled course to Its country destina-j destina-j ffla campanv operating the terminal. U H Incorporated for 1100.000. is at oat Baking a flat rate u c-u:s per awedweisht tor ita service, which inns in-ns ofcuining new business for truck tajaators. making collect ions arc laa rare st bookkeeping, ers are '.:i- nctaLfo take orders f rin -rural mer-Mto mer-Mto ft anything ne-ied from whole-fas. whole-fas. These orders are turned in to the rzati company, and "oy it snt to the toemto bouses. This feature is very r.-2 irr:::-- by I sa rs. A njlaefr 'Arge number of orders nj ti. .. - - . fitig Effected. Taaa talked with practically all op-"'-r. -r- : : - -: s all acei aade by the terminal cemf-any Jnaats a large saving to them over ' cost to run their heavy ""-3 :7rr t.-.r city streets in making tnps. jTto areraiUng rates for shipments by na little more than the rates by jjto fee corresponding classifications. JSteto consideration the fact that Ptofet several handlings of each ship-Jt ship-Jt are eliminated; that boxing or - e:essan.. and that fpom its seyea daj-s' time is saved in de-Wftto de-Wftto bo wonder that shippers are aastfcalljr supporting the shio-by- ncremect. Certainty of delivery Ftoarjoo of damage to goods in tare other considerations that - -e 0nng the motor truck fr.ctids in. frt-.'-a-.: .