Show Transportation or Stagnation HE entire country Is toda today suffering from a paralytic Condition condition condition con con- T THE that h 1149 s gripped the tho railroads duo to an unprecedented of or every commodity which bl high h water nater mark In the production requires transportation to make It available for tor consumption Wo We can hardly blame blamo the railroads for tor they have always been offered to them but conditions Inthe in inthe ca capable p able of ot handling the business and are arc above c normal Production the flit world to today ar have havA changed and consumption have advanced d at a faster pace than transportation tion and still sUll we must consider that there Is very little room for Cor So unless we wo develop other future rail transportation growth unbroken develop to never hope lines JInes of oC communication wo we can cnn take talca of ot the commerce which Is now fields to production and care cara tl flooding our railway systems systems- The motor truck Is a a. valuable aid to the railroads In extending and cheap transportation transportation trans trans- their services further Inland and In giving quick communities All those who have an nn settled seWed In sparsely ly insight Into the tho can readily see sec that our waterways are 1 coming back Into their own These waterways which former formerly y and which have havo become Idle and fallen Into carried our commerce could better and more tho the railways that decay deca through the fact rapidly rapid handle the hc commerce of ot our country countr are arc once again returning to their former prestige and power due to the inability of 0 the railroads to keep step with the l march arch of ot progress and product production With the tho railway the waterway an and d tho the highway transport adequate transportation for the tho pr present sent n needs cds of or commerce as well wen wenas as the needs of ot the future will be furnished The Tho following officials clearly clearl Illustrates the raIt glowing statements of ot railway attitude of oC railway management toward these new forms of or transportation transportation transportation trans trans- as a for transportation Ills HIs t r. r VIEWPOINTS OF RAILROAD PRESIDENTS of Commerce As Expressed to the National Automobile Chamber Statement of Norman Call vice Ice president of at the Richmond ond Fredericksburg Potomac Railroad company compan I believe that tho the railroads almost without exception realize the value aluc of oC motor motol transport as feeders ceders for Cor its main lines Unes Statement of oC J. J 13 E. I Gorman president of or the Chicago Rock Ro k Island laland Pacific Railway company There Is no question of or the tho value of or motor trucks In serving rural communities and I think equally the they can be used to advantage ad In the tho transfer of freight In large shipping centers replacing Jt lb trap cars now used for tor that particular purpose purpose pur pur- pose which cx experiment has been tried In at nt least one veI very Important city Good roads are arc necessary for the development of 0 motor truck tran transportation an largo sum now being applied to this p particular f purpose In almost all parts of oC the United States if It expended at proper locations will enable the motor truck to serve ene well wen Inan many localities not now adequately served by railroads Statement nt of C L. L Bardo general s manager of or the tho New York Now No Haven Hl Hartford Railroad company I am Inclined to believe b lIe o that the conclusion reached as to the handling handBill of ot short haul 1 I. c. c 1 1 traffic b by motor truck and long haul I. I c. c 1 traffic b by rail Is ts tho the correct step stop and there thero only remains th the development de of or the proper public sentiment to give voice t 1 ta such laws and protection as will mal make o this this conclusion effective Statement of ot D. D I. I F. F Lush Bush president of tho the Missouri Parlor Pacific Railroad company Highway transportation h by auto truck will undoubtedly be of or considerable volume In the Southwest particularly In the 1 Mates of oC Arkansas H Louisiana and md Texas Texas' Large appropriations have o boon been made t L by y tho the legislators of or these states for highway construction anti and upon completion of or this work I am very surd that tho the opportunity for aut nut transportation will be bo larger larser than ever er Statement of ot H. H J E. E Byram Bram president of or the Chicago Milwaukee St. St Paul Railway company It H seems acorns to me that the tho automobile truck as a R. M I Lion tion factor las has as a a. field where it can be useful In tho the handling of or miscellaneous pus short haul traffic In and near congested centers and no doubt the present situation will afford a favorable op opportunity for or development dc of or tho the motor truck In inthe tho the field where it can be mot most t useful under normal conditions Fortunately the conditions under which the motor truck can be operated to the bc best t advantage ad Is in the handling of ot traffic 4 I which Is most expensive for tor Oho tho o railroads 1 to o handle bandl v vj U IJ j Statement of or C. C A A. A Phelan genera genera manager r of or r. r the their Missouri Arkansas railroad d I There Is no question but hut what the motor truck isa is-a great asset In tho the handling of oC freight to and from the railroads to the tho interior co country entry and there thero Is an opportunity for lor con con- considerable development along such lines In this countr country Statement of or Daniel Willard president of or the Baltimore Ohio Railroad company compan I think I r realize olizo properly tho the Importance of or motor truck transportation and I believe It Is to tho the best Int Interests of tho the country as 38 a whole that such transportation be further developed developed devel el along economic lines I think there thero Is n n. very proper economic field for all agencies of or transportation so 50 far developed and wherever It Itcan Itcan Itcan can be clearly hown shown that the tho can cnn perform the tho transportation service required at a n. total economic cost lower than the cost when tho the railroad Is used then in the tho public Interest th the motor transport system should be bc used Statement of oC W. W II 11 Tinley president of or the Chicago Northwestern Northwestern North North- western Railway company The ment of or the motor truck for tor short haul freight transportation Is a very large larse and a very Important subject at atthe atthe atthe the present time time- StAtement Statement of or W W. G G. G Besler president of or tho the Central Railroad Company of or New r Jerse Jersey There can b be ha no question In tho the mind of or anyone concerning the Important part that the motor truck has now como coma to play In the matter of oC transportation In this country countr nor that It has come como to stay and to supplement railroad service ser Just as the automobile and trolley car has supplemented and extended the radius of or suburban life lite The Tho auto truck for Cor movement mo and for Interurban service ice will fill a 1 t much needed gap ap and will do more economically economically cally and efficiently the 1 I. c. c I. I business which has been forced upon the railroads and must be handled through transfer houses and platforms subject to the excessive cost of ot such service In addition to the delay to the shipment itself |