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O i 1 i r r f j Alj n p furl fj aJ t 1 0 I I I 1 tl I I e. e u 9 fh illI M r MY W 1111 LL ih 4 W 1 HH A 4 f 4 f f i FREIGHT BLOCKADE i DOESN'T PREVENT AUTO SHIPMENTS T TO AN I Dealers Delivering Orders I Through Up to Date Medium Me Me- Me-j Me of the Driveway Dy fly Special News New Service DETROIT Mich Jan n ns n's s 's Pp pape lp space e has ha been devoted recent recently to various army ary truck trains trins which have hae been winding their devious ways vas va's from froni automobile ut centers center to the te Atlantic coast of ot To determine the practicability I chipping automobile trucks across country coun try by their own power the army transportation trans trans- authorities in Washington tranS tranS-I some sonic weeks ago ao manned twenty eight trucks bul built t for service in lit the tho worlds world's war by bythe bythe bythe the Packard company with wih soldier chauffeurs chaut- chaut feurs who made the run from Detroit to Baltimore In approximately two weeks TU Innovation as It was called caled proved a gt success and in the tho immediate future the departure of government truck I from rom the source ot of manufacture to th the Atlantic coast cOst will wl be an almost advent adent the tho dalli occurrence l uce c The of ot army daly truck train has been ben hailed as an example d t the In Ingenuity of ot the tho war dep department Perhaps it I is Is aryl arid ar there Isao is no ao question but that It I will wi go a long longway longway the wa way toward easing the strain on en overburdened railroads but but the idea of ot shipping automobiles many miles mies by their own powel is not an Innovation by any ny means Had the tho powers that be In Washington Washing ton flaked aked ked the opinion of oC any of ot the transportation trans trans- managers of ot the larger automobile automobile auto auto- mobile plants as to the practicability otI of ot 1 I sending mobie trucks trues acra across country countr the they the would have been quickly enlightened Possibly they ben did seek such Information Perhaps Perhaps Per Per- haps they were from Missouri they halt haa hajto to be shown It appears that they have le been jt JUs as practical automobile then men ten knew en they would be Detroit factories have been e shipping I passenger B r cars cara across r t country t now o almost o a year r C There was no apparent reason for thinking the same system could not be applied to auto trucks These of oC pleasure cars are area a c common now and there here has been little Ille interruption notwithstanding the fact the highways In the Middle West Yest arcIn are arc in a re deplorable condition as a result of ot frigid I weather and an unusually heavy snowfall were made necessary many months ago when the railroads began to crack and frantic dealers began begu calling for Cor shipments It I was then that the versatile vertile vestle transportation managers rose to the occasion slon and decided that the railroads railroads rail raU- o roads could go hang The was I born Some factories were skeptical of ot otIs Its Is success Purchasers might justly justy I complain over the wear and tear of ot the car cr or Its is tires tres despite the fact that every ever effort efort was made to select careful drivers As a tribute to the ability of ot the men who ho have hae become the pioneers of a new vocation the oton the the but but little trouble trouble trou trou- ble ide has been experienced over the tue condition condi condi- lion tion ton of the car cr after aCer It has reached Its Is destination Now ow this wear and tear bar has lias been abolished for tor some time at least through trough a I decision by Circuit Court Judge Henry Henry A. A Mandel of ot Detroi Detroit who has ruled that an automobile company was within it Its Is rights In delivering automobiles s under their thelt own wn power to purchasers In other cities and the purchasers could not complain complain com corn plain of ot the wear and tear ter on oU tres tires and other wear Incidental to the automo 1 bile bie being bing delivered under its Is own power and that tat a court must mut take tike cognizance of the fact that tat all al available cars are arc needed for for war ar service and that the neet railroads of C th the United States are con con- et l. l Automobile men say sa this decision wilt wl give she an impetus to the system to passenger car cal makers maker and cause oua Its 18 adoption more generally by dealers and distributors tors throughout throughout the dee country countr At Aa an Illustration of ot the ingenious methods inaugurated by the automobile transportation managers to overcome probe problems arising over the collapse of the railroads the Maxwell Motor company executed a novel several days a ago Having a rush order from Chi Chi- r many cago T f for uc fifty y q quick passenger action cars was asan and athi called as for fo as a. as freight congestion congelton was was at Its highest point n The e plan was simplicity P m ts after t ft t h hb had b been nn evolved Fifty Maxwell axel ton one trucks were ph- ph par with wih proper to car carry Pf p e cars ca P By tot not t allowing an empty truck to leav teve leave te the plant the Maxwell company compan ga a splendid demonstration r o of oh h how Bin rl v In transportation s may a be e ac ac- ac S Tp Tb e ov overland truck and passenger car cr train released a train trin of ot thirty freight ca' ca cats cat's for to other transportation services c. c Care Ce was taken to provide against any anyo load shifting The train trin was wag as piloted by Rv o lc mar th the Maxwell road rd engi engl- tie neer i. i A large of ot the te drive was over ores ov snow ShO and ice covered roads |