Show TRUCKS DEFEAT FREIGHT TABOO B Between Flint and Chicago Get Best of Driving motor cars cus overland In trains having a pilot and a n conductor on definite schedule with n train dispatcher dispatcher dis track maintenance crow crew and andall andall all tho the other features of or a well regulated regulated regu railway system has been the outgrowth out onto growth of ot the Ule almost complete em ent embargo bar bargo o of or motor car freight on railways railways rail mil ways since the first of ot the month according ac nc cording contin to an article in tho the last issue of or Motor A Age c quoted by Sales Manager Manager Man Man- ager A. A V y Olson of or the Randall Randall Dodd Auto company local Buick f tors rt f f According to the tha tb Motor Age article the tho boat U-boat at warfare which resulted inthe In tho the embargo o declared by thirty railroads rail roads has not only resulted in tying up more than worth of ot motor cars in Detroit but it has hns also resulted in tho the development of a now new method of getting cars to dealers in quantities independent of freight ht conditions con c loons and one which probably p will willbe willbe be he one of or the tho chief features of de de- deliver delivery livery liver to dealers deniers even after arter railroad conditions become normal Tho The Buick branch at Chicago durIn during dur dur- In ing the tho last w week k has received over worth of motor cars from the factory at Flint Mich by overland o delivery This has been made mado possible possible ble hie only by the tho finest organization and most complete arrangements for getting getting get get- Un ting the cars out of the tho factory factor and seeing fleeing that they are put over O the tho road without delay dolay and without accident WORK ON SCHEDULE The pilot knows the Ole route thorough I 1 IT and has a list of or stopping places Each driver is supplied with a list of the tho towns passed through and definite ate ite controls arc are established The drivers are Bre Instructed to pa pay no attention attention at at- to the cars carR behind them and to make no stops unless 8 tho the car in I front of them stops The last car 1 carrying tho the conductor carries carnes also such uch spare parts as RS valves and spark park plugs plug lugs two shovels and a tow loW rope for tor or work in the drifts If It any car should stop on account of difficulties all those behind this stop top and the conductor con conn doctor ductor can enn render first aid The exceptionally bad weather conditions conditions con con- during the time timo the tho driveways have bave been under way have hac increased d tho the difficulties very ery much Below zero temperatures and roads impassable with snow drifts made it nece necessary Sr to take exceptional measures to keep the roads open The Buick factory helped materially In this by having eight or ten trucks on the road all aU the tho time filled with men and shovels who ho kept the tho drifts cleared out between Flint and the tho point where tho the road joins tho the Lincoln highway The mere passage of or the trucks themselves over the roads roada helped in keeping tho the way open The cars carR have come como through none nono tho worse for their experience In fn fact the engines have ha-e been in better belter shape ahapa when they arrived than when the they started The bodies havo have needed only washing and polishing to res restore lore their brilliant finish Of course it Is a little more mOTe expensive than freight shipment The freight char charge e from Flint to Chicago is 1850 Cars Gars are arc I sent overland now at an average cost of 2250 2260 This has come como about i I through proper organization and improved improved im im- im I proved weather and road conditions h as the a cost was double that at the tho first of the tho month GO BY NUMBER Arrived at the factory the tho dealer hands to a representative of Ike Chi Chicago hl- hl cago sago branch his check for tho the cars heIs he heis is to get et and he is given a numbered requisition for each car When hen the dealer arrives at tho the factory these I cars are ready for him The Tho factory which been notified as asto I to the tho dealers dealer's wants has been work ork ing all aU night getting the cars In shape for tor the drive Each car Is tuned up for the road has had its radiator filled fitted with a mixture of water and alcohol has haa hasten ten gallons of gasoline In the tank and has oil oLl and grease As the tho dealer turns his requisitions over to a dispatcher dispatcher dis dis- at the factory the cars are aro called by number an and the tho dealers dealer's driver takes his place in the car and is away n. n na a So well worked out are the tho plans that there is only the slightest delay at the tho factory One Instance will wilt show the quickness with willi which tho the cars are gotten oUen away Ono One of ot the Grand Trunk trains Jot got of into Flint the other mornIng morn morn- t lug Ing at 30 with a party of or dealers and men and twenty minutes later the tho first cars had started on their way to Chic Chi- Chi c cago go At the present time Ume cars carsa a day can be bo got away from the factory fac fac- tory for tor their overland drive I |