Show n nI I AUTO TRAFFIC I IS RAil RAF HEL HELI HEAP I Relieves Congestion for Roads By Taking Short Hauls Improvement of the th entire trans tran trani Ssell S sell o of of the country through the railroads ot if costly short haul 1 business was predicted by Roy fey n ll I Chopin Chapin vice president Automobile of ot the National Automo Automo- bile Chamber of ot Comm Commerce speak speak- speaking ing lag at the Ie eleventh annual meeting ot of the United Stat States Chamber ot of Commerce In New Tork York recently Actual competition bet ee beta Ces Ce's rail and n carriers today Is negligible said Mr Ir Chapin and anil and where It doc does exist It I la Is largely due to 10 the fact tact that tho rail lines suffering from undue regulation ant cramped beyond reason finan- finan finan ha hale base e been ben unable to pro Ide desired pro facilities The The most fact fart anY survey brings out Is that tile the th field of the motor truck I Is essen essen- liall essentially usually fo for short shott hauls In In Connecticut ut 86 per cent percent eIs of ot the motor truck haulage e Is under 70 miles and Con decreases the cost of railroad haulage h dp- dp de creases per mile as the length ot of the trip Irp Is h increased The The instead of ot com com- ing coming into the center of the city cily for terminals afford to tomo move mo e the m well out selling their do donto downtown nto n properties s J Not only would ter lY I charges be uv e es thereby b but t the charge chare to the a average merchant would be lowered 10 red since e a trucking mo mo ment moe e ment la Is I necessary Sary anyhow and since his truck could mote mo mo e moT more I quickly It if It did not c halo to go through crowded city ity Streets r or salt alt for hours at overloaded platforms plat plat- plat plat- forms n |