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Show THE MOTOR TRUCK TMSPlfflTlllT ; 'That the motor truck has an Important Im-portant part to play in the transportation transporta-tion requirements of the nation, is reaJily seen in the latest reports on the railroad situation," says G. A. Kissel. Kis-sel. "According to Win. H. Finlay, president presi-dent of the Chicago Northwestern Railroad corporation, 'the railroads arc at .east four years behind on normal improvements and it will take them that length of time to put the lines on on efficient basis ' 1 understand that other railroad men estimate that it will take ten years at a cost of one bil-lio.V bil-lio.V dollars a year to build up thej roads to the traffic demands of the' country. 'But In the meantime the nation's: transportation requirements cannot! wait for the railroads to bring, their1 efficiency up to the country's needs. The' amount of freight is increasing every week and must be moved, and as in the past, so it will be for years to come, the motor truck will be look ed forward to for taking caio of this ox:ess freight. . Must as the motor truck met such emergencies before and has proven that it is an economical, dependable and efficient transportation unit, so it will continue in the future. And I esti-1 I nut" that through these continuous transportation emngenci, hitherto unknown abilities of the motor truck1 will come to the front." ( |