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Show LO :s ki .ko The loads that are being carried on I highways are continually growing. A' few years ago it was the horse and 1 buggy for passenger conveyance, and. the wagons with their limited eapae ; Uy for freight. Today we have fleets lot trucks carrying heavy loads. A nation-wide movement is already on I foot furthering the movement of (shipping freight by truck and alio-1 j Mate the congestion of the railroads. Passenger vehicles weighing from a ton on up are in constant strings on the public roads. Trucks, trailers and j tractor-drawn freight trains will as-I as-I Bums the burdens of local freight ' hauling that has previously he. n u part of the railroad's business. Trains of wagons loaded with grain or ore Avlll be more common sights in agrl- ultural and mining communities, and , since man power is more expensive , than machinery, the tendency will be I for one man to control the heaviest i loads possible. and bridges must stand the strain. |