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Valuable Testimony from Satisfied Owners--Continued from Page 550.
Saving, £4 10s. 9d. a Week.
Mr. J. H. Smith, of Matthew Stuttard and Bros., Ltd., warp sizers, of Whitworth, near Rochdale, writes :—" We have pleasure in furnishing particulars ot the working of our motor vehicle. It is a Leyland petrol lorry, and we got delivery on 18th June, 1909. It replaces six horses, and it carries two tons. The weekly mileage is 268 miles, and the saving etfected is 94 10s. Pd. weekly. No goods have over been damaged, and the lorry takes all leng journeys. " We enclose photo. of wagon taken near Leyland railway station! [This is unavoidably held over.-1n.]
Independence of Weather.
C. It. Lowe, Ltd., Millers, of Sheepy Atherstone, write :—" We have in use at the present time one five-ton Foden steam wagon, which was delivered on the lath August, 1909, and up to the present moment this machine has given complete satisfaction_ This wagon has replaced six horses, and from 11th August, 1909, to 26th February, 1910, covered 4,704 miles and carried 1.120 tons, allowing one Saturday per fortnight for cleaning, which is our fixed rule. The machine worked through all the recent bad weather, and did not Jose a single day through the bad state of the roads.
" We enclose the only photograph that we have of the wagon, which was partly overturned in Coleshill Street,. Atheratone, on 4th October, 1909. This mishap was caused by a burst water main which had undermined the road. The wagon carried a load of 45 sacks of wheat at the time, and, just after the photograph was taken the near side of the front axle, coal bunker and back axle were all buried in the around. At 12 o'clock, the wagon was at work again without having sustained the slightest damage."
No Sunday Work Looking after the Horses.
Mr. H. McLaren, aerated water manufacturer, of Trecynon, Aberdare, S.W., writes :—" I am unable to send details of mileage or working cost of my Argyll lorry. Owing to its use in the hilly districts that I cover, and deliveries being so C1088 to each other, a mileage percentage would be of little use. I have had the lorry 16 months, and, although my repair bill has been rather heavy, I should be sorry to return to horses. The benefits have been prompter despatch, less cost, a good advertisement, and no Sunday work looking after the horses.
'I enclose photo. of lorry, which I cheaply converted to a motor brake, last season, on the occasion of my empkyks outing." [See page 565.—En.1
Goods not Tumbled About.
Messrs. Jas. Smith and Sons, the new patent dry cleaners, art dyers and furriers, of The Dyeworks, Dewsbury, write:—" The Halley vehicle which we now have in use has not yet been purchased by us ; it is run on a hire agreement,' commencing work in July of last year. We have only this one in use. It has displaced four horses, which formerly did the work, but we have added some additional shops, and also some work that was previously done by the railway companies.
"The average loading capacity will be from 15 to 30 cwt. The average weekly mileage is about 75 miles per day for five days, and 34 miles on the sixth day. The saving effected is a very negligible quantity; in fact, possibly, we are paying more than previously. There is some compensation, however ; less wrapping and packing are now found to he necessary, and there is less wear and tear of the horse vehicles previously used ; the greatest advantage is that the work is delivered promptly, and in much better condition than when tumbled about in the manner generally experienced by railway transit. We are forwarding a copy of this letter to the Bridge Garage, Ltd., Briggato, Leeds, who will give you anv further information you require. A book of photographs (sent per parcels post) is sent for your perusal, and we shall be glad to have the same returned at your early convenience." [One of these is reproduced above.—En.]