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Current Comment on Motorvan Progress in Two Hemispheres.
The Horse, Limited.
All horsed vehicles are limited in regard to the distance it is possible to cover in the average working day. However willing an animal may be, and however well fed, there is a limit to its daily task. With the motor vehicle this limit is indefinitely extended.—" Hardwareman arid ironmoneers' Chronicle."
Motorvan Socialism.
In one city which has not more than 75,000 people, the hauls are all comparatively short, hut a bright truck dealer worked out a plan by which five business houses, all of different types, could purchase six trucks. These are to be used on a community basis, thereby saving each member of the combination a considerable amount of money and a great deal of time.—" Automobile Topics."
The Coming Oil Age.
In 1912, when a large and ever-increasing proportion of traffic is roadborne and petrol-propelled, the inconveniences arising from a coal strike, serious indeed as they are, are not anything like so disastrous as they might have been. In fact, as years go on the former dependence of all kinds of locomotion upon coal burnt in a furnace for the purpose of raising steam will become less and less.—" The Daily Telegraph."
Wagons Double Yearly in Chicago.
The total number of motor wagons of all classes in Chicago has increased from 799 on let May, 1911, to 1443 on 2nd February, 1912. This shows a yearly increase of 107.5 per cent. In other words, the motor wagons are doubling in numbers every year at the present rate of increase. It will therefore not be presumptuous to suppose that by the end of 1912 Chicago will have 3600 motor wagons in service, valued at 86,000,000.
Power Wagon."
What the Motor Man Can Do.
Speaking of the amount of work accomplished by the truck, an official of the transportation department of the ex. press company stated that the truck, running day and night "was more valuable than any six teams of horses we have," " While by motor," he continued, " we can haul 10,000 pounds in 24 hours, we cannot expect to haul more than 20,000 pounds with a team of horses. The truck moves three times as many goods in the same time, and works from two to three times as long."---" The Motor World."
Why Through bookings are Desirable for the Tramways.
Thera are certain parts of London, such a, the City and the West of London, where street tramways are manifestly impossible. In a town of less size than London and with less traffic these would be laid with tramlines and would be the best paying part of the tramway system, but as in London these must be given over to the motorbuses it does not seem unreasonable that a. person travelling from one side of London to the other should be able to take a ticket for the whole journey.---" The Morning Post."
What Makes Vans Sell ?
The biggest selling argument for trucks is efficiency of operation.—" The Motor Age," Chicago.
Whittled Wisdom.
Business hunted is business found. Waiting for business only brings on more waitine. s" The Horseless Age."
Coals of Fire.
It would pay a company to establish a considerable number of such vans in a large centre like Ne w ma rket and charge whatever is reasonable for the transport of horses.—" The Sportsman."
In Years To Come.
Within a very few years the commercial-motor section will be the mainstay of the industry, while the pleasure car will be, relatively speaking, of minor importance.—" The Motor World."
Save the Weight and Spoil the Truck.
It is true that weight reduction is an advantage, but it must not be accomplished at the expense of reliability' durability, comfort and reasonable economy in construction.—" The Horseless Age."
Keep Moving.
The sooner the users of motor trucks come to realize the importance of eliminating idle time and learn to keep their truck moving, the sooner will the cornmerciel-motor vehicle come into its own. —" The Motor Age."
Rare and Refreshing Fruit.
The ripe experience gained from past failures or oartial successes found expression in the form of vehicle which today can be bought and used with an absolute surety of success and marked economy.— Modern Delivery."
Cabs Shouldn't go to Liverpool.
Liverpool. from a taxicab owner's point of view, is a town in which more empty mileage is to be covered than in any other city in the kingdom.—W. L. Goodman, President. of the Liverpool Taxicab Owners' Association, in the "Liverpool Courier."
An Opinion From Manchester. The Unscientific Tramway.
The laying down of tramlines in the light of modern science is an even more wanton waste than if County Councils were to spend the ratepayers' money on stage coaches, the one form of vehicular traffic being as out of date, practically speakine, as the other.—" Daily Digpatch.'' Why Some Railway Directors Want Nationalization.
As to many firms who have contracts to fulfil in which time is the essence of the bargain the developments of automobilisin will help them a great deal. They will probably use motor road transport more and more, and take care to he less dependent cm the railways. —" The Times." The Last Straw,
The city (Memphis, Tenn.) now collects 85 per year for each one-horse wagon, truck or dray, 57.50 for each two-horse vehicle and 510 for each three-horse vehicle. The motor wagon does not come under such a provision. The only automobile tax is that of $10 a year for each automobile for hire.—" The Power Wagon."
Time, Money, and the Truck.
The Lackawanna Railroad has just finished spending 511,000,000 on its direct line to Buffalo in order to save 20 minutes on the riuming time. . . Compare this attitude with that oi the business man who will not adopt motor trucks in order to save several hours a day on all his goods.—" The Commercial Vehicle."
What the "S.NLM.T." Is For.
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders does not exist to save money, but, to spend it in the interests of the industry • and there is no greater future in any
industry; of the industry than for
the commercial car, which has an unlimited future before it, with minions of pounds to draw upon.—Gerald Bias writing in "The Standard."
A Safe Prophecy.
The motor has now proved itself of the greatest value in the world of commerce, and its adoption by the commercial community during the coming year will be more marked than ever before. This is one of the departments of the motor industry which gives every promise of a further substantial development within the next few years.—"The Birmingham Post."
Mr. Dooley on Steel.
Referring to Andrew Cartiegie's competition list of the world's 100 greatest men, Mr. Dooley says of Mr. Carnegie's suggested names recently published : " Well, I'll tell ye who they ar-re,' he saie, an' he puts down Shakespeare, Wash'nton, Lincoln, Cyrus Butts, th invintor iv th' pick ; Lemuel Higgins, th' inyintor iv th' steam hoist, an' a lot iv other artists that done things to make th' steel business what it is to-day. He is right about it, too. He oughtn't to take all th' blame hinisilf."—" The Railway News," 'Phone 5292 Holborn.
A good engineer must be of inflexible integrity, sober, truthful, accurate, resolute, discreet, of cool and sound judgment, must have command of his temper, must have courage to resist and repel attempts at intimidation, a firmness that is proof against solicitation, flattery or improper bias of any kind, must take an interest in his work, must be energetic, quick to decide, prompt to net, ninet he fair and impartial as a judge on the bench, must have experience in his work and dealing with men, which implies some maturity of years, must have business habits and knowledge of accounts, —From a report to the Mississippi Commissioners.