A YEAR AGO.
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[Extracts from this journal of the 15th October, 1914.]
The American Boom Commences.
"Already we learn of considerable inquiries fox American ' trucks' as the only -available alternatives, with the excep tion of steam, in the scheduled time. We learn, too, of American activities to take advantage of this temporary congestion, and that in spite of something like a boom in commercial motors in the U.S.A."
Despatches from the Front.
"Our 'Despatches from the Front' are being read weekly with eagerness by all those concerned with our industry who are still left in this country, and, by special arrangement, by not a few who have gone abroad in its service."
"Limitations of the Army Lorry."
"We refer at this stage in particular to the very great difficulty of turning huge vehicles of three and five-ton types when acting in convoy on ordinary common roads, a difficultywhich is greatly increased when bad weather has cut up the
surface and rendered the roadsides dangerous. We must expect continued considerable losses on both sides from this characteristic difficulty."
"Zeppelins and Central Stations."
"There is one outstanding lesson which must be brought home to those of us. who still maintain our interest in the struggle for supremacy between tramcar and motorbus in these days of dark and gloomy London. As operations develop, and as the weeks go by, increased knowledge of the, possibility of the damage that can be accomplished by bomb
dropping from aircraft becomes.available. We in London are constantly reminded of the need for caution in this respect, if we have not the unnerving experiences of the inhabitants of Antwerp and elsewhere."