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by VAN, WAGON and TRACTOR.
Harrods Ltd. has placed an order with Dennis Bros Ltd. for 12 new motorvans. This has the gratifying result to the maker of bringing the total number of Dennis vehicles in the service of this great stores to 31.
Home Counties Motor Express.
Cartel. Paterson and Co., Ltd., has now issued a leaflet regarding its complete organization for the delivery of parcels to any point within an area of 420 square miles surrounding London. This whole area is divided up into 500 delivery districts. Motorvans are to carry out the whole of this distribution. It is interesting to note the rates which have now been standardized. For parcels not exceeding 7 lb. in weight, 6d. is charged for despatch between any places that arc. worked by this service, The rates increase
as follow 8d. ; 28 lb., 10d. ; 56 lb., is.; 81 lb., Is. 3d. ; 112 lb., Is. 6d. Over and above that, 3d. is charged for every additional 9,8 lb.
A Van as a Business,-getter.
A London firm of manufacturers recently purchased a 15-cwt. Darracci delivery van, with a view to ascertaining its exact value as a sales agent. The idea was to get into touch with the smaller shops in the outlying villages by means of the van, and to sell them quantities of the firm's manufactures.
For the first two months the van went out in the morning and returned at night, covering, on an
average, 80 miles a day. In this way the returns just about cleared expenses. A great deal of time was wasted in getting out of the busy London streets in the morning and returning again at night. To avoid this, the system was altered and the van went out for a trip lasting three days at a time. This not only reduced the daily mileage, but increased the business done, due, of course, to the fact that the van was on the spot first thing in the morning and could stay at work a little later at night. The runs were then increased to a week in duration, and gave still better results than before. During the last 12 months the van has covered 20,000 miles without serious breakdown.