Seven More Petrol-vehicle Letters,
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Could Do More.
The Executors of Thomas Welch, 'Calico, Printers, Green Vale Print Works, Westheughten, near Bolton, under date the 12th January, 1911, .addressing the makers of the vehicle, write :—" The Kerrier car we purchased from you in October, 1909, is still giving every satisfaction. It has done all we require of it, and could do considerably more if required. It has travelled up to now 15,000 miles."
One Stop in 15 Months.
Mr. John W. Fawcett, Secretary of -the Leeds Industrial Co-operative Society, Ltd., 10, Albion Street, Leeds, in June last, sent this letter to 'Thernyereft's:—" I am instructed to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 25th ulto., and have pleasure in stating that the first Thernyeroft box van still continues to run satisfactorily. It has been running without missing a. journey for 15 months, and it has only stopped once on the road during that Lime, the cause of which was the universal joint on the proTeller shaft becoming unbrazed."
Four Tons up One in Six, Four Times Daily.
The chief partner of Messrs. A. Par:sons and Co., Hardware and Timber Merchants, of Woollengeng. N.S.W., on the 22nd September last, wrote to the suppliers :—" I have much pleasure in stating that the four-ton Commer Oar' you supplied to me has given results far beyond my mostsanguine expectations. I have had the car employed hauling pipes and cement up Mount Kembla in this district; the grade of this mountain, which is eight miles in length, is one in six, and the' Commer Car ' has not the slightest hesitation in pulling four tons four times daily. I think anyone that sees the car pulling her load up this mountain, with its extremelysteep grade and frightfully-bad surface, u-ill agree with me that it is a wonderful performance. 1 have found. the car a most-profitable investment. Before I bought the car, I was employing three horses to pull one ton up the mountain, and they could only do one trip daily. I was always in trouble with drivers and horses, from one cause and another ; the car has not caused me the slightest trouble in any way. I can enthusiastically recommend the Cornmer Car ' to anyone needing a commercial vehicle, and I will be pleased to give intending purchasers of this car any knowledge that I have to assist them. Wishing you every success with your splendid car."
A Light-load Example.
Mr. C. A. King, ior Messrs. Aldred and Son, Watchmakers, Jewellers and Opticians, 56, George Street, Great Yarmouth, under date the 28th January, 1911, writes :—" We find our expenses for the past 12 months, for running our G h.p. de Dion, are as follow :— Petrol, £7 3s. Gd.
Oil, 13s. 3d.
Tires and tire repairs, £10 6s. 6d. (including two new covers, £9).
Sundry repairs, accumulator charging, carbide, etc., £2 15s. 6d. (including new differen tial end to cardan shaft, 25s.). Total, 420 I8s. 9d.
Other expenses:— £ s. d.
Milos run, just over 3,000 with two persons, but no heavy loads." Most Reliable.
Hinchliffe and Sons, Ltd., Worsted Spinners, of Hatteliffe Mills, Denby Dale, near Huddersfield, under date the 21st January, 1911, writes:— " We can confidently recommend the Karrier car as being most reliable. We have had the 50-cwt. one running now for eight. months; it has run over 8,000 miles, and has not yet missed a day's work."
A Promise Fulfilled.
Martin Sons and Co., Ltd., of Wellington Mills, Huddersfield, which company subsequently placed a repeat order for a Thornyeroft two-totiner, in June last communicated this letter re its four-tonner :—" We have been using our 30 h.p. Thornycroft motor wagon every clay for the past 12 months, and are pleased to say we have had very little trouble and no breakdowns with it. We must say we have found it very satisfactory indeed, and, if we found it necessary to order another wagon for our works, we should not hesitate placing the order with your firm."
From the Antipodes.
Messrs. Sargood Bros., of 24-26, York Street, Sydney, Australia, write: —" The two-cylinder 16-20 h.p. Albion motor lorry built to carry 30 cwt., which we purchased from you, took 31 cwt. of pig iron and one passenger up Margaret Street Hill on the western side, stopped on the middle of the hill at our direction, and started again off the brakes without using chocks behind the wheels. It also took 24 traveller's baskets, three tiers high, containing with three passengers and driver 34 ewt., the load measuring quite '‘'• ft. above the floor of the lorry, from Sydney to Milton, calling at towns along the route including Bull, Woollongong, K iama, and Nowra. From Nowra, it passed thrice with the same load to the summit of the Cambewarra Mountains, thence through Kangaroo Valley, across the Barrangarry Mountains to Moss Vale. As it had been raining, the roads were very slippery and boggy in parts, but we are pleased to say that the motor lorry did its work without a hitch. It has solid-rubber tires and rides very easily. We are thoroughly satisfied with the car, in every direction, and also with the unremitting attention and treatment we have received from yourselves and men in regard to the care and management since we purchased it."