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‘ BY DUNCAN CURRY.
Explaining that the co-operation of
the manufacturers of motor vehicles
is an essential part in his proposed
federal bureau to prevent stealing of
automobiles, and with a view of ob
taining their aid, Chief Clerk Frank
Oliver of the City Magistrate’s Court
last week sent a circular-letter to all
of the automobile muk.cturers
which follows in part: .
“Recently I have been attempting
to secure the interest of State licens
ing authorities, police departments
and insurance companies in the prob
lem of recapturing the stolen auto
mobiles. They expressed immediate
approval of the idea. My plan is to
establish a central agency, either un
der federal government auspices or
under private insurance and manu
facturers’ control, in which all in
formation shall be pooled, of the
licensing of automobiles by State
governments, together with their de
s_criptlons, owners and reports of po
lice departments, citizens and insur
/ ance companies of the theft of auto
mobiles. The central bureau would
report to all police departments,
licensing agencies and insurance com
panies the alarms so received.
“In this way, provided the plan is
efficiently administered, I hope that
it will be impossible to steal an au
tomobile in one State and license it
y in another. I hope that it will be
possible upon application for a
~ license in any State that the pur
chaser of a stolen car or the thief
who took it will immediately be
brought to account by denial of the
application and action by the police.
“Many States have inadequate
laws, and few States, if any, co
operate with each other. Some
States with lax systems can easily,
though not intentionally, become
‘fences’ for stolen cars.
“The men in the insurance busi
ness are upset with the lmposslbll-‘
ity of recovering stolen cars before
payment is made to the persons who
have insured them. - |
ASKS MAKERS' CO-OPERATION.%
“1 write, therefore, to the gentle-.
men who manufacture automobiles
and who sell them to the public, sug
gesting that they give consideration
to.a plan which they will combine in
a conference with State licensing
officials or automobile associations
for the purpose of outlining a com
prehensive sgystem to destroy the
business of profitable automobile pil
fering.
“I find that the manufacturers are
unconsciously responsible for the
slow progress at the beginning of a
search for a stolen automobile.
“The facts generally seem to be as
follows: An owner reports that his
car has been stolen. This report is
made either to the police or to an
insurance company. The owner does
not know all of the numbers of the
car, the motor number, the axle num
ber, the transmission pumber, and
other marks of identifiéation which
the manifacturer has. The police
departments and the insurance com
panies through their detective agen
cles immediately write to the manu
facturer asking for a complete iden
tification by numbers of the car
stolen.
*Ten days or two weeks elapse be
fore the manufacturer replies to the
inquiry. This can easily be obviated
it the manufacturer will, upon the
sale of twenty-five or fifty cars, im
mediately send out to State licensing
departments, Jeading police depart
gnents, insurance companies or auto
mobile associations, or to such a bu
yeau as I have proposed, a list giving
the purchaser and the complete de
geription of the car such as he now
furnishes upon the request of the
police department after an alarm of
theft.
“hese lists, under an efficlent sys
tem, will immediately be indexed by
those whose duty it is to search for
Jost cars and will be at hand imme
diately upon the report by an owner
that his car has been stolen. In
this way ten days or two weeks will
be saved at the start when an owner
reports that his car has been stolen.
ELIMINATE FREAK CARS.
“Again, 1 find that freak cars are
made up of the component parts of
various cars by shyster repair shops
and crooked service people. If the
matter were given serious considera
tion the art of camouflaging a stolen
cur"‘)nimn be annihilated.
“he automobile crooks operate in
organized gangs, It is possible that
there is not sufficient ingenuity, In
terest and publie spirit in the auto
mobile world to organize to drive
them out of their game.
“The numbers that manufacturers
put on motors and parts are so easily
ernsed that it is evident that they
should be sunk deeper and made
larger. 1 believe that a public list
of manufactyrers’ wsales should be
very promptly sent out.
“I believe that all manufacturers
should deliver to purchasers a dig
nified bill of sale. Executed with
formality, with the signatures of
agents and purchaser clearly set
forth- on some Individual paper
properly stamped and designed,
“I belleve that the time has come
tor a general conference of licensing
authorities, police officials, Insurance
companies, manufacturers, dealers
and automobile owners, to devise
ways and means to prevent the as
tonishing traffic in stolen automo
biles. 1 therefore request you to re
view, as far as you can, the entire
problem and to let me know if you
will send a representative at a con
venlent time to a conference to take
up in a broad and gensible way the
great problem that I have discussed.”
Chief Clerk Oliver's plan is Inter
esting and well worth considering.
Some weeks ago I called attention to
the alarming increase in the theft of
automobiles, and said that the only
way to stop it, until uniform laws had
Leen adopted by all States, would be
w 0 compel every one selling a car to
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$17,000 for a Four
Year old British
Car at Auction
LONDON. Aug. 23 —Seventeen
thousand dollars was paid for a four
year-old car of a well known Brit
ish make at the auction of govern
ment property under the auspices of
the war property disposal board. The
price of the car when new, four years
ago, was just one-quarter what it
brought at auction. {
Here is a fine text to point to some
of the bitter criticisms being brought
against the coalition government for
its shrewd policy of embargoes upon
imports. When anybody in England
is willing to pay $17,000 for a four
year-old car that's a pretty fair in
dication 'that the supply' of British
made motor cars does not come up to
the demand. But by the processes
pf the true embargo, which amounts
to an adoption of the protection pol
icy as distinguished from Britain's
former consistent free trade ideas,
French and Amerigan automobile im
portations are kept down to the
rest minimum,
American automobile ‘manufactur
ers who were in business before 1919
are permitted to ship over here cars
to the number of one-half their 1913
exportations to - Britain—a duty of
33 1.3 per cent I 8 imposed upon
them. An American company which
sent 1,200 ears into Great Britain in
1913 may now sell only fifty a month.
When a deduction representing the
number of demonstration cars for
American agents is taken from thds
number the resultant remainder is
not great. J
On the great plantation of the Unit
ed States Rubber Company in Syma
tra one of the chief difficulties of
the plantation managers is to keep
the sources of drinking water free
from contamination. The twenty
thousand natives employed on the
plantations show a fine disregard’of
all the rules of sanitation that are
second nature to an American or Eu.
ropean. In order that the workers
may always have a cooling drink
without running the risk of drinking
contuminated water, cold tea is served
in liberal quantities, Boys carrying
cold tea pass frequently from group
to group. The company finds that
this practise greatly reduces the
number of cases of fevers of the sort
caused by drinking impure water,
furnish a bill of sale, or, better still,
an abstract of title with every car,
the same as I 8 done with a plece of
real estate, If every one selling an
automobile was compelled to glve a.
clear title to the car, there would be
few thefts of automobiles, as the
thief could not dispose of them, and
it would also obviate the creation of
an expensive bureau to record and
classify milljons of part numbers,
which would be a necessary adjunct
of Mr. Oliver's scheme,
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PR SPABERJIFOR Y ¢ \ PEORTET] WH/—QU
Speed Fiends in
Chicago Have to
Visit Their Dead
Judge Stelk of the Speeders’ Court,
in Chleago,’ _last week adopted a new
punishment for auto speeders. He
sentenced eight men accused of
Speeding to be taken through the
morgue and the county hospital to
gaze on the dead and maimed vie
tims of drivers.
“Two hundred more will be dead
before the first of the year,” said the
judge, “if reckless driving continues
as it has. If those sights don't touch
your hearts nothing will. I think
that a little psychology may do more
than all the fines I can impose; even
the most outrageous violators of the
speed regulations must be touched at
the sight of the suffering faces of
some of these little cnildren.”
The men protested and pleaded to
have fines assessed. “No,” replied
the judge. “I will postpone your trial
until after you make your trip. My
clerk is in bed in plaster casts now
due to reckless driving.”
In the morgue the drivers saw the
body of a child who had been killed
by a car. In the hospital they saw
fifteen victims of automobiles, some
of whom will never get well. The
eight formed a subdued party when
they had ended their inspection.
————)
Truck Haul Cuts
Huckleberry Price,
Makes Pies Cheaper
“Heavy receipts of huckleberries from
the western part of Michigan brought in
by motor trucks has lowered the price
$1 per bushel for Detroit buyers. Two
truck loads camne seventy-five miles,” says
W. K. Hoagland, president of the Bignal
Motor Truck Company, Detroit,
“This is just one illustration of what
the motor truck s doing towards cuts
ting the high cost of living. While every
one I 8 talking about what should be done
to the profiteers, the motor truck is ae
tually getting results,
“Right here in detroit there have been
oarlonds of food products spoiled in the
rallrond yards before they could be de
livered, "m- Is undoubtedly true of every
other city, This condition will be over
come at no distant date when growers
and merchants realize the foed, money
and time which can be saved by moter
truck transportation direct from grower
to merchant,
“Phe truck can be loaded, driven to
destination and unloaded in less time
than it would take to place the shipment
on board the -cars, and on short hauls
The customer will receive fresher products
and at a cheaper Kfl(‘n.
“A number of Bignal trucks have been
sold recently to enter this kind of work.
Motor truck transports are being formed
all aver the country to makée regularly
scheduled trips, earrying loads both ways,
at rates with whieh the rallroads can net
ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 1919.
\
Curb Market Would Help
e
Atlanta in Many Ways
Will Make Rural Motor Express Lines Profitable
and Increase Land Values Around ‘
Atlanta.
BY D. K. ROBERTS. 1
Automotive Editor of Georgian-American. ‘
The nearer we can approach a direct from producer to con
sumer method of distributing foodstuff the lower will be the cost
of living and at the same time the producer will receive greater
returns for his produce. Every time an article of food changes‘
hands the more expensive it becomes. Lost motion is an expensive
thing and the cost must be borne by the consumer. ‘
Every unnecessary move or handling of food is an absolute
waste and waste should at all times be intolerable and especially‘
now with the high cost of living keeping us awake at night. Di~i
rect from the farmer to the table is a method we all admit to be
potential in reducing the cost of living. This fact is recognized by
the United States Government which is encouraging, in a small
way, this plan through the parcel post system. Any system that
will bring us closer to realizing the ‘‘farmer to the table’’ result
should receive the closest study and thorough support of every
American who has the welfare of the present and future of his
country at heart. |
A correct and speedy solution to the high eost of food prob
lem in this country is going to prevent a lot of trouble and a great
deal of suffering. This fact is now being realized by all thinking
men and the government is making strenuous efforts to ‘‘crack the
nut.”’ o
Atlanta can take a step at onee that will accomblish much to
’Wards reducing the cost of food to Atlanta people. This step will
bring the farmer and gardener in direct touch with the consumer
The plan is a simple, but will prove to be an efficient, one. Certain
streets, as near the heart of the city as feasible, should be desig
nated as a city market place. Farmers and gardeners should be
allowed to park their trucks or wagons on these streets and sell
direct to consumer without paying any license or tax of any kind.
Most cities in the South have a central market and all of them have
proven beneficial to the public. Farmers and truck growers would
soon learn that better prices could be obtained than they have been
receiving in the past and the public would find that they were
tbuying cheaper and fresher produce. Such a system would not
only lower the cost of living but would result in increased land
:va.lues and a much richer trade territory for Atlanta merchants
)to draw from.
Another progressive result would be that farmers would learn
!that they could, by using motor trucks, drive to Atlanta in an hour
or more, dispose of their produce and be back at work before noon. |
‘This would help the motor truck, tire and gasoline dealers, and
‘would, at the same time, make good roads boosters of men who now
have little enthusiasm for this important improvement. Rural
motor express lines would soon be established if such a market was
in existance. Several small truck growers eould combine their
produce, making one load for the express line and only one of the
‘gardeners would have to go with the load to dispose of the produce
at the market. This would make a splendid business for the oper
ator of a Rural Motor Express line and would encourage capital
to invest in such an enterprise. . }
Birmingham Plans
.
Co-Operative Idea
For Shipping Mills
+ BIRMINGHAM, Aug. 30.—A co
operative plan for milk shipments
is being worked out here, A com
mittee from the Chamber of Com
merce has been conferring with
representatives from Clanton and
it is expected that shipments will
be begun during the next two
weeks,
Birmingham uses 30,000 gallons
of milk each day, and under the
present system, but 5,000 gallons
are shipped in. The plan Is to have
the milk sent by the farmers on
the rural routes to a depot and,
and shipped from there to Bir
mingham via fast train, Other
Alabama towns are expected to
follow the example set by Clanton
in the organization for co-operative
shipments, This plan would ma
terially lower the price of milk, It
is believed, and would allow the
farmer a bigger profit on his dalry
products,
Fo% Training Fligrs
For Royal Air Force
lg FLOYD MACGRIFF,
Staff Correspondent of the I. N. §.
. LONDON, Aug. 30.—England's first
alr force cadet college will bé opened
in February, fifty-five cadets being
admitted by competitive examination.
Graduates will become ;. permanent
commissioned officers in the royal air
foree,
Candidates soy the examinations to
be held In November must be between
171-2 and 19 years old. The course
will last two years. During the sec
ond year the cadets will be taught
to fly.
Among compulsory studies will be
English, English history and geog
raphy, mathematics and some foreign
language,
The cadet fliers' college will be aud
ministered by the alr ministry, and
g 0 far as aviation s concerned wil
try to do what the Sandhu st Military
Academy does for the army.
Cadets’ expenges will be borne by
the state
Carbon and Late Spark
Causes of Overheating
Clogged Radiators and Slipping Fan Belts Are
Also Big Factors—Few Realize Heat
Generated by Engine. i
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| By MERLE SHEPARD. ]
! Few people realize the tremendous
quantities of heat which are dealt
with in the automobile engine. The
heat generated in one hour by an
engine developing 25 horsepower is
sufficient to raise 335 pounds of water
from the freezing point and turn it
into steam. We do not allow the en
ergy all to go into heat, however, as
we want it preserved for mechanical
delivery of power at the rear wheels,
and consequently we carry as liftle
heat as possible away through the
jacket and throw it away in the radi
ator. However, it is impgssible to get
all of the heat in the engine trans
ferred into mechanical energy. There
fore, we must have some provision
for coqling.
~ When everything is normal, the
temperature of the cooling water as
it leaves the jackets of the engine is
somewhere around 180 or 190 degrees
ffi%i‘enhelt. If it begins to rise
above that, which is boiling point,
the engine is sald to be overheated,
}and since the lubricating oil is de
signed to operate below this temper
‘tnture, and since the engine generally
js designed to run with a tempera
what provisions are made for cooling
water below boiling, it will not per
form well above this point. In fact,
carbon begins to form and the per
formance is generally unsatisfactory.
For this reason it is necessary for
the owner to maintain his engine in
such a way that overheating is
avoided. He will be able to do this
much more carefully If he knows
what provisions are made for coiling
his engine, and what are the factors
which tend to raise iis temperature.
Neglecting for the moment the air
cooled engine and referring to the
water-cooled, which is in vast ma
jority, we note that the working por
tion, or upper part of the cylinder,
Jis surfounded by a water jacket.
Through this water jacket, by means
of a pump or by themosyphon cir
culation, water is continuzlly passing,
carrying with it the heat from the
cylinder walls and distributing it to
the atmosphere by means of the radi
ator. The illustrations herewith show
a cut-out section around the cylinder
block, bringing out very clearly the
layout of the water jacket.
WHERE THE WATER GOES.
The water generally enters the
jacket om one side of the engine,
passes through te the other, and
comes up over the top of the cylinder
in the head. In some engines the
water follows a preconcetved pas
sageway. In others, it is allowed to
cirenlate freely around the eylinder
block. This part of the construction
is fixed, and the rate of circulation of
the water by means of the pump or
thermosyphon is also fixed and out of
the hands of the driver or car owner,
He can see that they are kept clean
by Qeriodically flushing them out
with a strong soda solution made up
by dissolving a couple of heaping
handfuls of soda in a pail of boiling
water, He can not, however, alter
the water jackets or change, the rato‘
of speed at which the water flows.
This is fixed at the factory. Like~
wise, the size of the radiator and
hose connection, ete, are fixed,
The fan is a fixed quantity, but the
fan belt, by means of which most of
the fans are driven, must be Kept
adjusted properly or the fan will not
run at its proper speed. The belt
will slip, instead of driving the fan,
with the consequence that the re
quired amount of alr iz not forced
through the radiator, and the heat is
not carried away. One of the first
All Moon Dealers
Asked to Aid in
Graduate Course
Instructions to lend every ald pos
sible to the good roads movement In
their respective territories has been
sent to all handlers of the Moon car
in the United States by Stewart M-
Donald, president of the Moon Motor
Car Company of St. Louls, Particu
lar stress has been lald by MeDon
ald on this to his dealers who are lo
cated along the route of the army mo.
tor transport train from Washington
to San Franclsco, started July 7. It
Is expected to reach Ban Francisco
by the middle of September, He has
asked them to call attention to the
coming of the caravan of army trucks
in their advertising. The tour I 8 to.
pass through Pennsylvania, Ohlo, |n-‘
diana, Ilinols, Towa, Nebraska, Wy«
oming, Utab and Nevada into cm-‘
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,thlnn to inspect when the engine
begins to overheat and the radiator
starts to boil is the fan belt, to see
that it is not slipping.
Probably the most prolific cause’ of
heat of all is carbon deposit. The
piston has a tremendous amount of
heat to radiate. It is working in
such a location that it can not come
in contact with the water jacket, ex
cept through the cylinder walls, and
only then at the outside of its diam
eter. The center part of the piston
or the piston head is exposed to the
direct heat of combustion and explo
sion, and it is natural that it is at
this portion that the carbon begins to
form. The result of carbon forming
on the piston head is not clearly un
derstood by scientists even today.
The theory that the carbon becomes
incandescent and causes pre-ignition
is beginning to be doubted.
" While the definite occurrence which
takes place is not known, it is known
that a sharp, clinking knock, similar
to what would be expected from hav
ing the spark too far advanced, does
take place. It is found that it is im
possible to carry the spark as far
ahead when there is carbon in the
cylinders, and also that the engine is
very prone to overheat because the
carbon forms a heat insulation
which prevents the heat from being
?rfled out to the water jacket,
REMOVAL OF CARBON.
Removing the ecarbon is generally
accomplished on a detachable head
engine by simply taking off the head
and scraping it éut. On a fixed head
engine that is not so easy to do, and
probably the simplest means of re
moving it is by burning it out with
oxygen. Only people skilled in per
forming this operation should be al
lowed to do it, however, as there are
certain precautionk to be observed if
it is desired t% do the work without
damaging the engine in any way.
Another reason for overheating is
traveling with the spark too far re
tarded. The earlier in the stroke that
the explosion takes place, the more
complete the combustion and the
cooler are the exhaust gases. If the
explosion is late, due to a retarded
spark or for any other cause, the ex
haust is anything but cool, and con
sequently it overheats the entire en
gine. Traveling with late spark cuts
down the power, because a late @x
plosion reduces the effective pressure
—or, in other words, the pressure ex
erted by the exploding gases is less
on an average than it is with the ex
plosion timed earlier. Generally, on
internal combustion engines, such as
are used for automobiles, the spark
should be set so that it is in full
retard position at upper center., That
is, the breaker points of the ignition
should separate when the engine is
on upper center.
Some of the very high speed en
gines are, set so that full retard is
about five degrees after center, but
if there is any doubt on timing the
ignition and you want to check it
over, if you will see that it breaks
on upper center at full retard you
will be on the safe side.
Other frequent causes for overheat
ing are clogged water passages,
sometimes due to a flap in the hose,
or scale In the radiater from the use
of hard water, This can be dissolved
by the use of the soda solution pre
viougly mentioned. Sometimes the
louvres, or side vents in the hood, are
covered for winter and the covering
f# not withdrawn for summer use,
This also tends to overheat the en
gine, and the lonvres should be un
covered during the summer, l
Penn Rubber Co.
Builds Model Town
For Its Employees
In common with hundreds of large
manufacturing concerns throughout
the country, the Pennsylvania Rubber
Company has, for the past two years,
faced a serious shortage of housing
facilities for its workmen,
The remarkable growth of the mak
ers of vacuum cup tires has brought
& steadlly Increasing army of expert
workmen to the town, with the result
that houses were soon at a premium.
The rubber eompany was quick to
reallze that It would be necessary to
take upon itself the necessity of fur«
nishing suitable homes. Accordingly,
it purchased approximately 120 acres
immediately south of the plant upon
which It Is erecting modern homes.
These homes are not of the type com
monly known as “factory houses,” but
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1 Careful comparison of the cost of
&hipping by motor truck and by rail,
’a.s made by the Fisk Rubber Com
pany of Chicopee Falls, Mass., shows
‘that it is cheaper to make shipments
}trom the factory to New York and
;Boston by motor truck than by rail
road express or freight.
i The analysis made by the com«
pany's road transportation depart
ment, which has been in operation
‘ton some time and has greatly devel
oped, is based on the operation of
fifteen motor trucks, including trucks
of 3-4, 2, 3 and 5 tons capacity. No
trailers are operated with the trucks
as yet, but the company has been
considering the use of trailers as a
means of still further reducing itg
haulage costs,
Comparative figures are as followsd
Cost Per Ton Mile,
To Boston or New York by motor
truck, full load: 5-ton truck, 6.9
cents; 3-ton truck, 10.5 cents; 2-tom
truck, 13.82 cents; 3-4-ton truck,
17.15 cendts,
To Boston—Express, 20.8 centsy
freight, 15.2 cents. o
To New York—Express, 17.6 cen
freight, 10.4 cenis. i
Cost Per Ton-Mile by Truck With
Various Loads.
Load Five Tons—Five-ton truek,
6.9 cents,
Load Four Tons—Five-ton truck,
8.6 cents,
Load Three Tons—Five-ton trucks,
ton truck, 1070 cents.
Load Thre Tons—Five-ton truck,
11.5 cents; 3-ton truck, 10.5 cents,
Load Two Tons—Five-ton truck,
17.25 cents; 3-ton truck, 15.75 cents;
2-ton truck 13.5-14.15 cents.
Load One and a Half Tons—Five
ton truck, 23 cents; 3-ton truck, 21
cents; 2-ton truck, 18-19 cents.
Load One Ton—Five-ton truck, 34.6
cents; 3-ton truck, 31.5 cents; 2-ton
truck 27-28.3 cents; 3-4-ton truck,
17.08 cents.
Looad Thre-fourth Ton—Five-ton
truck, 51 cents; 3-ton truck, 42 cents:
2-ton truck, 36-375 cents; 3-4-ton
truck, 22.75 cents.
This table emphasizes strikingly
the efonomy and importance of op
erating trucks at as nearly as possible
their full capacity and also the su
perior economy of the larger trucks
over the smaller units.
Outgoing shipments from the fac
tory consist of automobile and truck
tires and sundries and incoming ship
ments of tire fabric, litharge and
valves. Following is an analysis of
the freight and express costs, includ
ing haulage at both ends in the case
of freight shipments and war tax on
‘buth freight and express shipments.
Itemized Freight Rates,
Outgoinge—
Eighty per cent tires, at 63 cents
per cwt.: New York, 50.4 cents; Bos
ton, 50.4 cents.
‘ Twenty per cent sundries, at 42
cents per cwt.: New York, 8.4 cents;
Boston, 8.4 cents,
‘ War tax, at 3 per cent per ewt.?
New York, 18 cents; Boston, 1.8
cents.
' Hauling: New York, 45 cents; Bos«
ton, 40 cents,
~ Total—New York, 10.56 cents; Bos«
ton, 10.06 cents, i
Incoming— !
~ Fifty per cent fabric at 305 ”E
ewt.: New York, 15.3 cents; Boston,
30.5 cents, 4
Thirty per cent litharge, at 23'cents
per cwt.: New York, 6.9 cents.
Twenty per cent valves, at 36 mi
per cwti.: New York, 7.2 cents. i
War tax, at 3 per cent: New ‘!ork.g
0.8 cents; Boston, 0.9 cents.
Hauling, per cowt.: ‘Nev York, 20
cents: Boston, 20 cents.
Total—-New York, 50.2 cents; Bose
ton, 51.4 cents.
Average per cwt.: New York, 77.9
cents; Boston, 76 cents, -
Cost per ton-mile (rate 20 per cent
milage): New York, 10.4 cents; Bos«
ton, 156.2 cents, .
itemized Express Rates. i
Outgoing and incoming-— ¢
Kxpress rate per cwt.:. New Yorky
126.0 cents; Boston, 99.0 cents,
War tax at 5 per cent: New Yorks
6.3 cents; Boston, 4.9 cents,
Total—New York, 132.3 cents; Bos«
ton, 103.9 cents,
Cost per ton-mile (rate, 20 per cent
milage): New York, 17.6 cents; Bos
ton, 20.8 cents.
Thus it is cheaper for a company
in or near Springfield, Mass, to do
its hauling to Boston with its own
motor trucks of 8, 3 or 6 tons capac
ity than to ship by freight, provided
full loads are carried by the 2 and 8-
ton trucks and loads of 21-2 to b tons
are carried by the B-ton trucks, and
{8 cheaper to haul to New York :’“h
its B-ton trucks, loaded with 31-2 to
5 tons, than to ship by freight. )
To ship to Boston by express costs
more than to ship by trucks of 1 to b
tons capacity, provided the l-ton
trucks are loaded to capacity, the
2-ton trucks carry 1-2 to 2 tons, 'h,..
3.ton trucks ecarry more than 1123
tons, and the G-ton trucks carry 13-4
tons or more,
are modern, commodious residences of
stucco and brick, and are sold to the
workmen on such extremely liberal
terms that they are being unapm up
eagerly As soon as erected.
have already been completed and are
now occupied. Thirty-three more are
in the course of construction and will
be ready for occupancy not later than
November, Streets are belng gr 4
and Improved, and it ls within the
present plans to continue until a | ¢
imum colony of 600 houses has been
completed, set down in the m x‘
one of the finest lndnltrh’l rlop
ments in the countpy, conta com
munity center, athletie u&, chool
houses and fine streets, 4 N