Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1919 — INDIANAPOLIS-CHICAGO LINE [ARTICLE]

INDIANAPOLIS-CHICAGO LINE

Of Tnlcki in Operation Soon BetH(*n Those Two Cities.

R. W. Anderson of Indianapolis, vice-president and general manager of the International Transportation company, was In the city yesterday making final arrangement of the details for operating a motor truck line between Lafayette and Indianapolis, and the first trip of the motor trucks- will be made today. Within two weeks the line will be extended and daily trips will be made between Indianapolis and Chicago, by the way of Lafayette. Floyd J. Williams of Martinsville was with Mr. Anderson and assisted him in putting the line into operation. The company will operate 17 truck, five two-ton trucks and 12 five-ton trucks. The two-ton trucks will be used for the local hauling. The two-ton trucks will have attached 3i£-ton trailers, with the same sized bodies, and the five-ton trucks will have attached trailers, with the same sized bodies. The bodies of the trucks are of allsteel, fireproof construction, box car design, of the latest model. The smaller trucks have 42x9-inch pneumatic tires, and the larger types have 48x12-inch pneumatic tires. The first truck will leave here at 10:30 o’clock this morning, and will reach Indianapolis at 4 o’clock this afternoon. At the same time a truck will leave Indianapolis and will reach here at 4 o’clock this afternoon. The officers of the company have been looking the situation over for a station from which the trucks will leave and arrive, and will probably decide totlay as to the one that is best adapted to the needs of the business. When the line is completed to Chicago, the big trucks will make through trips daily. The small trucks, which are. to be used for local freight, will stop at all towns and cities on the route, and at crossings and farm houses to take on whatever produce merchants and farmers have to sell, and to leave goods with them. The through trucks will stop only at Indianapolis, Lafayette and Chicago. It is the purpose of the company to furnish to the people of the towns and surrounding country along the lines express service at freight rates. With a through truck every day, it will be possible to make as quick deliveries from Indianapolis to Chicago as can be made by the express companies, and the rates will be the same as those now charged by the railroads for handling freight. This is of vast importance to both the producer and consumer, as all perishable goods; such as fruit, vegetables, butter, eggs, poultry and meats can be sent from place to place along the line in the least time, and at a rate far better than can now be obtained from the transportation companies.