South Bend News-Times, Volume 37, Number 43, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 12 February 1920 — Page 5

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THE SOUTH BEND NEWS-TIMES T!imlAY MftRMN'fi. rmiirAUV 12. 102 5 Street Car as a pai H 99 ewer camer i oooinnieOo 66 4Q Hie motor truck wi ent or toe rataFe. 99 ii n Ii ii nfimu m ii urui if u-z ii ihn: i'f rn ti ii r n i i IT TL with the track on a cost per mile or cost per passenger oasis."

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In these terse sentences no less authority in the transportation world than Paul V. Litchfield, factory manager of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, and the man who developed long-distance transportation by establishment of the pioneer Akron-Boston truck service, predicted the passing of street cars within a short time and their replacement by motor busses. This start-

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Cleveland Society of Automotive RncTinpers and nroved the cause of much favorable comment by some "vf the foremost automotive designcrs in the world. The Goodyear factory manager as far back as 1917 startled the

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line between the company's factory in Akron cind its branches in the ( east. He proved beyond doubt that round schedule between these two points under varied road and weather conditions. He also demonstrated

In all industry the most essential factor is TRANSPORTATION. The rapid, uninterrupted flow of goods from the maker to market bears the same importance to the world as the blood does to the human body. Without the one the world would die. Without the other the human body cannot live.

THE TEMPORARY AND PARTIAL BREAKDOWN of rail transportation in the United States two years ago brought us face to face with the fact that transportation must be improved. THE IMPROVE M E N T IS 1 1 E R E THE DEPENDABLE RED SEAL MOTOR TRUCK! IT IS THE NEW FACTOR IN THE transportation problem that ".vill solve it is solving it. There are more than 700,000 motor trucks in vse in the UNITED STATES today. !:. 1918 they handled 10 billions tons of goods. It is estimated this was doubled in 191 9. THAT AMERICA HAS AC PTED the motor truck as a cross

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V. Morc, Free, and Gen. Mgr. Formerly General Manager, PanAmerican Motor Corporation; Production Engineer, Locomobile Company; Inter-State Automobile Company; American Locomotive Workc; Member of Society of Automotive Engineers.

Loula TV. r.sher. 3 Molir.c, r.l. Arthur Robertson, Farmer. Hie. J!i. V. O. Licntsomery, Ice Cream Mfg.. Galesburg, 111. J. P. Guthrie. VtcPre. poplea Uank, Hamilton, 111. Ä. a DJrd, Farmer, vnUUrr.ifl!. 111.

warac wi the superiority of the pneumatic tires over solids from every point of consideration. Mr. Litchfield's predictions carry all the more weight because of the showing made by the bus line established at his suggestions between the factory and Goodyear Heights, the Company's housing section for the convenience of employe-residents. In 1 0 months between January 1 and October 3 1 , seven busses of 2 1 passenger carrying capacity transported 1,334,739 people a distance of 1 39,8 1 0 miles at a cost of .03987 cents per trip. The gain per passenger per trip on a basis of 26 fares for one dollar was .002 1 6, or a total profit for the period of $2,667.57. If a five-cent fare had been charged, the seven busses would have cleared $ 1 6,0 1 6, but service is at cost. The run was made touching slightly on improved pavements with an average single trip distance of 1.71 miles. More than 81,600 single trips were made with an average loading capacity of 78. The gain over total operating costs was 5.4. country carrier of freight is seen in the wonderful revival of road- building. THE FREIGHT TRAIN OF TOMORROW WILL start from the farmer's gate and deliver its load at the consumer s back porch. THE DAY OF SLOW MOVING, COSTLY horse drawn freight is past. The horse was once man's The above article

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TRUCK TRANSPORTATION with the permission of and in cooperation with the Goodyear Tire Company. The Officials and Directors of the DEPENDABLE TRUCK & TRACTOR COMPANY in contributing this space do most heartily endorse Mr. Litchfield's reasoning and thoroughly concur in his predictions.

anufacturers of DEPENDABLE RED SEAL

L V. Stevenson. Farmer. Knoxville, III. Fred Bessler, Wholesale Crocer. Peoria, III. Wm. H. Oaxber. Live Stock Dealer, Washington, ill. C. II. McGrer, Aetna Lire Ins. Co., Galesburg. 111.

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Miles per gallon oil consumption was 56.4. The population served was 5.000. So success ful has been this line and so greatly has it aided development of the company's housing section that the fleet will be increased to 1 0 by February 1 , 1 920, and the route extended to 2. 1 miles average single trip distance. Tickets will be sold 28 for one dollar at that time. Comparison with trolley costs are not available, but with initial costs up to $35,000 for trolleys of heavier types as against less than $5,000 for the largest busses and considering 80,000 miles as the life of a bus, the mileage delivered by the number of busses that could be purchased for the initial cost of a street car would compare favorable with the life of a trolley. Labor costs would be about onehalf and the expense of power stations, tracks, poles and wires would be eliminated. In the course of his recent speech to the convention of automotive engineers, Mr. Litchfield declared best friend. Now he is a parasiteeating the food of the world and pro ducing little. There are 20 million horses and mules in the UNITED STATES. They require 1 00 million acres of tillable land for raising their feed. These acres if turned to producing food for men would feed 25 million persons.

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A. E. Patchin, Vice-President in Charge of Sales and Advertising. Formerly Vice-President Universal Safety Sales Corp. ; Sales Manager Pan-American Motors Corporation; Associate Member of Society of Automotive Engineers. y ASSOCIATE 30ARD OF DIRECTORS-

R. Van Speybrccck. Bark Director and Clothier. E. Moline. 111. W. J. Thompson, dealer in I-dve Stock. Rushville, III. E. II. Lary, Lumber Dealer. Kno.wi'.le. 111.

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that traffic had reached a point in most cities where it must be continuous and not be held up by the stopping of street cars. The transportation agent of the future must be able to go to the curb to allow passengers to board or alight from it so that traffic can continue to pass it, was the assertion of the Goodyear vicepresident. He made another strong point by pointing out that street widening to allow more tracks was too expensive a matter and could not be considered seriously. Trolleys must have more tracks if adequate service is to be given and other traffic not interrupted. Mr. Litchfield made the emphatic declaration that the development of suburbs was hindered by street cars, inasmuch as traction companies could not afford to make expensive extensions through the purchase of franchises and equipment until an assured population in growing suburbs could make it a financial incentive. On the contrary the motor bus can simply extend its route over THE HORSE WILL HAVE TO GO! THIS IS AN AGE OF PROGRESS ABOVE ANY AGE. A whole world is being rebuilt. Produce, expand, develop is the call to every man. It must be done quickly. Man power must be multiplied. New acres must be tilled. Old in-

TRUCKS, Galesburg, Illinois

Ai'.?ut Hcltrr.an, Farmer. Ura, III. Fred LycMon. Farmer, CalesturK, 111. H. n. Landes. Farmer, Tisiiva. Iii. John O. Drsrr.ann, DeMcr in Live Stcok, Princeton, HU Geo. etamfcerg-cr, Jr., Farmer, La Mcille. 111.

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5 I the available roads and actually participate in the development. Many instances where busses successfully compete with trolleys can be named. In cities all over the country, and especially in the New England States, busses actually parallel trolley lines and for a fivecent fare make splendid profits. Higher street car fares have driven trade to the busses and throughout the east despite higher flat rate fares and the introduction of zoning, trolley revenues have decreased and the traction companies are puzzled and worried some even in real financial straits. Meanwhile the motor bus transportation agent of the futurethrives. The public gets service, speed and a reasonable fare the operators get a good profit. Trolley and bus cannot operate at the same time streets are not capable of carrying the traffic. Reason and logic dictate that the slower and less mobile carrier the street car must go. dustries must be revived. New industries must come. There's a world to be fed. American industry is answering. American brains, American money, American muscle is being poured into the vast plans of reconstruction. HURRY, HURRY, IS THE UNIVERSAL CRY. FARMER ARE YOU HURRYING? M anufacturer are vou hurrying? Business man are you hurrying? Worker are you hurrying? Distributor are you? TRANSPORTATION IS THE PROBLEM OF reconstruction. The DEPENDABLE RED SEAL MOTOR TRUCK will solve it.

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J. J. Welsh, Secretary and Treasurer. Formerly President, ShawWelsh Company.