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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1913
Page
17
George H. Hudson discusses the cost advantages of motor trucks over horse teams for business delivery. A two-ton truck costs about 10.8 daily versus 8.50 for two horses, yet replaces multiple teams, broadens delivery area, improves reliability in bad weather, and acts as a moving advertisement for the firm.
The Pierce Arrow trucks are featured by J. W. Maguire Company at 745 Boylston Street. The exhibit showcases heavy hauling versatility from oil fields in Southern California to lumber and paper in Maine and many other industries. The worm gear drive highlighted for its silence and efficiency has gained wide European adoption and increasingly proves reliable in U S use.
The new city administration of Ha verhill Massachusetts has recommended motorization of the fire department to improve response times and modernize equipment.
L. B. Johns of General Motors Truck Company emphasizes choosing the right truck for the service and stresses that superior after installation service is essential. He notes factory branches and spare parts stock, and warns that smart maintenance and careful driving yield the best return on transportation investments.
In a Buffalo firm’s view, Stewart Motor Corporation president T R Lippard says automobile dealers are eager to take on delivery truck agencies. He notes merchants seek better, more economical motor delivery and see trucks as steady, year round profits with simple showroom needs.
George C. Gordon, president of Selden Truck Sales Company, advocates a time payment plan to remove the upfront cash barrier for buyers. He says the plan requires substantial capital and is designed to expand truck sales by allowing instalment payments, aligning with practices in other industries.
Dialogue hints at a character named Cholly-Is Van relying on a fixed guide. Algy-Rotten dismisses the arrangement, noting the six year duration of the guide relationship and questioning its effectiveness.
The Goodrich wireless demountable truck tire embodies a steel base with bevelled upper surface, a hard rubber sub base, and vulcanized rubber tread. Norton notes it saves miles and costs, eliminates internal friction, and resists loosening on the wheel. The Boston show will feature all tire types with manufacturer and dealer presence.
Diamond Rubber Company official L K Rittenhouse notes poor friction causes tread separations in tires. Dirt moisture entering cuts can work between tread and fabric, loosening tread from fabric unless tires endure violent abuse.
The article notes Diamond tires using a special rubber mix and tight flange design for long wear. It also describes Goodyear’s demountable cushion tire for fire apparatus and a novel electric butcher wagon built on a General Vehicle chassis displayed at the Motor Truck Show by Mr. Hart and Mr. Bailey.
At the Mechanics' building commercial vehicle show, the Bessemer Motor Truck Company presents trucks with capacities of 1500 pounds and 112 tons. R G Howard notes the firm focuses on three sizes 1500 2000 and 3000 pounds and emphasizes balanced design for long life. Model A 3000 pounds features a 30 horsepower motor with detailed specs and equipment. Models B and C follow the same general design.
The Goodyear Rubber Co introduces soft base side flange clincher solid rubber tires for Q. D. rims from pneumatic tire use. Short diagonal wires near the base reinforce the tread to prevent creeping and improve durability.
The first butcher in New England to adopt the motor vehicle is George A. Hart of Essex Massachusetts. Hart's main business is supplying choice cuts to residents of Essex Hamilton and Magnolia. He has been doing
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