Motor Road Transport For Commercial Purposes
(Liquid Fuel, Steam, Electricity)

2 MOTOR ROAD TRANSPORT be noticed that after England and Wales, France possesses the next greatest mileage of roads com- pared to the area of the country, while Austria, Spain, and Russia are the poorest off for road accommodation. Total Area in Proportion Country Road Square Road Mileage mileage. miles. to area. England . 133,651 50,328 2-6 to 1 Wales 18,484 8,012 2-3 to 1 Scotland 24,908 29,819 0-8 to 1 Ireland 59,150 31,762 1-8 to 1 Great Britain 236,193 119,921 1-9 to 1 Austria 80,176 240,456 0-3 to 1 France 429,464 207,076 2-0 to 1 Germany . 175,000 (approx) 208,789 0-8 to 1 Italy 136,553 110,623 1-2 to 1 J apan 257,414 235,886 1-09 to 1 Russia 483,332 8,000,000 0-06 to 1 Spain 27,805 196,700 0-14 to 1 New Era for Mechanical Road Transport. Mechanical road transport, owing to the increased development due to sounder views as regards rightful application and treatment, is entering upon a new era. The radius of its Utility is continually being enlarged and appears to be almost unlimited, and the part that it will play in bettering the national welfare in years to come will, in the writer’s opinion, prove to be immense. That there are many difficult problems to be faced, and that much hard work will have to be done before really good results can. be obtained, is not to be denied; but we have already gone so far along the road, and overcome so many serious obstacles, that there is little doubt but that we shall achieve success in time. Some years ago the up-to-date trader began to adopt mechanical transport, his chief reason being the conviction that therein lay a distinet source of profit. One of his foremost ideas was the necessity