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

MOTOR ROAD TRANSPORT : PAST AND PRESENT 9 6 a.m. and 10 p.m., at a point near Fox Hill Farm, in the township of Barton Moss, on the Liverpool and Manchester main road. The comparative figures were taken on the same road from lOth June to 16th June, 1912 (inclusive). Mechanically Propelled Vehicles. Total in 7 days, ending 13th Dec., 1919 Total in 7 days ending 16th June, 1912. Number Weight in tons Number Weight in tons Motor Cycles .... 130 16-9 108 14-4 Motor Cars (including motor cabs, etc.) . . . . 366 585-6 128 204-8 Motor vans (covered) 206 315-0 39 97-5 Motor Omnibuses 3 18-0 1 6-0 Motor Lorries (rubber tyres) 2010 12060-0 94 564-0 Trailers to ditto 336 1680-0 1 5-0 Motor Lorries (steel tyres) 11 110-0 32 320-0 Trailers to ditto 4 20-0 18 90-0 Light Tractors 3 15-0 4 20-0 Trailers to ditto 3 15-0 4 20-0 Traction engines 1 12-0 2 24-0 Trailers to ditto 2 16-0 6 48-0 Total motor vehicles and trailers 3075 14863-5 437 1413-7 Horse Drawn Vehicles. Light vehicles (one horse) 133 53-2 369 147-6 ,, ,, (two or more horses Heavy vehicles (one horse) 7 4-2 15 9-0 561 701-2 551 688-7 ,, ,, (two or more horses Omnibuses (two or more horses) 92 230-2 128 320-0 — — 26 78-0 793 988-8 1089 1243-3 From the foregoing figures it will be seen that the increase in mechanically propelled traffic is 7 times in number and 10| times in weight, as compared with 1912, while the decrease in horse -drawn traffic is 27 per cent, in number and 20 per cent, in weight. Further analysis will show that the number of the mechanically propelled vehicles of the commercial type (i.e., motor wagons, traction engines and trailers),