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

26 MOTOR ROAD TRANSPORT transport for the first time, and which has hired one or more vans for a few weeks. Under these temporary conditions the manufacturer does not expect the firm to alter their organization to any great extent, but he does consider, and rightly so, that the house should take all the facts into account when arriving at a decision as to whether the motor shall wholly or in part replace tlie horse. After a trial on these lines the firm finds that the vehicle has not done the work of four or six horses as it was supposed to do, and although they are pleased in many ways with the performance, and with the increased advertisement gained thereby, they decide to keep to the old policy, concluding that in their particular case horse haulage is still superior to mechanical transport. Variety of Motor Vehicles. Upon the right selection of the vehicle largely depends the success or failure of the delivery service. One of the reasons that motor transport to-day is so successful in all branches of trade is the variety of types of car which can be employed. Some years before the war, long-distance point- to-point delivery was one of the few kinds likely to be run at an actual profit. At the present time, with. machines designed to carry maximum loads ranging from 2 cwt. to 6 tons, and more with the employment of a trailer, this restriction has been removed. Pitfalls for the Trader. The enlarged choice of power—liquid fuel, electricity, and steam—has also undoubtedly made it possible to employ mechanical transport on. a much. sounder and more economical basis. By this is meant that,