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

44 MOTOR ROAD TRANSPORT during a maximum number of working hours, due to loading and unloading facilities, and to the simplicity and accessibility of their mechanism. (4) The capability of comparatively high speed. There are, naturally, many trades in which the 2 to 5 cwt. load capacity does not seem at first sight suitable for delivery purposes, but the writer is of opinion that, where circumstances permit, more might be done than is done to-day to increase the field of despatch service and decrease the cost proportionately, by the employment of two or three light machines in place of one heavier type of vehicle. It is a faet beyond dispute that a large percentage of the firms employing motor haulage do not get the full value from it, and this is because insufficient attention is paid to details in organization systems in which the cost of running might be reduced to an appreciable extent. This kind of industrial motor is well suited for work in an area where thick traffic is encountered, and where the delivery entails frequent stopping and starting. This is so, partly on account of its comparatively low Capital value, and also owing to its light weight; the wear and tear entailed by constant halts being pro- portionately far less than with the ordinary type of motor van. The Box Van Tricycle. The combined qualities of ease of handling, “ slim- ness” and capacity for rapid “ picking-up,” allow these small machines to undertake successfully work which could not be done with efficiency, if at all, by any other class of motor vehicle. The form that combines practicability with the greatest economy is undoubtedly the pedal-assisted 2 to 3 cwt. box van