. Electric railway journal . standard steam railroad cars in unlimited numbers. Motor-Truck Development Costlier Returning to the matter of finances, it is pertinent tomention that for only $50,000 a 75-mile interurban was rebuilt to standards for lo-comotive freightservice thus en-abling it to movehundreds ofthousands o ftons at insig-nificant long wouldan expenditureof $50,000, madeand paid for bythe public, lastin buildings andmaintaining mo-tor trucks andhighways ? It is obviousthat $50,000would not go farin this direction. The motortruck has welldemonstrated itsworth in re
. Electric railway journal . standard steam railroad cars in unlimited numbers. Motor-Truck Development Costlier Returning to the matter of finances, it is pertinent tomention that for only $50,000 a 75-mile interurban was rebuilt to standards for lo-comotive freightservice thus en-abling it to movehundreds ofthousands o ftons at insig-nificant long wouldan expenditureof $50,000, madeand paid for bythe public, lastin buildings andmaintaining mo-tor trucks andhighways ? It is obviousthat $50,000would not go farin this direction. The motortruck has welldemonstrated itsworth in recentyears, particu-larly behind thefiring lines inFrance. There,where the railroad facilities are generally inadequateand where results must be Qbtained, regardless ofcost, the motor truck has been wonderfully effec-tive in affording a quick, though costly, means oftransportation over rough roads for comparatively shortdistances. There have been instances in this country,too, where material had to be moved without delay and. A STUDY OF MAN-POWER CONSERVATION
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