Canadian grocer April-June 1918 . the attention ofCANADIAN GROCER in conversationwith merchants who have had actual ex-perience in this matter. These pointsmight perhaps be summarized about asfollows: The Question of Roads Important First of all there is the matter of themerchants situation to be the roads good enough to use a car,without a totally disproportionatecharge for upkeep ? Are the stores cus-tomers widely enough scattered to makeit a good investment, and is the storesgeneral situation suitable for using a great advantage to be gained byautomobile delivery is a
Canadian grocer April-June 1918 . the attention ofCANADIAN GROCER in conversationwith merchants who have had actual ex-perience in this matter. These pointsmight perhaps be summarized about asfollows: The Question of Roads Important First of all there is the matter of themerchants situation to be the roads good enough to use a car,without a totally disproportionatecharge for upkeep ? Are the stores cus-tomers widely enough scattered to makeit a good investment, and is the storesgeneral situation suitable for using a great advantage to be gained byautomobile delivery is a quicker serviceand a wider field. If the merchant situa-tion is such, that bad roads preventgreater speed than a horse-drawn veh-icle, or if his customers are groupedwithin a narrow radius, then these twogreatest advantages do not apply. Insuch a situation a car may even be adisadvantage. For instance several mer-chants in discussing the matter have un-hesitatingly said that for delivery in anarrow radius of two or three blocks. One of the delivery cars used by the House ofNairn, Windsor, Ont. around the store, a car is more costly,and slower than a horse. If frequentystops have to be made, then the enginemust either be allowed to run, with acost for gas, or must be stopped at thecost of time in getting started again,that if many calls are made in a smallradius may far more than do away withthe element of speed. Still another mer-chant noted the difficulty of turning acar in some narrow streets. In somestreets the driver had to make the com-plete circuit of the block, where a horse-drawn vehicle could have been turnedwith comparative ease. Those are some points against the sys-tem. On the other side there many important considerations. Improved Service Possible. First, and foremost, there is the mat-ter of an improved service. Unquestion-ably under certain conditions better ser-vice can be given with a car than with ahorse. In the long haul the horse is at a disad
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