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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE:
FEBRUARY 29, -1920.
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OMAHA TO HAVE
TRUCK TERMINAL
BY HARTUNG GO.
Will Make Daily Trips Through
Surrounding Country," Mak
ing PickupsFrom Farmers
Along Road.
Harry Hartung; manager of the
Hartung Transfer & Storage Co.,
Inc., has announced his intention of
giving Omaha a truck terminal
This, has longbeen under con
sideration, and after carefully study
ing the situation, he has decided that
Omaha, with its usual concern in
ventures of commercial interest, will
support a terminal of this kind.
.. Daily truck service on scheduled
time and rates from Omaha fo the
' outlying towns is a long-felt need.
- This will doubtless draw more trade
to Omaha than would otherwise go
some place else because of the poor
, shipping services offered by the
railroad. ,
, Can Get Daily Supplies. .
It will enable the customer and
( the merchants in the smaller towns
" on these routes to obtain .daily sup
plies. There will be more produce
brought to Omaha by the farmer,
who can utilize these truck routes to
get his perishable products to a
quick market, and by so doing he is
encouraged to raise much more gar
den truck and ship it to market," in
stead of letting what he does raise
, go to waste.
The truck operator in the small
town will be able to get a return
load from the terminal back to his
headquarters., Return loads mean
profitable trips both ways. .
v Same as Minneapolis.
The terminal will be operated !n
practically the same way as are
those in Minneapolis and Sioux
City.
Mr. Hartung will secure the serv
f. ices of a responsible transportation
firm in every one of the towns at the
most distant point on the route.
: This firm will pick up a load from
its town to Omaha and will so
licit, business from the merchants
and live stock shippers to Omaha.
Pickups From Fanners.
The truck will stop at the farms
along the route on the way in. Or
ders from the farmers will be taken
by the driver. These orders will be
phoned from the terminal to the
Omaha merchants, who will deliver
the order to the terminal and de
livery will be made the next day.
The accompanying map shows the
routes and towns to be served in
this way. This practically covers
every town within a radius of SO
( miles. Daily service on these routes
means: v
Routes and Towns.
'1. Giving a market outlet to food
supplies .hitherto unavailable be
cause of the distante between pro
ducer and the market and lack of
transportation.
2. Transportation of produce to
the consumer more quickly and in :
better condition t than is possible
under present methods. v
3. Maintaining of men and horses
on the farms who now spend a
great part of their me driving to
market.
4. Elimination of unnecessary
Where Truck Lines Will Run From Omaha
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LINCOLN
Randolph
Syracuse
'Sidney
Oldsmobile Busses
, Solve the Problem of
Urban Transportation
Until very recently most of the
motor busses put in operation were
either overgrown trucks that re
sembled street cars, or merely con
verted passenger cars. While the
larger vehicles were suitable for big
city work, neither type was adapted
to continuous cross-country work,
or to many other lines to which
the lighter, easy riding truck-bus of
today is adapted. '
In commenting on this situation
Charles A. Tucker of the Nebraska
Oldsmobile Co. of Omaha, Oldsmo
bile distributers, said:
"One of the first thoughts in put
ting the Oldsmobile 'Economy,
r-r t , . 1. -1. . .
i tuck on me marxei was 10 intro
duce it to bus ope&tors and to
people who' might profitably oper
ate busses if they had the right sort
of vehicle. The jitney operators
were quickest Jo see the advantage
of a pnematic tire equipped truck'
that would ride like a passenger car
and still have the endurance quali
ties of a first-class truck.
"Hotel and depot bus operators
soon - came, to see the matter in
the same light as the jitney people.
As to inter-city traffic, we found
tint a great many people who had
hesitated to go into this work, saw
in our proposition the ideal, means
for engaging in a very profitable
business. P. L. Emerson, general
sales manager at the factory, tells
me they have received a great many
letters of high appreciation from
inter-city bus operators who have
more than made good since put
ing this light duty truck intq ser-
Lvice. ,
Nebraska and Iowa divide honors
in leading with the greatest number
of motor cars per capita. Statistics
indicate one for every six persons.
Park . Tractor Made Here
Can Do All a Horse Can Do
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The Park roller di;ive farm trac
tor, now being produced in Omaha,
solves many farm tractor problems
and brings the revolutionary ideas
into the tractor industry company
officials assert
, ''Nothing to break and nothing to
get out of order," is the, company's
slogan for marketing the tractors.
The Park is a tractor without steer
ing gear, without clutch, without
transmission and without gears of
any, kind. It's the simplest thing in
the tractor field,, and any farmer's
son of 16 can handle it efficiently, it
is claimed. ,
The Duryea drive, controlled by
the Park company, so far as its use
on tractors" ij concerned, is (he fun
damental feature of the tractor.
With a leverage that will insure firm
contact between' the bull pinion
shieves and the -drivjng .rings on
the inside of the rim of the drive
wheels, the tractor wttl operate just
as long as the engine runs. The final
drive is positive.
The tractors are being turned out
at Forty-eighth and Leavenworth
streets, the capacity of which is ex
pected to be considerably enlarged
during the. present year. The com
pany's salesrooms and offices are at
1409 Harney street.
Hundreds of farmers of Nebraska
and surrounding states have come
to Omaha for demonstrations of the
tractor's work and the new product
is expected to be one of the big fea-
Ship by Truck Idea . ? :
Jlas Groftn Steadily .
,In Omaha Since Start
Since the establishment of thfe;
Firestone Ship-by-Truck bureau aj
little over a year ago, a truck ter
minal has been the main objective
for which tlye bureau has worked. ' -
Ship-by-Truck has been brought
to the attention of everyone who
can be benefited directly or indi
rectly by motor transportation
through the efforts of this buerau.
i K. S. Graul, manager of this bti
reau has spent a great deal of time
in working out a plan whereby thh ;
daily service could be maintained.
It is not a new venture. A great
many other cities have established
a -terminal of this sort; and their
success has been assured from the
very start
, Mr. Graul and Mr. Hartung hav-5
called on the wholesale and retail
merchants, automobile dealers and
truck men, who are all highly in
favor of this project, and will back
it up. This means the material ac
complishment of Firestone Ship-by-Truck
program. 1 '
tures of exhibits at the automobile .
show.
Deliveries of tractors will begin
March 1, company officials state.
The Park, it is claimed, will save
any farmer annually more than its,
cost, as it is an all-purpose machine,
can 'do anything horses can do and
many things impossible for horses.
Demqnstrations for four years in
Nebraska, Utah, Texas, Kansas,
Ohio and Minnesota have proven
the tractor operates with absolute
success on hillsides, as well as, on
level ground, officials say. , v
A lively contest is now on between
the cities of Detroit and Cleveland
as to which is to be the leader in the
automobile industry.
handling and packing of produce, in
volved in shipping by rail.
5. Establishment ot more direct
connections between fanner and
market. ,
Will Encourage Diversity.
6. - Encouragement of diversity in
farming, as a result of widening the
marketing areas. '
7. Substituting for the disinter
ested personality and limited liabili
ty of railroad shipping "on short
hauls, an agency that personally col
lects and delivers produce, perform
ing marketing as well as transpor
tation functions.
8. Serving as a feeder to the rail
roads and water transportation lines.
Will Aid Good Roads. f
In addition to this, it means 'a
greater incentive for good roads.
Ship-iby-truck ' terminals in 'other
cities .have met with great suc
cess. In Minneapolis and Sioux
City daily teaminal service was
maintained throughout the winter,
even during the worst weatheV.
- The legislature of the state of
Minnesota made a large appropri
ation to keep wese routes free from
everything that would delay the
delivery .service daily. Giant trucks
were equipped " with snow plows,
and these made daily trips over the
route to keep the roads clean from
drifts. Rollers were also attached
to obliterate rut$.
At 'Sioux City the Interurban Mo
tor express thiough their own eP
forts kept the routes clear. There
is no (reason why Omaha should
not be able to support a terminal
in the way that Sioux City and
Minneapolis does.
Boost Civic Enterprise.
The live stock market, the produce
market, and the great amount of
wholesale shipping out of Omaha all
tend to make this terminal one of
civic interest and should be boosted
by anyone who has a regard for a
good cause or to see Omaha giving
and receiving service to and from
the outlying towns.
Mr. Hartung and K. S. Graul,
manager of the Firestone Ship-by-Truck
bureau, will leave Tuesday for
Minneapolis and Sioux City to in
vestigate the methods of terminal
operation. These terminals afford
the best example of their kifl8 in
the United States. Minneapolis is
the pioneer city in ship-by-truck, fee
ing the first to establish a terminal.
Commission Makes Bates.
The rates charged will be those
allowed by the Nebraska Railway
commission. The truck has been
designated a "common carrier" and
as such charges and classifications
are specified from general order No.
46, supplement B of the highway
trucking rates. Up to 60 miles the
truck rates on first-class merchan
dise are less than express and more
than freight.
lo ship-by-truck is from an eco
nomical standpoint an improvement
in -many ditterent ways over ship
ments by rail.
Has Big Fleet
Mr. Harlung's place of business is
centrally located in the wholesale
dis'rict He is well equipped to
handle business of this sort, for the
reason that he has plenty of storage
space, good loading docks, and he
himself has had much experience in
the transportation game.
Mr. Hartung has maintained a
fleet of trucks for the last four or
five years in Omaha. This fleet will
be augmented by four new Packards
and two Doris trucks. Mr. Hartung
ca'iabsolutely guarantee daily serv
ice on1 the route with these 'new ad
ditions to his fleet. The order for
these trucks haVe already been
placed and v ifl be in service in r a
short time.
In some of th larger rubber tire
factories in Akron, O., there are en
tire departments of mute- persons.
Their work is of a high standard.
A Truck with a Power Plant that gives speed and
. pulling capacity. ' " '
Balanced so as to combine the best features of the speed
wagon type and light heavy duty truck. 1
Built to haul real loads under any road conditions.-,
Ideal for farm or city work. A variety of bodies to
choose from to meet all needs.
1 See them in Space No. 7 ,,
; Truck Division
OMAHA AUTOMOBILE SHOW
Marcn 1st to 6th
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jj Pneumatic Cord Tires. Fully Equipped. . x rjT '"Jt
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M" , 1310 Jackson Stmt, Omaha ' f I I A
jf Dittributors for Western Iowa and Eastern Nebraska. , Bt" ( J IF '
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Distributors for Western Nebraska. I j I "HAftfjfil
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