Word: truckful
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...some districts, however, there were gains in the number of farms. These came about principally from the opening: of new farms in the west, subdivision of ranches and large farms into smaller farms or poultry and truck farms or orchards near cities. The chief states showing increases...
...Truck Driver (for a Department Store): "I agree with him. If the country heeds him it will have no cause for regret. It is a speech that will be remembered...
What are those blue sparks under the engine's front truck? What whistle is this that hoots in the cab? The engineer does not stir, the tipsy fireman cannot hear above his clanking rake and the ' shattering roar of the coal car. The whistle in the cab changes its note...
...latest experiment-for it is still such-in rail transportation under gasoline power will be tried on the Rock Island, on whose rails Mack Truck will soon place the "Mack Rail Car." This new engine has resulted from three years' study of the problem; it is practically regular railway equipment, and can be coupled into two, three-or four-car trains with 90 horse power motors on each truck...
Horses. Said The Christian Science Monitor: "73 per cent of trucks in the docking district of New York City are horse drawn. . . Haulage in New York is now on a time, not a mile, basis, due to the extreme congestion of traffic. . . It costs 6? per minute to operate a five-ton truck in the city, and only 2? a minute for a team and wagon of the same capacity. . . The matter of length of service also has an important bearing on this problem. The initial cost of a motor truck is three times as much as a team...