Highway Congestion Is Relieved
By Night Truck Transportation
Operators of Heavy Duty
Vehicles Also Effecting
Material l ime Economy
’ 10SE who drive over im
proved highways at night
have been impressed with
the rapidly increasing num
ber of freight trucks—
huge vehicles looming darkly be
hind their penetrating, mellow,
acetylene headlights which fill the
road with man-made sunlight. The
first impression is that truck trans
portation has very recently under
gone an enormous increase. What
is actually happening, however, is
a transfer of a vast volume of
movement of freight by truck from
the daylight hours to the period be
tween dark and dawn.
Many owners of fleets of freight
trucks are of course operating their
rolling stock day and night. Other
operators have abandoned the day
light haul, however, in favor of a
quicker and more profitable night
movement, when streets and roads
are comparatively free of other
traffic. A distinct advantage is
gained by the truck owner in time
saved, but it is an advantage which
is shared by all other traffic which
uses the highways. On long runs
the saving in time by the night op
erated trucks is resulting in tre
mendous economics, while even on
the short runs the added profit is
appreciable.
Inter-city highways do not enjoy
a monopoly of this night traffic,
however. In the larger cities truck
operators are finding that traffic
congestion is making daytime truck
operation highly unprofitable in
many instances, and wherever pos
sible are confining truck move
ments to the hours between 8 p. m.
and 6 a. m. City deliveries of
heavy commodities such as lumber
and building material are being
made at night where possible, and
nothing short of an actual check
will reveal the actual proportions
this trend is assuming.
Boston furnishes an interesting
example of the growth of the ship
by-truck movement. Boston is the
main supply center for a large por
tion of the textile industry of the
country, and has within a radius
of fifty miles about 60 per cent of
the worsted and woolen mills of
the United States. The short haul
to and from these mills has proved
so profitable to truck operators that
fleets of heavy motor vehicles, with
and without trailers, operate day
and night between Boston and
nearby textile centers. Usually
they get a return load of manufac
tured products for delivery to oth
er mills or to railroads and steam
ship lines.
In New England especially night
truck movements have become ex
ceedingly popular. A belated trav
eler along the Boston Post Road is
astonished at the volume of heavy
traffic moving duripg the late eve
ning and early morning hours, tie
is impressed, too, with the type of
lighting equipment carried by these
trucks. Acetylene headlights are
almost invariably used on all but
the light trucks, and the soft, mel
low light, in sharp contrast to the
white glare of passenger cars, is
most agreeable. The reason why
motor truck operators cling tena
ciously to the acetylene headlight
is its greater economy and de
pendability on heavy vehicles.
Where the use of electric light sys
tems on heavy duty trucks has been
attempted they have generally
been discarded because of the
failure of batteries and bulbs to
hold up under the constant shock
to which they were subjected.
Acetylene illumination is also le
gal lighting equipment throughout
the United States.
There is no question in the mijjds
of the autotruck manufacturer, the
operator or the railroads but that
motor freight lines have come to
stay. And with the development
of night routes the most forceful
argument against them, born of a
constantly increasing highway con
gestion, is steadily weakening.
SOLUTION ICE BOX
CARES TO COME
OUT OF SWEDEN
(By Associated Press)
STOCKHOLM, Apr. 27—For in
venting a new kind of domestic ice
box, two Swedish engineers have re
ceived from the Swedish Technolo
gical Society its highest award, the
Polhem medal, granted only a dozen
times in the last 50 years.
The device has been described by
a technical expert as solving in a
clever manner the difficult problem
of constructing a low-priced, strong
and easily managed artificial refri
gerator for household use.
The machine, patented in all coun
tries, is described as very simple. It
consists of three communicating cyl
inders, containing certain gases and
chemicals which are set in motion
by a small flame or electric connec
tion. When heated at one end it
gives out cold at the other. With the
heat obtained from 41 cubic feet of
gas it generates the equivalent cold
of 50 pounds of ice, for ordinary
household purposes in the warmest
weather and needs to be run only six
hours of the 24.
Predictions of an unusually hot
summer have not yet prostrated any
ice worms.
S. S. ADMIRAL WATSON
Sails from Arrives , .South from
Seattle Seward Seward
April 21 April 28 May 2.
S. S. ADMIRAL EVANS
May 5 May 12 May 19 Tues., 9 p.m.
Calling at all regular Southeastern and South
western Alaska ports including Seldovia and
Kodiak.
WAYNE BLUE, Agent
Telephone Main 81 Res.. Madison 40
Pacific Coastwise Jerviee
^admiral line
H.F. ALEXANDER.
STEAMSHIP STARR
NEXT SAILING STR. STARR MAY 10 1(*25
San Juan Fishing and Packing Co.
G. C. HENDERSON, Agent
PHONE MADISON 13*. . SEWARD, ALASKA
LONDON SOCIETY
REVIVES DANCES
VICTORIAN DAYS
LONDON, Apr. 27.—Dances of 25
years ago have come back as one
of the season’s novelties in society.
On these occasions the dancers wear
j costumes of the period. The polka,
| the mazurka, lancers and the barn
j dance have all been reintroduced
with favor, and even that known as
the Washingnoru'Post, danced to the
march of that tname which is often
heard on the11 London radio these
days as played by England’s best
known jazz orchestra.
One of the first “quarter-century
ago” dances was arranged by Miss
Belle Harding, & social favorite, who
was attired in a black dress worn
originally by her mother and which
Tevealed a pink petticoat, consider
ed a true symbol of Victorian days.
Who knows how many horsepow
| er it takes to run the President’s
electric horse?
Have You a Bad Back?
—
Then the Advice of a Resident of
i This Locality Will Interest You
Does your back ache night and day?
Hinder work; destroy your rest?
Are you tortured with stabbing pains
When you stoop, lift or bend?
Then likely your kidneys are weak,
More troubles may soon appear.
Headaches, dizziness, nervousness;
Or uric acid and its ills.
Help your weakened kidneys with a
stimulant diuretic.
Use Dona’s Pills.
Read this interesting testimony:
Mrs. Albert Selhaver, 1114, W
North St., Bellingham, Wash., says:
“I was all run down and suffered fron
kidney disorder. I had terrible pains
in the small of my back and I could
n’t get up without help. At times
when I got down I was unable tc
move. My kidneys acted too oftei
and my feet bloated so badly that 1
couldn’t wrear my shoes. Doan’s
Pills cured me of the attack anc
made my kidneys well. The bloat
ing went down, too.”
Cn~ at all dealers. Foster-Milburi
Co., . s., Buffalo, N. Y, adv.
Crossing the knees is a bad habit
for girls, which may be easily brok
en by making them wear cotton
hosiery.
Several books are advertised as
aids to fluent conversation. Books to
suppress conversation are what we
need.
; Men who are boss at home careful
ly conceal that fact from their wives.
No, Willie, steel wool does not
grow on hydraulic rams.
NOTICE OF SALE OF “ON HAND”
AND “UNCLAIMED” FREIGHT
AND BAGGAGE.
Notice is hereby given that on the
fifteenth of May, 1925, at 3 p. m. at
the Anchorage Freight Shed, an “On
Hand” sale will be conducted. At this
i time the following unclaimed and un
j marked freight and baggage will be
| offered for sale:
1 wagon tongue; marked F. J. Por
ter, Anchorage.
1 Saw on board; marked Mike Bar
tovich.
1 Suitcase personal effects; marked
Mrs. C. Dale.
1 Suitcase; marked St. Clair.
1 Box books; marked Albert Chand
ler. .
1 Sack clothing; marked Albert
Chandler.
1 Suitcase; marked E. G Pearson.
1 Sack clothing; marked Dewey
Covington.
1 War bag clothing, marked J. M.
Hansen.
1 Sack clothing; marked W. J. Line
ham.
1 Roll bedding; marked J. F. Ked
ler, Iditarod.
1 Box dental hardware; marked J.
R. Walle.
1 Pack sack clothing; marked John
Barker.
1 Bundle clothing; marked Versun.
1 Sack clothing; marked John Nel
son.
1 Tool chest; marked G. R Robert
son. Seward. * •
1 Brown fnr robe; marked Ainmer
man.
G Boxes drill parts; marked Circle—
O. Berry.
2 Crates drill parts; marked Circle—
O Berry.
8 Loose pieces drill parts; marked
Circle—O. Berry.
10 Bags personal effects; unmarked.
2 Boxes personal effects; unmarked.
13 Sacks personal effects; unmark- (<
ed.
15 Gunnies personal effects; un
marked.
5 Pack sacks personal effects; un
marked.
8 Suitcases personal effects; un
marked.
22 Bundles personal effects; un
marked.
2 Leather bags personal effects; un
marked.
2 Suitcases (empty); unmarked.
1 Trunk personal effects; unmarked.
1 Trunk (empty); unmarked
1 Sack bedding robe; unmarked.
1 Suitcase containing Spanish war
vet. letters, medals, etc., unmarked.
1 Bundle bear hide; unmarked.
1 Box 59 cans paint; unmarked.
1 30 US Winchester, Model 1895; *4
unmarked.
1 Pair snowshoes; unmarked.
1 30 WCF Winchester, Model 1894;
unmarked.
1 40-82 Winchester, Model. 1886; un
marked.
NOEL W. SMITH,
General Manager.
First publication April 16, 1925.
Last publication April 30, 1925 3t
The Alaska Railroad
TRAINS LEAVE SEWARD
6 A. M.
Monday and Thursday
- 3
TRAINS ARRIVE
8 P. M.
Wednesday and Saturday
Gas Launch
KENAl
FISHING AND HUNTING
PARTIES CARRIED DOWN
LAKE KENAl FOR THE
DAY OR TRIP. TELE
PHONE ARRANGEMENTS
TO MILE TWENTY
Louis Bell, owner
ALASKA STEAMSHIP
Vessel—
Yukon
Northwestern
ALASKA
YUKON
Northwestern
ALASKA
COMPANY
Southwestern Alaska Route Schedule
Scheduled
Lv. Seattle
April 18
April 25
May 2
May 9
May 16th
May 23
Scheduled
Ar. Seward
April 25
May 2
May 9
May 16
May 23rd.
May 30
Scheduled Sail
from Seward
April 25
May 2
May 9
May 16
Mav 23rd
May 30
Steamers in the above schedule will make all regular ports of call
in Southeastern and Southwestern Alaska.
Steamers in above schedule leave Seward every Saturday midnight.
J. H. FLICKINGER, Agent
PHONE MAIN 125 SEWARD, ALASKA
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AN EMPIRE BUILDER
| As all railroads in years gone by have been the greatest
contributing factors in development of the regions through
which they passed, so also is THE ALASKA RAILROAD each
day accomplishing much towards the building of an empire.
In place of the old, tremendously expensive and inconve
nient methods of transporting supplies of whatever character
over rough trails from the coast, there is now a modern rail
road that carries supplies and equipment in greater quantities
i to and from the Interior, and along the way, in much less
time and at far less expense than was formerly required.
This great steel highway offering regular twice weekly
freight and passenger service between Seward, Anchorage
and Fairbanks; and tri-weekly mixed service over the
t Chickaloon and Chatanika branches, is at your service. For
. further information write
THE ALASKA RAILROAD
McKINLEY PARK ROUTE
ANCHORAGE
ALASKA
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