320 THE HORSE IN SERVICE 



Expense. 



License for month $ 2.76 



^Mechanic's labor 25.25 



Parts 44.03 



Interest 8.10 



Depreciation 30.00 



Insurance 0.72 



Driver's labor 125.09 



Garage expense 9.24 



Gasoline 44.48 



Oil 4.30 



Grease .75 



Alcohol glycerine .98' 



Total expense $302.36 



Average cost per owt. hauled $ .25 



Average cost per mile .25 



The trucks referred to are of two-ton capacity. They are 

 geared at 30 miles an hour. They cost $2,200 each. Sixteen of 

 them are used to deliver packing-house products in the Chicago 

 suburbs bounded by Waukegan, West Chicago and Gary. They 

 leave the Wilson plant at 6 a.m.^ and get back at 4 p.m. They 

 are out on the long drive only three days a week. One extra 

 truck is used for replacement purposes. It replaces a different 

 truck every day, so that one tnick is overhauled every 1(3 days. 

 This system is found to lengthen the truck's life by 2 years. Tlie 

 cost of delivery will be 5 cents per ewt. higher this year than 

 a year ago, because the trucks are a year older and require more 

 repairs, tires, and so on. 



The Wilson delivery teams weigh from 3^200 to 3,500 

 pounds. They jouniey to the loop with more than 2 tons to 

 the load. They may be loaded up to 41/0 tons or more than twice 

 as much as the trucks will carry. An overloaded truck soon 

 goes to pieces ; an overloaded team will struggle along for awhile 

 and the owner is out only an extra handful of oats. A single 

 horse will haul easily 4,000 pounds, which is the capacity load 

 for one of the trucks in question. 



The average cost of teams is about $500. A double wagon 

 costs $375 aud harness about $95. The highest-priced work 



