MOTOR TRANSPORTATION FOR RURAL DISTRICTS 27 
Where a number of independent routes have their terminals in a 
given city, the over-head expenses incident to the maintenance of 
individual terminal stations are multiplied many times, while the 
advantages of a central terminal are lost altogether. These advantages 
are very real. In the first place, the establishment of a central terminal 
for a group of motor routes is in itself an advertisement of the service 
Fic. 5.—The peas in this load will go directly by motor truck to the dealer at the 
market 15 miles away and arrive in fresh condition. This is a concentration plat- 
form, to which perishable products are brought from all directions. 
in that the attention of the shipping public is directed toward the 
possibilities of motor transportation. The use of the central terminal 
encourages and facilitates the transfer of goods originating on one 
route and destined to some point on another route. The problem of 
city delivery, which is a serious one in large cities, can be solved by 
the establishment of a common delivery service, supported by all 
operators who use the central terminal, and obviating the need for 
operating heavy trucks to scattered points in congested districts for 
the purpose of delivering relatively small consignments. Last, but 
not least, the use of the central terminal would effect some very ma- 
terial economies on such items as office rental, clerical assistance, 
telephone charges, heat, light, and related expenses ordinarily incurred 
with the maintenance of terminal facilities. 
In view of these facts, the central city terminal is recommended to 
the consideration of groups of motor truck operators who maintain 
individual terminals. A central terminal company can possibly best 
be organized as a joint stock corporation. Expenses may be pro-rated 
on the basis of the volume of business transacted through the terminal 
