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NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1026, I {TWATER OPPOSES B OTOR TRUCK BLL | Speaks ll;e!ore .(I}c(;int Senate aud‘ FINAL WEEK ouse Gommittee ; representatives committee to testify P in the interests of the motor vehicle ¢ committee of the Manufacturers' as- soclation of' Connecticut, Ine, of Hartford at the hearing on the bill to regulate interstate commerce by 2 T 4 regula e ¢ ¥ . . ° o Mr. Atwater will present the 1 < ] 1 S imanufacturers' slde of the question v Y portant information to come up at the hearing. The committee has inotor vehicles operating as common | to a committee from a New England > «tandpoint and his testimony i re- to a,ll pur Chasers heen in session in the national cap!- 0 E % - SRS - Bty 1 E S : f I 3 tal since last Monday. 3 i wir PN AT P 2 f From 9 Yy Mr. Atwater's testimony before ur asy Credlt Terms e WA ! {4 4 om 9 to 12 ";“”"d-‘.‘ Only 11 LN g, . : ! k | Extra Special J. F, Atwater, traffic manager of the American Hardware Corporation, \ New Britain, Conn,, appeared today before the joint senate and house of carrlers on public highways. garded aw some of the most im- the committee was as follows: A Console Tahle A8 you take this bill under eon- Are Offered Without Extra Charge and Mirror cratlon, we ask you to think of ; (ransportation as transportation and $1 00 weekly payments on purchases ‘;;;-;- not as railroad transportation. g up to SO b % Jvery form of transportation has $2.50 weekly payments on purchases S‘)OO : ; - g . E P ‘ i individual characteristics. Before 4 federal law of regulation iy en- $6 50 weekly payiients on purchases [ > = e e 5 Pl acted, congress should appolnt & . up to $£)00 Ta gt ; . TR (0 iy P $12 50 weekly payments on purcliases K event of supre d . t acnaational sale of living room sultes i : study and analysls of the individual . up to $1,000 el LD o " Bl o | ] $ cmployment, needs, and service of o . 5 K ,".:,"'“',‘ Cratismea. mnde. iheso wo . requirements it offers to the indus- charge for credit. ¥ ts. No extra e B B ' et detoiliinsnce fens es, farmers, merchants, and those 4;:;‘\":1qu\ fashioned P San A 'j"( .flt:::li:\".’,Tx‘qu‘y‘fm":'.' u‘..u restllent apring edges—tfor comfort On Our Ensiest Crodit Terms ] oying this mode of transporta- A Aty The de oMV £hh ety s see e il el ol welt edges— tio “Shippers, generally, have no ob- jection to regulation. In fact, regu- latlon of the proper kind is recog- nized by all business for successful development, but it is equally patent \hat regulation, 1l conceived will ¢ as effectively strangie promising | volopment. | "Ons mistake we belleve is that! this bill does not provide for the geparation of the bus from the truck. | Il;e character of the work of each is so different, we feel that they Te-| re kgparate legislation. | . "he hus has its regular ter-| minals and its passengers come to | those terminals, while the truck per- ‘orms more of a taxi cab service. | H On account of the Tequire- ats of the manufacturer, trucks| ynot he assigned to regular routes Such assignment will| nate the flexibility. “Section 4—Ninety days allowed | ¥ to file application for! T ticate, i h nder the wording of‘mr_ rnct. 4-Piece Walnut Bedroom Suite o he fact that a truckman has been Gsual Price $146 o X Avom Suite in operation for years is not prima} GO i L Profit Sharing Sale {acta evidence of the existence of | bow-foot be = 3 ggb Ihblic neceesity for the trucks to | A T e o \(‘\,-] K operate’ Under this act the board $1 Weckly can deny certificate and put the 3-Piece Velour Living Room Suite active suite. The fic and sides are cove S1.00 Weckly S1.50 Weekly motor carrier out of service and de- e R s —— stroy his business. There is not jus- ' 9 = e tice fn such a law. | . fi 0 “Santion 5.—Under this clause a | @ 0 ne om e raiirosd owned, controlied or op- il e Kitchen Included But Not Shown i l ¢iated trucking firm can obtain e =3 for commerclal trucking | ahipper consignee, and | common rarrier statlon, and once .. it would practically be fm- for any other operator to 3 milar permit for the sme distric u of the di- fed type of Y tho tor emergency service. This nate all com S bill says. 1o consideration to on service by oad or other existing agencies. Th ould ereate a monopol No law be permitted that would tend Le monopolistie, Ali this agitation and from all re- s & L Wi me to believe that the i of sueh legislation are of = THIS WALNUT BEDROCM SET opinfon that these motor truck . Cholee firms now in ation purchased I | f S RITRRR Y-PIECE WALNUT DINING SUITE $2.00 Woekly | motor truckmen operating in necticut to whom the long dis- | = Iage” 4R%m C ompiete Kitelien Included But Not Shown The finest Veloy ions, eof tand o carrler, you will fi rity. merchants, farmers, and yvou would be forcing shippers to discontinue hiring out- > side trucking firma a i thelr owwn trucks, Tho: L : of the typr p in th;- 5 8-PTECE WALNUT DINING ROOM SUITY SR e T 4 ftsnen A that upon passage their oblec- . LI, $1 2() 3 - s “'l ’)' t ere 1) ed o i 3 2 iont x}‘cr frustrated. In T $1.00 Weekly "\ 79 words, the manufacturer or S large user of transportation w he compelled to purchase his own nd in order {6 operate them m to maxlmum capacity on ¢ e i e June Brides would do well to come and make the a great deal of fthe tonnage On f Y iich now moves via rail would be € O 2 with no extra charges. liverted to truck movemeant in order The above 11 ke the purchased trucks profit- America’s to ma} ~Hearing must be "nce of eonvenience G fora the anthoriea: reatest ruckman, Y Furniture a certificate, With in ferce, where would pper cier b able to secure a for industrial or e Corner Main and Morgan Streets HARTFORD Open Saturday Evenings r motor truck. and (Contiiued on Page 22)