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The Pierce-Arrow Motor Company, of Buffalo, N. Y., has received an order from the French government for 300 five-ton trucks. The order amounts to about $1,000,000. It is expected that it will be followed by others. The truck “tested out� to the satisfaction of the French army representatives at Bethlehem, Penn.
Part of the French order goes also to the White Motor Company, of Cleveland. That company will make 200 five-ton trucks.
Some time ago the Pierce Company received an order from the British War Department for 250 one-ton and[Pg 65] two-ton trucks. It is reported that a competition will be held for a big order expected from the Russian government.
The new order will keep at work at the Pierce plant several thousand men, day and night turns. It is not likely that any extra men will be needed, because the present force has almost finished the contract with the British government.