From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, April 3, 1913: Motor trucks played an important part in relief and rescue work following the flood. The bulk of Indianapolis’ supply of meat, bread, and milk was saved by the vigorous use of power wagons and these vehicles maintained a constant transportation service when street cars and other forms of transportation were inoperative. The city’s principal supply of meat was protected when livestock was transported from the stock yards to higher ground by a truck of the Indianapolis Abattoir Co; thousands of gallons of milk awaiting collection at interurban stations was brought into the city by the five-ton truck of the Polk Sanitary Milk Co; and the motor trucks of the Grocers’ Baking Co made double runs to keep up an ample supply of bread at the stores.