Uuden teknologian kehittäminen ja käyttöönottaminen voi perustua aikaisemman puutteen täyttämiseen tai kokonaan uuden toimintatavan luomiseen. Toimintamalleissa saattaa olla pullonkaula, joka on ratkaistava ennen kuin koko tuotantoketjun sujuvuutta voidaan parantaa. Teknologinen innovaatio saattaa synnyttää kokonaan uudenlaisen toimintamallin, joka johtaa vanhojen tapojen hylkäämiseen. Usein muutosprosessit kulkevat vaiheittain. Ensin pyritään sovittamaan uusi osaksi vanhoja malleja ja vasta myöhemmin ymmärretään kokonaan tuoreen toimintatavan tarpeellisuus ja tehokkuus vanhaan verrattuna.%The coaching system, a form of transportation plus accommodation, was deeply rooted in tradition. The old laws concerning the coaching system, dating back to 1734, allowed a certain flexibility. Although the coaching law had been renewed at the end of 1880's, the result was welcomed neither by the travelling population nor the coaching providers. The legislative season of the year 1900 saw the start of another reviewing process and subsequently ten years later, a resolution was reached. The law failed to pass, however, due internal disputes between the parliament and the ruler. Thus, the old practices simply remained in place, but traces of the 1910 parliamentary discussions were reflected in the newspapers of the day. It was generally understood that the use of the motor car was allowed for coaching purposes. A Turku-based limited company, Oy Victor Forselius Ab, marketed the automobile to coaching inns as early as 1901 with the claim that it would be less costly than a horse for the innkeepers. Calculations proved the point. Confirmation came also via The Kurkimäki Inn's "account books", which, most likely, dated to the early 1920's. Providing a coaching service meant that transportation had to be kept at the ready and the coach horses could not be used for other tasks. Yet, they needed to be fed. The automobile, as Forselius put it, "causes no costs when on standby, only when moving". The permits for inn-keeping and coaching were auctioned for five-year terms. There are no extant documents by private auction participants that would indicate the means of transport used for providing the coach service. Details about a possible use of automobiles are random mentions in newspapers as well as singular memoirs and interviews. The first mentions are from the beginning of the 1911-1915 inn-keeping season. Based on the few cases, however, it can be inferred that the motor car did influence inn-keeping practices. New technological aspects encouraged novel uses: not merely replacing the horse by a combustion engine. The experiences of the inn-keepers at Kallislahti and Syväys brought about an entirely new travelling service. The automobile, as compared to the horse, enabled a longer journey to successive lodgings. The Syväys inn-keepers applied for a coaching service permit for the entire length of Oulujoki, between Oulu and Vaala. Kallislahti Inn also applied for extended permits, but the exact routes are not known. Most likely the routes changed according to the progress of the railway that was being built. The two automobile vehicles of the inn probably offered journeys from the Kallislahti railway station to the direction of Juva and Sulkava. Had automobile use been possible throughout the year, it would have been viable - in particular, in regions where journeys were rarely undertaken.
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