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It is stated that one of the mostrecent awards from the Carnegie Hero Fund is to go to the conductor of a London motorbus, who pluckily rescued a. pedestrian from being run over.
The superb spring weather, which was experienced during the week ending the .5th inst., had the usual salutary effect upon the motorhus traffic of the Metropolis. The L.G.O.C. receipts showed an increase of £2.510 over those for the previous week.
The "Express" Fund.
The Relief Fund for old horse-bus drivers of London, which the " Daily Express " is organizing, at the time of going to press amounted to .£2,500, including the £100 from WM. Queen Alexandra.
An Adjourned Case.
The action brought by the Bristol Tramways and Carriage Co., Ltd.. against F.I.A.T. Motors, Ltd., with regard to the suitability of certain motorbus chassis. had, at the time of going to press, been adjourned.
Carmarthen's Cars.
During the hearing of complaints with regard to the wear and tear of roads, at the meeting of the Cartnarthenshire Main Roads and Bridgus Committee, it was officially stated that there were shout 140 cars engaged on various public services throughout the county.
Keep On the Paths.
The Commissioner of Police fms written to the various Metropolitan borough councils transmitting a report of accidents which had resulted from motor-vehicles motinting Hafootways during 1909, and pointing out that no fewer than nine persons had been killed and 109 injured in this way. He suggests that, when the footways and main roads are under repair, Works Committees might consider the advisability of having the level of the kerbs raised, with a view to preventing motor vehicles' mounting the side walks as easily as they do at present.
Emergency Services in Paris.
Owing to the floods in Paris and to the continued stoppage of the underground tleetric railways. the Compagnie G(Int■rale des Omnibus has been obliged to put every available vehicle on the streets and to appeal to motor. manufacturers for the loan of extra machines. An illustration on this.
page shows the station at Porte Maillot, in the Avenue de la Grande Arme.e, where a Darracq-Serpollet steamer, two Renaults, a ClementBayard, and a standard Eugene Brillié bus are waiting their turns to start. The first four in the line had been prepared, SOMA time ago, for experimental service in Paris, and, after running a few weeks, were withdrawn. The company is now glad to make use of them, and is indeed eager to accept any motorbus that may be offered to it by manufacturers. In addition to those shown in the illustration, other buses which have recently been secured for service are a de Dietrich, a de Dion, two new 50 h.o. Darraeos. and several front-driven Brasiers. The service of these extra buses is likely to continue for several weeks yet, for there is little possibility that the damage to the 741-etronolitain railway can be repaired at an early date.
BrightonPreston.
In our last issue, we referred to the agitation which is taking place to secure an adequate motorbus service between Brighton and Preston. Si) far, no definite step has been taken by the Corporation to provide such facilities. A largely-attended meeting of the inhabitants of Preston was held last week to further the claims of the district, It was stated that, although trams would form a solution of the difficulty, it was " impossible to wait for them." Mr. Edward Denne. the president of the Preston Park Ward 'Ratepayers' Association, took the chair at this meeting.
The experimental Renard train, consisting of a tractor, a passenger coach and three goods wagons, which was sent out to Queensland, at the instance of Mr. Illation, the Commissioner for Railways for the Colony, has completed its preliminary trials quite satisfactorily.
On Monday, the 21st inst., Thomas Tilling, Ltd., will commence a new motorbus service between Oxford Circus and Bromley (Kent). A 16-minute service will be maintained to Bromley, and as far as Lewisham an eightminute service will be available in conjunction with the existing service to Sidcap. The route is 12 miles long.
The Unadvertised Motorbus.
Some months ago we wrote, at some length, upon the fact that the London motorbus suffered in its competition with its rivals, from the fact that the facilities resulting from its service are unadvertised. That this type of machine suffered from this disability in London alone does not appear to be the case. In Keighley, the inhabitants complain that no information is forthcoming from the Tramways Department, with regard to the times of running of the motorbuses.
On "the Holiday Line."
Ilfracombe's public-motor facilities, to whose expansion we referred in our issue for 10th February, are to be on quite an extended scale in the coming season. Ilfracombe Motors, Ltd., has
an application before the Urban District Council for licences for six motor chars-h-bancs. Mr. Tom Copp is, as already reported, making applications; he intends to run, at least, two Dennis chars-à-banes, besides taxicabs.