Motor Exhibits for the Brewers' Exhibition.
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The number of commercial-vehicle exhibits at the 33rd Annual International Brewers' Exhibition, which will be opened at the Agricultural Hall on Saturday next, the 14th inst., and will remain open to the following Friday night, shows a considerable advance on most previous exhibitions of this nature. No fewer than nine motor manufacturers are represented, whilst one wheel and tire maker (the Shrewsbury and Challiner Tyre Co., Ltd., Stand No. 145) will also make a good display of its specialities.
Of the motor manufacturers, five will exhibit vehicles propelled by steam. These will be shown by : W. Allchin, Ltd. ; Alley and MacLellan, Ltd. ; Fodens, Ltd. ; Mann's Patent Steam Cart and Wagon Co., Ltd. ; and the Yorkshire Patent Steam Wagon Co., whilst Leyland Motors, Ltd., although it will not actually show a steam vehicle, will supply specifications and photographs of that company's standard steam vehicles on application at the stand Clayton and Co. (Huddersfield), Ltd., J. and E. Hall, Ltd., Leyland Motors, Ltd., and John I. Thornycroft and Co., Ltd., are the four companies which will stage petrol-engined vehicles.
Allchin (Stand No. 146).
A five-tonner, similar to the one exhibited at this ,vear's Royal Show, at Norwich, will be staged by Allchin, Ltd., of Northampton; this company has various brewery customers.
Alley and MacLellan (Stand No. 136).
The new model of Alley and MacLellan, Ltd., will undoubtedly attract. a considerable amount of attention, as it is an entirely new design of the traction type. Its load capacity is slightly less than that of the older forms of heavy Sentinel wagon, but there is no doubt that the traction type is much preferred by owners who are working under certain conditions, particularly those obtaining in the Colonies and in various places abroad. Although shown for the first time, this model has been subjected to most-exhaustive tests under working conditions. The boiler .has a circular fire-box without a single stay of any kind, and it is so attached to the frame of the wagon that expansion of the plates is not restricted, and, therefore, no undue strain is thrown upon the tubes. The engine is of the over type, of very simple design, and has large bearing surfaces, all of which are provided with the necessary and complete means of lubrication. In most other respects this new Sentinel wagon conforms to the general practice of .its maker. The wagon is stated to be capable of taking a total imposed load (partly on the wagon and partly on the trailer) of eight tons up a gradient of one in seven. This wagon has a two-speed gear.
Clayton (Stand No. 16, Gilbey
Clayton and Co. (Huddersfield), Ltd., of the Union Works, Huddersfield, one of the youngest and mostenterprising of petrol-vehicle manufacturers, will send one of its standard models, suitable for net loads of two tons, the particular machine being the third of its size built for the South African Breweries, Ltd., of Johannesburg. The machine is one of a similar type to that supplied a year or more ago to John Dewar and Sons, Ltd., for use in London, whilst other " Karrier-car " vehicles are in brewery service for Thomas Berry and Co., Ltd., of Sheffield, and Warwicks and Richards, Ltd., of Newark-on-Trent. Another brewery which employs a " Karrier-car " machine is John Ainley and Sons, Ltd., of Huddersfield, whose 3i-ton machine is illustrated on page 113. The machine is there shown climbing the bank from Ainley's Brewery, the buildings of which are situated at the bottom of a steep incline.
Fodens (Stand No. 153).
Built for Messrs. Charles Arckoll and Co., of the Lion Brewery, Chatham, Fodens, Ltd., will show one of ita standard three-ton, rubber-tired steamers, of the running of which type of machine we have yet to receive the first adverse report. The chassis of the machine is identical with scores of other Foden threetonners that are doing such splendid work in various trades, the body alone being "special."
Hall (Stand No. 144).
Two Hallford brewers' lorries will represent the products of J. and E. Hall, Ltd., of Dartford, Kent. The chassis of one of these is a standard five-tonner, whilst that of the other is a four-ton model. Both are fitted with special types of bodies suitable for the brewery trade, in which J. and E. Hall has placed a large number of its vehicles. Amongst Hallford users are : —Watney, Combe, Reid and Co., Ltd. ; Hoare and Co., Ltd. ; Arnold, Perrett and Co., Ltd. ; Bristol Brewery ; W. Butler and Co., Ltd. ; Cheltenham Original Brewery Co., Ltd. ; Charrington and Co., Ltd. ; Messrs. Dudney, Sons and Co. ; Messrs. Garton, Hill and Co. ; Godsell and Sons, Ltd. ; Messrs. C. N. Kidd and Sons ; Mitehells and Butlers, Ltd. ; Stroud Brewery Co., Ltd. ; C. Yaux and Sons, Ltd. ; Wheatley and Bates, Ltd. ; Messrs. Rigden and Co. ; and T. Wethered and Sons, Ltd_
A Thornycrolt brewers' wagon. Leyland (Stands Nos. 109 and 115).
Leyland Motors, Ltd., of Leyland, has decided to send three exhibits, all of which will be of the internal-combustion-engined class. The first of these will be a four-ton brewer's lorry for Mann, Grossman and Paulin, Ltd., of Whitechapel Road, E., and is the '23rd Leyland machine built for that company. The only respect in which it will differ from the last machine supplied to that owner is that it will have one of the latest 40 h.p., four-cylinder Leyland engines, in which all the valves are arranged on one side and the tappets are enclosed. The second exhibit will be a smart 50-cwt. biscuit van for Jacob and Co., Ltd., of Liverpool, which company has already taken delivery of 11 Leyland machines. The third exhibit will be a four-ton lorry for Carter, Paterson and Co., Ltd., and will be the 35th Leyland machine built to the order of that company, for whom many others are still h on order. All three vehicles are sown on the previous page.
Mann's (Stand No. 95).
One of the new five-ton, over-type wagons will be sent from the Pepper Road Works of Mann's Patent Steam Cart and Wagon Co., Ltd. This machine has been built for Mr. J. Schnurmann, of Downham Mills, Chestnut Road, Tottenham, who, although not a brewer, is actively engaged in supplying the brewery trade with mechanical rubber goods, of which enormous quantities are used every year. In mechanical i
detail this wagon s identical with previous overtype Mann wagons. Unlike most traction-type steam wagons, the fire door is at the side of the boiler instead of at the back. It is claimed for this arrangement, that there 113 a much greater platform length for a given overall length of the machine, and, further, the driver has the fuel bunker in front of him, instead of behind and partly under the body, as is usually the case with wagons of this type. One man can handle this Leeds-built machine with perfect ease. All the gears are mounted within the horn plates, so that there are no overhanging shafts and gearwheels. Notwithstanding this arrangement, the width of the change-speed pinions is quite 50 per cent. wider than those on some other makers' wagons of the same type. It is interesting to note that of the orders received by Mann's during the past six months, 64 per cent. were repeat orders from satisfied customers.
Thornyeroft (Stands Nos. 164 and 165).
A newcomer to the Brewers! Exhibition is John I. Thornyeroft and Co., Ltd., which company will show one of its 30 h.p., four-cylinder lorries built to the order of Messrs. Goodwin and Co., Corn and Seed Merchants, of Kidderminster, and of which type a large number has been supplied to various brewery companies throughout the country. We illustrate on this page a similar ri.achine to that which will be exhibited. • This was supplied to the order of Mmland and Co., Ltd., brewers; of Abingdon.
Yorkshire iStands Nos. 149 and 150).
One three-ton, rubber-tired steam wagon and the new 25-cwt. Yorkshire petrol van will be the exhibits on the stands of the Yorkshire Patent Steam Wagon Co. The steam wagon is of the well-known Yorkshire type, with transversely-arranged, return fire-tube boiler and vertical compound engine. This wagon has been built as a repeat order for Clarkson's Old Brewery, Ltd., of Barnsley. The chassis of the petrol van is of the type which was first shown by its maker at this year's Royal Show at Norwich, and it was fully described and illustrated in our issue of the 24th August last.