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17th August 1911
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" Trolleybus Push " is the title uf our fifth leader this week pages 496 and 497.

Large petrol-storage installations, kept well filled, should be the prompt lesson of last week's disorganization.

A Dry Subject The mud-splashing by motorbus" conference of London borough councillors is still endeavouring to catch the eye of the Home Secretary. At 90 in the shade, too

L.G.O. Strike Services.

The L.G.0 Co., which normally consumes about 25,000 gallons of petrol per full working day, was soon forced to limit its motorbus services, when it became apparent that the garage storage tanks could not be easily replenished during the strike period. The garages at Cricklewood and Battersea, we understand, were the most affected. On Thursday of last week, all the services were run at 50 per cent. of their full strength. On the next day, further reductions were made, and only 25 per cent, of the service vehicles were in use ; as a matter of fact, only about 350 of the full fleet of 1,393 were on the roads. Some relief was secured by a carefully-organized seherne by which the company secured supplies at night time with its own service lorries from the various garages.

The motorbuses belonging to the Newton Abbot Motor Bus Co., Ltd., are, it has now been decided, to run between Newton and Totnes, and Newton and Teignmouth The chairman of this company is Mr. W. C. Henley, and the other directors are : Messrs. J. C. Henley, H. Whiteway-Wilkinson, W. Maddicott, and S. Cox. The Stretton, Whitley and District Motor Bus Co., Ltd., is to be wound up. Mr. J. Green Chappell, 11, Mill Street, Warrington, has been appointed liquidator.

How Tilling's Got Petrol.

Amongst the ruses adopted by commercial motor users to procure petrol from the storage depots, that adopted by the chief engineer of Tilling, Ltd., appears to have been as smart as any. The spare mail vans, of which this company maintains a number, were despatched through the strike-affected areas to the depots, and were assured an uninterrupted journey.

Brum Must Try Again.

Birmingham has given itself another few months in which to consider the suggested tramway extensions for that city. It was in Birmingham, it will be remembered, that the first extensive experiments in motorbus operations for public service were conducted. That these results were not in the main successful was not entirely due to the fault of the early and miscellaneous models which were employed: other conditions, quite apart from the machines, were to blame. Before it is decided to disfigure Hagley Road with a tramway service, Birmingham must try buses again Commercial Car Hirers.

Readers of this journal are reminded that Commercial Car Hirers, Ltd., of Cambridge Circus, W.C., has wide experience ot the inauguration and conduct of motorbus and other passenger services. The company is in a position to take additional orders for char-abanes work, although it is experiencing exceptionally-high pressure in that department just now.

Nottingham—West Bridgford.

At a meeting of the West Bridgford U.D.C., on Friday of last week, the question of the proposed service of motorbuses was further discussed. It will be remembered that, in our issue for the 20th July, we recorded the granting of licences for two motorbuses, by the Nottingham Corporation, to Mr. T. Hine, for permission to pick up and set down West 13ridgford passengers at the Midland Station and Si. Peter's Church in Nottingham. At the time of the granting of these permits, the West Bridgford U.D.C. recorded its opinion that the licences should have carried with them permission to pick up and set down all along the route. It appears that, when the first motorbus was submitted to the city authorities, they declined to pass it, and the situation at present, we are informed, is that, although the necessary licences have been issued, the type of machine has not as yet been approved.

A Pay-as-you-enter Car.

The 22 h.p. single-decker motorbus which we illustrate on page 50:!, and which was supplied by Clayton and Co. (Huddersfield), Ltd., is now in the service of Mr. A. J. Middleton, Newcastle, Staffs. This vehicle was supplied through the Huddersfield company's Midland agent, Mr. A. H. Harris, Moorland Road, Burslem. The chassis is fitted with an engine whose cylinders have a 4i in. bore and of which the piston stroke is 41, in. ; the gearbox has forward speeds of 4, 9 and 16 m.p.h., with a direct drive on the top gear. The final drive to the road wheels is by Coventry silent chains. It is interesting to note that Mr. Middleton's new vehicle is shod with Shrewsbury and Challinpr tires. The body-work is an instructive example of the development of medium-sized public-service stage carriages. It will be seen that provision is made for the passengers to enter by a gangway at the side of the driver, so that he has control of the fares and of the use of the vehicle generally. The provision of a removable canvas top and of ample side curtains enables an entirely-enclosed body to be provided at low weight and cost.


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