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Intending, Exhibitors of Commercial Motors and Allied Supplies have Less than Two Weeks in which to Complete their Arrangements.
Interesting and Representative Display Assured.
The second North of England Show, which is in reality the only motoring exhibition to be held consecutively for 16 years, will open on the 16th inst. It will continue the centre of commercial interest, until the evening of the following Saturday week.
The official list of exhibitors in the commercial-vehicle section contains the names of 18 makers and agents, whilst the accessory and tire section contains some 30 odd additional names with which readers of THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR are concerned for their supplies of wheels, tires, accessories, components and stores.
A fortnight hence, at the Midland Hotel, Manchester, show proceedings will begin with a dinner held under the auspices of the East Lancashire and Cheshire Section of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, and the arrangements for this function are already well advanced in the capable hands of Mr. Ellis Green, C. A., the secretary of the section.
As announced elsewhere in this issue, it is our intention to devote considerable space in our issues of the 15th and 22nd inst. to the exhibits, by way of forecast and description respectively, whilst the same issues will contain various articles of special interest to Lancashire and Yorkshire people. We, therefore, now only make brief references to the intentions of the principal exhibitors. We are in some cases indebted to them for telegraphic advices.
Alley and MacLellan.
Alley and MacLellan, Ltd., of Sentinel Works, Polmadie, Glasgow, intends to show a standard Sentinel" six-ton steam wagon, fitted with solid-rubber tires, and various units and details, inclusive of a boiler, a fire-box, a crankshaft, a rear axle, and a transmission gear. The decision to fit rubber tires is in accordance with the tendency of the age.
Atkinson and Phi-Lipson.
Messrs. Atkinson and Philipson, of 27, Pilgrim Street, Newcastle-onTyne, whose reputation in the coach-making and van-building trades has been well sustained for upwards of 100 years, intends to exhibit a Philipson ambulance van. This will be mounted on a 15.9 h.p. Armstrong-Whitworth chassis, and its internal arrangements are well disposed to accommodate two stretchers and two nurses. Belsize.
Belsize Motors Ltd., of Belsize Works, Clayton, Manchester, intends to make an exhibit of five commercial vehicles. These will vary from a 10-12 h.p. unit-system light delivery van, with wormdriven live axle, and three-speed ball-bearing gearbox, priced at £215 complete, to a 28 h.p. threeton covered lorry, with wormdriven live axle and four-speed ball-bearing gearbox, priced at £525 for the chassis. There will also be on the stand : a 12-16 h.p. cab ;a 14-16 h.p. 15-cwt, van ; and 18 h.p. 30-cwt. lorry. This exhibit, evidently, will he the most complete of its kind yet staged by this established Manchester maker.
Clayton (Huddersfield).
Clayton and Co. (Huddersfield), Ltd., of Union Works, Huddersfield, will have three examples of " Karrier " construction on its standone for passenger convqance, and the other two for goods conveyance. The " Karrier " charh-bancs, which the company intends to show, has seating capacity for 22 passengers, a torpedo-type body, and North British solid tires on all the wheels. Each of the lor
ries will be of the 30 fourcylinder pattern, but with different speed ratios : the smaller one has a wheelbase of 11 ft., and the larger one a wheelbase of 124 ft. The smaller lorry will have a plain platform, and the larger one a lorry body with high tailboard, single cover, rail and sheet, and canopy over the driver's seat.
Commercial Cars.
Commercial Cars, Ltd., of Luton and London, will show a 23-seated Kerry-type torpedo char-h-bancs, with permanent fixed canopy, rolldown side curtains, glass windscreen, and upholstered in but toned leather. This vehicle has doors only on one side, and dummy doors on the other, but it has full running-boards on both sides. There will also be a three-ton vehicle with open body having swinging and detachable sides and tailboard, and standard driver's canopy. Continental tires are fitted to all wheels.
It is the intention of the company also to put on view a standard 32 11..p, engine, of the 1912 type, with enclosed valves, and a patent " Comrner-Car " gearbox cut to the sections best adapted to show the method of operation Dennis.
It is the intention of Dennis Bros., Ltd., of Guildford, to make a comprehensive and diverse exhibit. The company will show : a 50 h.p., four-cylinder, 350-gallon fire-engine and escape—a repeat order from the Bradford Corporation, the Fire-brigade Committee of which authority was the first to purchase a turbine fire-engine of modern design; a 40 h.p., four-cylinder, fiveton lorry—the fifth repeat sale to the Barnsley British Co-operative Society ; a 28 h.p., four-cylinder, 20-seated char-h-bancs with torpedo body--a seventh repeat order from George Booker, Ltd. ; a 28 h.p., four-cylinder prison van to carry 14 " passengers "—sold to the Salford Corporation.
Eclipse Machine Co.
The Eclipse Machine Co., Ltd., of Oldham, which company has been giving increasing attention to its Bothwell commercial vehicles, intends to show a 20 h.p. light commercial chassis, and a 20 h.p. heavy commercial chassis. The former is designed to carry loads of 15 ewt.,
nd the latter loads of from 30 to 35 cwt.
Foderk.
Fodens, Ltd., of Elworth Works, Sandbach, which company has got well above the thousand of steam vehicles sold and in service, will exhibit a standard five-ton, steeltired steam wagon, and this vehicle will be the fifth supplied to Messrs. Thomas William and Son from the Sandbach Works.
T. Garner (Albion).
Mr. T. Garner, of 12, Peter Street, Manchester, will show three Albion vehicles on stand No 63 in the commercial-vehicle section. We mention the number of the stand in this case, as Mr. Garner has two other stands in the exhibition. There seems to be a little doubt at the moment, owing to pressure upon the Albion factory, about the exact vehicles which will be dispatched.
Hallford.
J. and E. Hall, Ltd., of Dartford and London, intends to show a standard five-ton Hallford chassis, with flat platform body and driver's cab fitted, and a standard three-ton Hanford chassis with a general-service type of wagon body fitted. Lacre.
The Lacre Motor Car Co., Ltd., of 7S, York Road, King's Cross, London, N., and 107, _Palmerston Street, Ancoats, Manchester, intends to show a 30 h.p., two-ton box van, which has been sold to William Berry's, Ltd., of Manchester, the well-known maker of boot polish. We understand that the vehicle is handsomely finished, and painted red with the names of the purchaser on each side in gold, the letters being very prominent, whilst on each side and also at the back of the vehicle there is a replica in colour of a Berry boot-polish tin. Other exhibits on the stand will be : an 18 h.p., 20-ewt. chassis, fitted with a, lorry platform body and a detachable sheet top, a; sale to Messrs. Fraley Bros., carting agents, of Blackpool a iL h.p. five-ton chassis ; and a 30 hp. two-ton chassis.
Lancashire Motor & Engineering.
The Lancashire Motor and Engineering Co., Ltd., or the County Garage, Preston, advises us that it will be showing Halley vehicles on its stand. The machines which it intends to display, on behalf of the -Yoker works, are the following: a 40 h.p. five-ton wagon ; a 28-31 11.p. three-ton wagon ; a 50-70 h.p. sixcylinder char-iibancs ; and a 25 h.p. four cylinder chassis.
Leyland.
Leyland Motors, Ltd., of Leyland (Lancs.) and Loudon, will have four principal exhibits. These are to be : a 40 h.p. gear-driven plain platform petrol lorry, being the sixth repeat sale to Jewsbury and Brown, Ltd., mineral-water manufacturers of Manchester ; a 40 h.p. five-ton petrol lorry, with three interchangeable and removable flats for the conveyance of cotton goods, being the third repeat. sale to C. T. Faulkner and Co., Ltd., of Water Street, Manchester ; three-ton double-reduction-gear chassis, fitted with substantial char-h-banes body, being the fourth repeat sale to the proprietor of C am a ch o' s Hotel, Santa Cruz, Teneriffe ; a 55 h.p. fire-engine, one of five machines of the kind on order for the L.C.C., and fitted with a Rees-Roturbo turbine pump.
Lookers.
Lookers, Ltd., motor factors and carriage builders, of Deansgate, Manchester, intends to exhibit the followine commercial vehicles : a two-cylinder Thornycroft chassis, fitted with box-van body: a fourcylinder Thornycroft chassis, fitted with platform body, and bow front to driver's seat ; a Ford light van, to carry 8-10 cwt., priced at £175 complete ; and a two-seater Ford car, fitted with a special back, designed for the conveyance of traveller's samples or for estate "Sc. Maudslay.
The Maudslay Motor Cu., Ltd., of Parkside, Coventry, which company has recently decided actively to re, enter the commercial-vehicle branch of the industry, in which branch its three-ton chassis won the R.A.C. gold medal in 1907, intends to place the following exhibits on its stand : a three-ton chassis, fitted with a four-cylinder engine of ei in. bore by 5 in. piston-stroke ; a 30-cwt. chassis, with four-cylinder engine of 90 met, bore by 130 mm. pistonstroke. Each chassis has four speeds, a worm drive, and steel wheels, whilst the design permits of the taking to pieces of the differential and axles without jacking up, and while the vehicle remains supported on its road wheels.
Motor Supply.
The Motor Supply Co., Ltd., of 110 and 111, Piccadilly, W., will show a 14-10 h.p. Unic chassis, fitted NV i th a smart and roomy traveller's brougham body, having a general external appearance something like, a private omnibus. The interior of this vehicle is fitted with drawers and shelves for the conveyance of samples ; it can carry two passengers inside when required. This is a model which should commend itself to many northern buyers.
Tasker.
W. Tasker and Sons, Ltd., of Waterloo Ironworks, Andover, Hants., intends to show one of its well-known and sturdily built standard B2-type five-ton "Little Client" tractors, fitted with Hoare's patent spring suspension and full-length awning. Also, a standard "Little Giant" five-ton steam wagon will be staged.
White.
The White Co., Ltd., of Carlow Street., Camden Town, NAV., intends to exhibit a 1500 lb. deliverywagon chassis, a 1k-ton truck chassis, and a three-ton truck chassis. It is interesting to note that a big London user has ordered eight of the 1500 lb. model, and six of the 1A-ton model. The chassis of these steelier models have wormdriven back axles ; the three-ton model has a side-chain drive. The engines are identical throughout, so that, any buyer of two or more models can change a man from one to the other without occasion for new instruction, whilst the necessary stock of spare parts is obviously reduced.
Accessories and Supplies.
The growing importance of the commercial motor to the accessory, component, tire and wheel sections, all of which may be grouped under the generic words " The Supply Department," is proved by the unprecedented share of the space at their disposal which ex
t clearly mean to devote to
the display of goods which are suitable for use by owners of motorvans and other utility vehicles.
Tire exhibits, as might be expected, will be on a large scale, and we anticipate the usual convincing and interesting collections upon the stands of the following tire houses : J. W. and T. Connolly, Ltd. ; Continental Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd. ; Dook Swain Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd. ; Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co,, Ltd. ; C. Mackintosh and Co., Ltd. ; Peter Union Tyre Co. ; Polack Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd. ; Shrewsbury and Challiner Tyre Co., Ltd., and Wood-Milne, Ltd.
In the tire section, additionally, we anticipate evidence of growing interest in commercial motoring on the part of certain makers who have hitherto been content to take hut a passing interest in cabs as consumers of pneumatic tires, but who now realize that tradesmen's vans and tri-cars are becoming of increasing importance to them. We would mention, in this connection, the following: Atlas NonPuncture Inner Case Syndicate, Ltd. ; D. Moseley and Sons, Ltd. ; New Motor and General Rubber Co., Ltd. ; G. Spencer Moulton and Co., Ltd.
Amongst wheel makers we find that, apart from some of the above-mentioned tire makers who are also' experts in this branch of the trade. the undernoted companies will be putting forward examples of their manufacture : Crawford's Coach, Van and Motor Builders, Ltd ; Goodyear Motor Wheel Co. ; Stepney Spare Motor Wheel, Ltd. ; and the Warland Dust Rim Co., Ltd.
Other "Supply Department exhibitors, whose reputations in their respective branches will be well known to many readers of this brief initial forecast, include the following: Acetylene Illuminating Co., Ltd. ; Anglo-American Oil Co., Ltd. ; W. H. Bailey and Co., Ltd. ; C. Binks, Ltd. ; Brampton Bros., Ltd. ; Brown Bros., Ltd. ; Car and General Insurance
Corporation, Ltd. ; Coventry Chain Co., Ltd. (including chaindrive gearboxes and chain camshafts and magneto drives) ; G. Davenport and Co., Ltd. ; Herbert From! Co., Ltd. ; Gas Lighting Improvement Co., Ltd.: Fried. A. G. Krupp ; Joseph Lucas, Ltd. ; Pendleton Radiator Co., Ltd. ; Price's Patent Candle Co., Ltd. ; Hans Renold, Ltd. (including chain-drive gearboxes and chain camshafts and magnets) drives—with provision for adjustment) ; Rotax Motor Accessories Co. (including special fittings for a unique type of one-man hood) ; Rushmore Lamps, Ltd. ; S. Smith and Son, Ltd. ; Vacuum Oil Co., Ltd. ; C. A. Vandervell and Co. ; C. C. Wakefield and Co. ; S. Wolf and Co.