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The second editorial on the fir: page of this issue deals with certain characteristics of the manner in which many motorbus and other public-service-vehicle drivers control their brakes.
The tramway system in York is to be still further extended at an estimated cost of 225,263. The scheme includes the widening of Monk Bridge and the reducing of the approach gradients.
Andrew Barton Bros., of Beeston, advise us that they have this week supplied a 20-seated char-à-banes to Mr. H. T. Boyer, of Rothley, for the carriage of parcels and passengers between Mount Sorrell and Leicester.
A writer, under the nom de plume of "An Observer," in a recent issue of the "Eastbourne Chronicle," complains very bitterly that dogs are not allowed in the local motorbuses, and that, therefore, passengers who are accompanied by these pets cannot go into the town unless they walk.
A petition on behalf of the jobmasters of Weymouth has been laid before the Town Council. It is claimed that the petitioners suffer great injustice on account of the monopoly of the sea front, which, it is stated, the new motorbus company has assumed for its cabs and chars-k-bancs. The Town Council is asked not to ratify the agreement with the bus company,
The Road Board's experimental strips of different kinds of road surfacings on the Eltham-Sidcup road extend for a distance of nearly a mile and a half, and at present that portion of this popular motorbus route is in the hands of the roadmakers. As the operations are being conducted with deliberation, the hindrance to traffic is of some moment. The motorbuses are at present using an alternative road.
Delegates from 21 Metropolitan and Greater London Councils, at a meeting at the Town Hall, Stratford, last week, passed a resolution calling upon the Home Secretary to take action in the matter of the provision of efficient mudguards for motorbuses. They complain that the Commissioner of Police has refused to take reasonable steps to abate the nuisance. A deputation. it is stated, is to wait upon the Home Secretary with regard to this matter. The Highways Committee of the London County Council is recommending still further tramway obstructions. Amongst these new proposed routes, which, not including the cost of cars, car sheds, etc., are to cost 2226,500, are lines in Euston Road, Farringdon Street, Bishopsgate Street, Tooley Street, Bromley Road, and a new road between Wood Lane and Harrow Road.
The Weymouth Services.
Following an interview between representatives of the Town Council and Mr. Arnold F. Hills, chairman of Motor Coaches Ltd., the company which is operating in Weymouth, the latter gentleman writes that his company has no intention of relinquishing the new Weymouth services. He states that considerable difficulty has arisen owing to the non-delivery of bodies for the new type of motor-coaches which were to have been placed in service this summer. The bodies are now being built by the Gloucester Wagon Works, and have been promised for delivery by the end of Silly. Some of the new chassis, too, have not yet been completed, owing, Mr. Hill says, to the fact that the makers have taken large contracts for the War Office. He asks for a little forbearance on the part of the inhabitants of Weymouth. and promises
careful attention to certain small recommendations which have been made to him with regard to the traffic control of the machines.
New Registrations.
Newton Abbot, Ipplepen and Totnes Motor Bus Co., Ltd., with an authorized capital of £2,000 in 21 shares, by Waterlow Bros. and Layton, Ltd., Birchin Lane, E.C., to carry on the business indicated by the title. First directors: W. C. Henley, W. Maddicott, C.C., and S. Cox.
Pwlllieli and District Motors, Ltd., with an authorized capital of 21,000 in shares, by A. H. Atkins, Ltd., 27-28, Fetter Lane, RC, to carry on the business of haulage contractors, omnibus, char-a-banes, taxicab, etc., proprietors. First directors : 0. Owens and 0. H. Owens.
Kentish Amenities.
Road Motors, Ltd., one of the two companies serving the MaidstoneChatham route, has written to the Town Clerk of Chatham complaining of the irregular running of its competitor's buses. The said competitor, the Maidstone, Chatham and District Motor Co., complained that Road Motors, Ltd., has only been on the road for nine months and that it continually takes its one car off altogether.