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CLEANSING CONFERENCE
A Representative Display of Interesting Vehicles and Appliances at the First Conference of its Kind to be Held in This Country
IN the following pages we deal, with the chief exhibits of mechanical vehicles and appliances displayed in the National Hall at Olympia in connection 'with the First International Conference on Public Cleansing, which commenced yesterday (Monday) and continues until Friday of this week. The members and delegates assembled yesterday at the Guildhall, London, to receive a welcome from the Lord Mayor, and from to-day (Tuesday) until the .event closes the conference will he resumed at 10 am, each day at Olympia. The vehicles and appliances displayed will be available for inspection during this period, although Wednesday is the day on which time is officially set aside for examining them and witnesaing demon
strations. From the particulars we give it will be seen that municipal officials have much to interest them.
The S.M.M. and T. has collaborated with the Institute of Public Cleansing in organizing a representative collection of municipal motors and, in addition to a wide range of established British products, 'several interesting machines, from abroad are • taking part. It has not been possible for us to examine the actual -exhibits before closing for press and the particulars we give are, per
force, based upon the details supplied by the respective manufacturers. Furthermore, information was not then to hand in respect of certain exhibits, but these and any late amendments made to the original entries will be covered by the illustrated commentary on the event which will appear in our next issue.
A Dual-purpose Albion.
The machine shown by ALBION MOTORS, LTD., Scotstonn, Glasgow, is a 20-36 h.p. 30-35-cwt. refuse collector of a type in use by many councils throughout the country It is really a dual-purpose model, as the body has hinged sides and a tailboard, as well as a detachable cover embodying four spring-loaded doors which enclose the body and enable it to be used for refuse collection. So that the load can be quickly discharged the body can be tipped by hand-operated gear ; the angle of tip is 40 degrees.
The springs which lift the sections of the cover are on the inside and are encased in leather which is packed with grease, thus protecting them from dust. When used for accommodating refuse the body has a capacity of about 11i cubic yds.
Allan Taylor Exhibits.
As recently as July 7th we dealt with two of the three machines exhibited by the ALLAN TAYLOR ENGINIMRENG AND MANUFACTURING CO., High Street, Wandsworth, London, S.W.18. These are a road-haulage tractor which it is claimed can perform a variety of IDUDI■ cipal tasks, and a golf-course tractor. The basis of each appliance is the Foid 30-cwt. chassis.
The golf-course outfit can be used either as a tractor for pulling as many as seven 30-in, mowing machines, or as a light lorry for the transport of turf,
sand, etc. At the front, the usual Ford pneumatic-tyred wheels are employed, but the rear axle is equipped with special disc wheels, to which either steel tyres with spikes, or detachable rims shod with pneumatic tyres may be fitted.
In the road tractor the frame of the ordinary Ford 30-cwt. chassis is considerably shortened, and at the rear. it is extended to form a triangular drawbar attachment.
The company's exhibit is completed by a low-loading refuse collector having a capacity of 9 cubic yds.
A New Refuse-collection System.
The well-known trailing-axle sixwheeled extension for the Ford 30-cwt. chassis comprises one of the two exhibits of COUNTY COMMEROLIL CARS Ian., Abbey House, Victoria Street, London, SAV.1.
The company's Kleenway method of house-refuse collection is likely to attract much attention throughout the period of the Conference by reason of the fact that it incorporates an entirely new idea. Elsewhere in this issue we publish illustrations • and give supplementary information relating to the system, as well as to the six-wheeler.
Fhe Dennis Municipal Motors.
One of the most comprehensive exhibits is that of DENNIS BROS., LTD., Guildford, which displays five municipal vehicles in addition to a range of lawn mowers. There are a 350-gallon cesspool emptier incorporating the company's 30-cwt. pneumatic-tyred chassis, n50-gallon multi-purr ose gully emptier, an 1,100-gallon dual-purpose machine which combines all the advantages of the Dennis street washing and water machine and the gully emptier, a 1,200gallon street washing and watering machine, and a refuse collector having a capacity of 10 cubic yds.
The small cesspit emptier operates on the vacuum principle.
The small gully emptier is mainly Intended for use in those areas where it would not be expedient or economical to employ a separate machine for different classes of duty. Although in the main a gully emptier, this appliance can, by the use of several fitments, be converted to act as a street-watering machine, a gutter flusher, a sewer flusher, or a cesspool emptier, whilst the availability of an open body converts it into an hydraulically operated tipping wagon.
For the 1,100-gallon dual-purpose outfit the maker's 6-ton chasis is employed, the tank having two compartments. The high angle of tip ensures that the contents of the body are completely evacuated, especially as the whole of the rear constitutes the door.
In the street-watering and washing machine a powerful flow of water, derived by the use of a fire-engine-type pump, is provided either through the spraying or washing nozzles.
An all-metal-type body is used for the refuse collector, which is of the forward-control pattern. It can be tipped to an angle of 45 degrees and sliding laminated steel shutters Which provide three openings at each side, ensure dustless loading.
A New du Cros Refuse Collector.
Elsewhere in this issue we refer at some length to an interesting type of refuse collector and bin washer introduced by W. AND Q. DTI CROS, LTD., Acton, London, W.3. The salient features of this new appliance are worthy of close study by municipal engineers, and for that reason we would refer them to page 814.
In addition to examples of this outfit the company is displaying a 3-ton low.loader with a capacity of 10 cubic yds., which has been built to the order of Ashington Urban District Council. As will be seen from an accompanying illustration, the body incorporates two auto matic covers at each side and, in addition, two circular openings, each provided with a sliding lid. The larger rectangular openings are for loading ordinary house and trade refuse, whilst the circular orifices are for the dustless loading of ashes.
Special bins are not required, but standard containers are equipped with a circular angle piece, approximately 4 ins, from the upper edge, so that they cannot fall into the body during the operation of loading. The use of one of these bins is being demonstrated during the proceedings. The body can be tipped to an angle of 45 degrees through the mediuth of a Bromilow and Edward's hydraulic gear.
Eagle Products Well to the Fore.
The products of the EAGLE ENGINEER, Ina CO., LTD., Warwick, are well represented at Olympia, for not only has the company four exhibits on view, but examples of its municipal outfits are to be seen on vehicles and appliances displayed by chassis manufacturers.
The Eagle-Thornycroft low-loader is built for refuse collection. The basis of this appliance is the Thornyeroft Atype chassis, and it carries an Eagle body of 7 cubic yds. capacity. It has three automatic shutters on each side, and these remain closed except during the operation of loading, when each section is opened by means of a foot bar, automatically closing after the completion, of loading. The shutters are enclosed at the sides as well as the top, so that whatever the direction of the wind, the refuse cannot be blown about when being discharged into the body. The tipping gear by which the body is lifted is the Eagle hydraulic type, one of the extensive range of such gears made by the Eagle concern. • Another interesting outfit is the NewEagle dustless collector coupled up to an International tractor. The trailer used for the collector is the Eagle patent two-wheel type. The body has an effective capacity of 8 cubic yds.
There is a separate example of the Eagle patent two-wheel trailer carrying a body with hygienic covers, this having a capacity of 7 cubic yds.
The final exhibit of the company is a patent rotary bin collector. This vehicle accommodates 88 bins. During transit the hanging racks are locked in position. The bins themselves are secured in position on the trays by wedge-shaped rubber-lined blocks. The trailer is of the turntable pattern.
An Entirely New Electricar.
Of the five machines entered for the demonstration by EtscriucAns, Lrn., Lawley Street, Birmingham, one that should continue to attract much attention is the entirely new chassis designed to take the Eagle-Neuey dustless refuse body equipped with Ess-Em shutters. Many special features are incorporated in the chassis, the most important being the front-wheel drive, which enables a much lower loading line than is usual to be obtained. The Eagle-Neuey body is well known in the cleansing world ; the body is rotated and packs the refuse, thus reducing the bulk and increasing the effective capacity.
The container is made of steel barrel plates, .reinforced by steel sections and, as the frame members are wide apart and the cross-members are cranked, a low position for its mounting is obtained. Four shutters on the near side accommodate the special bins.
A similar chasis is shown with, an example of the Faun body.
Then we come to an all-Electricar dustless collector 31-tonner, which is
distinguished by the fact that it is the 100th electric vehicle purchased on behalf of the Birmingham authorities.
Completing the company's attractiie range are an electrically propelled tractor which is capable of hauling a load up to 7 tons at a speed of 10 m.p.h., and a standard Eleetricar 2-tonner equipped with a patent form of shutter.
Faun Petrol-electric Appliances.
Both the municipal appliances which are shown by FAUN-WERKE G.m.B.H., of Nurnberg, are petrol-electric propelled. One is a pick-up sweeper which clears the road refuse from the gutter without leaving a seam of dirt at the side of its track, and deposits the sweepings in a special receptacle provided at the
front end, and the other a dust collector with a body of unusual design.
The sweeping mechanism of the former comprises a unit in a separate frame which is mounted in guides on the vehicle frame and, by means of a small electric motor, can be lifted and lowered at the will of the driver. A four-fold chain belt with transverse brooms is employed, the units being so arranged that their tracks overlap. In addition, a rotary broom is used for sweeping the gutters. This has a perpendicular shaft driven by a separate electric motor on top of the machine.
The motive power of the dust collector is supplied by a Maybach sixcylindered engine, which is coupled to a dynamo, the current from which is transmitted to electric -motors built into the hubs of the rear wheels. In this machine the dustbins are emptied at the rear. The body is made in two portions, a main compartment, to which the dust is gradually transferred, and a smaller one, binged at the top to the main section, into which the bins are emptied. When the smaller compartment becomes full the whole body can be tilted upwards into a vertical position. To fill the body completely with refuse the tilting operation has to be repeated six or seven braes. For unloading the refuse, the body is tipped to the rear. As the body has to be free to tilt both forwards and backwards, the lifting screw is not permanently secured to the body. It is provided with claws which are automatically. brought into engagement with a toothed rack on the underside of the body.
A Garner with F.M. Covers.
A Garner 2-ton chassis is being used to draw attention to the special P.M. refuse body built by PM. MOTORS, LTD., Manor Gardens, Chelsea, London, S.W.3. The body is of steel construction and has rounded bottord corners to facilitate cleaning. The rear doors are in two sections which are split vertically and arranged to fasten securely to the sides of the body while tipping. The P.M. covers are made of aluminium and each is divided and hinged longitudinally, the two sections being linked so that they fall on being raised by the treadle bar. By adopting this method no projection occurs and dust is pre-. vented from being blown about when the cover is being closed.
Fowler Steam and Petrol Gully Emptiers.
JOHN FOWLER AND CO. (LEEDS), LTD., Leeds, shows Steam and petroldriven appliances for gully emptying. The company's steam gully emptier is a well-known appliance which has found much favour amongst municipalities. Features of the design to note are the patented vacuum tank, placed on top of the main tank, in which a vacuum can be obtained by the steam ejector in less than half a minute, the method of drawing off surplus water from the top of the sludge tank for resealing gullies, and the steep angle at which the sludge tank is set so as to make the tank selfemptying so soon as the rear door is fully open. The clean-water tank for resealing has a capacity of 1,020 gal Ions, whilst the sludge tank holds 900 gallons and the upper vacuum tank 1.65 gallons.
For the other gully emptier shown by the company the Albion chassis, incorporating a 35-55 h.p. four-cylindered engine of 4g ins, bore and 53ins, stroke, is employed. The tank capacities of this outfit are as follow :—Vacuum 165 gallons, sludge 705 gallons' waste water 70 gallons, clean water 850 gallons, a total of 1,790 gallons. The overall length of the machine is 19 ft. 9 ins., its height being 11 ft. 9 ins., and its width 7 ft. 6 ins.
Garrett's Electric Refuse Collector.
One of the latest electric refuse-collecting vehicles made by RICHARD GARRETT AND SONS, LTD., of Leiston, is shown, this being the 50th of this pattern to be made for Glasgow's cleansing department. It is of the low-loading type, the loading height being only 4 ft. 6 ins, from the ground. The body has a capacity of 141 cubic yds., and is totally enclosed. Rubber. strips, suspended from the roof and reaching to the top of the sides, offer practically io resistance to the rubbish as it is precipitated into the vehicle, but since they overlap slightly they effectively prevent dust from flying back into the open. .
The body is of the two-way, side-tipping pattern, but is not provided with its own tipping gear, it being found more economical to use hoisting gear at the depot.
A Bull 12 h.p. electric motor is used for driving, and this draws its current from a Tudor lead battery of 50 amp.hour. capacity. Eight speeds are provided in each direction. A change-over Switch is provided which connects in parallel the halves of the battery, thus operating the vehicle on 40 volts for slow travel when collecting.
Bedford Municipal Motors.
Two Bedford 2-tonners have been entered by GENERAL MOTORS, LTD., The Hyde, London, N.W.9, one being a general-purpose wagon and the 'other a refuse collector. The former has a fixed-sided lorry body to which can be fitted a special superstructure. The sides of the body have flaps which, when lowered, reduce the loading line from
5 ft. 2 ins. to 4 ft. 6 ins. The overall depth of the body when the top is in position is 4 ft., its length being 8 ft.
6 ins. arid its width tapering from 6 ft. 8 ins, at the rear to 6 ft. 2 ins: at the front. Canvas covers are used at the sides, these being operated by spring-loaded barrels. The chassis is the 10-ft. 11-in, short-wheelbase model and the body tips at the rear.
The other model has hydraulic endtipping gear and the body has a capacity of about 10 cubic yds. Its main framing is built of duralumin, the floor being steel lined. There are three aluminum covers on each side and flaps enable a low loading level to be obtained ; the loading heights are the same as in the other model. This body is mounted on a chassis with a wheelbase of 13 ft. 1 in.
Six-wheeled G.V.'s for Refuse.
Two examples of both its 2-ton low loader and its six-wheeled refuse collector are offered far inspection by the GENERAL VEHICLE CO., LTD., 15, Devonshire Street, London, B.C.2.
On the 2-ton chassis are to be seen a wood body with slatted canvas covers,
and a totally enclosed van body. In each case the loading line is 4 ft. 6 ins., and the capacity up to 8 cubic yds. The latter type of body is particularly interesting as it has sliding doors in two sections on each side, these running on ball-bearing tracks and being so arranged that only half may be opened at one time when loading is taking place. A sheet of rubber is suspended half way down each aperture to minimize the egress of dust. The top of the body is constructed to carry bulky refuse. Hydraulic end-tipping gear is provided.
The six-wheelers are each of 31 tons capacity and are equipped with small solid-tyred wheels. Here, again, the loading line is 4 ft. 6 ills., but the capacity of one machine i8 10 cubic yde. and of the other 12 cubic yds. One example has an all-steel body tapering from the rear to the front and is equipped with B. and E. patent covers.
The other six-wheeler has a totally enclosed van-type body similar to that mounted on the 2-ton chassis.
An Unusual Guy Appliance.'
The Guy sweeper and loader, an example of which is shown by the maker, Guy Morons, LTD., Fallings Park, Wolverhampton, has for some months been in municipal service and has given satisfaction. The basis of the vehicle is the Guy K 2-2k-ton chassis, which is slightly modified to make it suitable for its particular municipal duties.
Having a wheelbase of only 9 ft., it has a small turning circle. A gear drive is taken from the timing case of the four-cylindered overhead-valve engine to a reduction box mounted on the frame in front of the rear axle. The drive is taken from the reduction box on the near side of the vehicle to a gutter brush on the off side, and this throws the refuse towards the centre, where another brush, 5 ft. 2 ins, wide, behind the rear axle, which is also driven from the reduction box, throws the refuse into a series of 21 buckets carried on an elevator chain. The refuse is then delivered to a container mounted within the steel structure which forms the body. The elevator drive is also taken from the same reduction box. The container has a capacity of 68 cubic ft. A 21-gallon water tank is mounted in the roof of the cab and it feeds a sprinkler.
B28 Halley's Two Exhibits.
The 1,000-gallon street washer which HALLEY MOTORS, LTD, of Glasgow, has on view is shown in conjunction with a refuse collector built to the order of the Rotherham Corporation.
The street-washing and watering equipment of the former is an Eagle product. The chassis is the company's EF2 forward-control model with an 11-ft. wheelbase. It embodies a fourcylindered engine with a bore of 4i and a stroke of 5 ins., a dry plate clutch, four-speed-and-reverse gearbox, a worm-driven rear axle and Merles steering. The outfit has two sprinkler heads which are independently controlled, and the maximum width of spray is 60 ft. The washing nozzles are arranged to wash to the near side of the road.
For the refuse collector, the Halley W 21 semi-forward-control chassis is utilized. It is equipped with twin underslung, hydraulid, end-tipping gear and patent spring-actuated lids of Brorailow and Edwards make. The body capacity is 8 cubic yds. and the loading height 4 ft. 7 ins.
Karrier's Comprehensive Show.
A most comprehensive exhibit is that arranged by KA.RRIER MOTORS, LTD., Karrier Works, Huddersfield, this company showing no fewer than 10 different vehicles for a variety of municipal tasks. One of the most interesting is the new RSC-type sweeper and collector, which embodies many improve
ments, one of the most noteworthy being the use of an unique curved road brush in place of the straight brush formerly used, so as to prevent the trail of the sweepings.
The worm drive for the rotors and road brush has also been strengthened considerably, whilst the road-brush drive is now direct from the main drive.
Two examples of this type of sweeper and equipment are on view, one being for use in Newcastle and the other in Kensington. Another vehicle built for the Kensington authorities is also displayed—a CYR-type tipper with an interchangeable water tank for streetwashing work. Two other CYR models are available for inspection, one being a special-purpose tipping wagon for refuse collection, and a 500-gallon gully emptier. There are also two refuse collectors of the same pattern with allsteel bodies, one having roll-up steel shutters and the other canvas covers. Then there is an RE 700 sweeper with squeegee attachment.
Making its first public appearance, the new Colt sprinkler and sweeper is an entirely new, street-cleansing model which uses a modified form of the "Mechanical-Horse" chassis as a basis. It is a three-wheeler with a turning circle of 21 ft., and the brush, which is 7 ft. long, is set at 30 degrees.
The Popular Lacre Sweeper.
For many years past the Laere threewheeled road sweeper has been popular amongst municipalities, and machines of this type which have been built for service in Glasgow, Manchester, Leeds and Edinburgh respectively are shown by LACRE LORRIES, Tiro., 78, York Road,.London, Ni.
The use of three road wheels results in the construction of a particularly compact appliance without cramping the dimensions of the brushes, and this is a good feature, especially as the weight is well balanced. The brush is mounted in a semicircular guard which is carried on detachable pivots attached to the rear end of the frame. It is built in six sections, each 1 ft. 3 ins. long. The brush drive is taken direct from the gearbox.
A water tank of about 100 gallons capacity is mounted ahead of the driver's cab, the water being led to a gear-driven pump attached to the rear end of the gearbox, from which point it is forced through two spraying nozzles at the front, the pressure being approximately 20 lb. per sq. in. Standard Morris-Commercials.
Two standard refuse-collection vehicks comprise the exhibit of MORRIS COMMERCIAL CARS, LTD., Soho, Birmingham. One is a 35-40-cwt. model with hand-operated tipping gear, and the other a 35-40-cwt. long-wheelbase model with hydraulic tipping mechanism. The body of the former is built with small wheel-arches to give the lowest possible loading line. The domed top is of rigid construction and carries semi-circular 'steel covers built in four sections, each section sliding in separate grooves. The tailboard is hinged at the top, so that there is no obstruction when the refuse is being tipped.
The tapered steel body of the other vehicle is 11 ft. long and it has shallow wheel-arches streamlined to the forward ond. Each side of the gable-type top is built in three sections, each having hinged spring-balanced covers which are independently operated. The tail door is split vertically and the halves fall back and are secured against the sides when tipping is undertaken.
The New Easyloader 3-tonner.
NEw EASYLOADER MOTORS, LTD. 100, Palmerston Road, London, N.W.61 displays a New Easyloader 3-ton chassis equipped with an Eagle seven-cubicyard, dustless, refuse-collection body. The dustless covers on each side are built in three sections and operated by foot-bars ; the actual cover is of aluminium, the side flaps being of canvas. The wheelbase of the vehicle is 8 ft. 9 ins., and its turning radius 14 ft., the loading level of the body, which is 11 ft. 3 ins, long, being 4 ft. 6 ins.
Many S.D. Freighters on View.
The products of SKELYORE AND DREWRY, LTD., Letchworth, are represented by a number of refuse-collecting vehicles, as well as a street-watering cart. There are several 3-ton, 10-cubicyd. vehicles of different types on view, one of which has loaders' accommodation behind the driver's seat. This model has foot-operated, sliding, metal covers. The Newcastle-type Freighter is an example of the efforts of the company to meet individual needs. This model has been specifically designed for the collection of bulky refuse. The body has an all-steel shell and a high superstructure enclosed by roller shutters.
One of the most interesting exhibits is the demountable refuse-container vehicle, devised to meet the needs of authorities which are concerned with the daily collection of refuse from flats, markets, schools, etc. The chassis carries four separate containers which
run on tracks. The bin truck which is carried on the vehicle is attached to the side of the chassis when it is desired either to remove the bins or to replace them. Another interesting S.D. Freighter outfit is designed to distribute and collect dustbins on the interchangeable system. This is a double-deck vehicle.
The street-watering cart which is shown has gravity-fed sprayers and a gully-flushing jet. The tank has a capacity of 800 gallons.
Thornycrofts Two Exhibits.
Out of the range of municipal products made by JOHN I. THORNYCROFT AND CO., LTD., ThOnyerOft House, Smith Square, London, S.W.1, two vehicles are available for inspection, one being an A Forward low-loading chassis carrying an Eagle dustless refuse body of 7 cubic yds. capacity, and the other a PC-type chassis equipped with Eagle apparatus for cesspit emptying.
The Thornyeroft A Forward chassis has a four-cylindered engine with a bore of 95 mm,. aud a stroke of 127 mm., a dry plate clutch, a four-speed-and-reverse gearbox and an overhead worm-driven rear axle, the standard ratio being 6.25 to 1. The body has three automatic shutters on each side which are opened by operating foot-bars. Eagle hydraulic gear is used for tipping the body ; the angle of tip is 45 degrees.
The tank of the cesspit emptier has a capacity of 800 gallons; it is cylindrical in shape and has dished ends. The rotary pump is chain driven from the power take-off shaft extension, the latter being mounted in a ball-bearing housing. Three-way valves on each pipe line control the vacuum or presstrre
for the tank, The suction and discharge valves are at the rear.
The Unic Refuse Collector.
The chassis used for the Unic refuse collector which is shown by UNTO AuxoMOBILES, LTD., 303-5, Cricklewood Broadw'ay, London, N:W.2. is of the low load-line type, and with an 11-ft. 9i-in. wheelbase affords a body space of 12 ft. 8i ins. The Pilot tipping gear used for elevating the body comprises a simple and powerful compressor with three pistons, and two jacks with a patented oscillating system, which provides purchase forward of the centre of gravity, thereby reducing the inertia to a minimum. The body is of the allsteel pattern and is of 7 cubic yds. capacity ; it is equipped with self-closing covers. The loading height is 4 ft. 5 ins., which, of course, is convenient for the operator. The Pagefield System.
Two lorries are being shown by WALKER Bans. (WIGAN), LTD., Pagefield Works, Wigan, one of the standard type and one of the forward-control pattern, and both are equipped with Gardner compression-ignition engines, to which we have many times referred in past issues. The company claims that the heavy-oil engine is particularly suited for use in vehicles employed with the Pagefield system of refuse collection.
Two types of horse-drawn container are on view, one being known as the , "
canopy" container and the other as the "inside loading" container. In the former loading is effected through sliding panels in the container side, the panels being so arranged that whilst the orifices are of ample size for the reception of bins and large boxes, only two panels can be opened at a time. The shape of the permanent roof acts as a trap for any rising dust, whilst a feature is the longitudinal partition which acts as an efficient baffle to air currents.
The other form of container ensures complete dustless loading, since the refuse is tipped into a totally enclosed bay. The special arrangement of partitions enables the refuse to be properly packed, but does not prevent its easy discharge when the tipping gear is brought into action.
Yorkshire's Patent Gully Emptier,
The gully emptier, which the YORICsxraz STEAM WAGON CO., of Hunslet, Leeds, is taking the opportunity for displaying incorporates gully-emptying apparatus of a patent type in which there is a separate vacuum tank and a sludge tank, thus permitting a working vacuum quickly to be raised. It enables the waste water to be drained off without breaking the vacuum, so that only solid matter is deposited at
the tip. The water for resealing is carried in a separate tank. The vacuum tank hat a capacity of 135 gallons, the sludge tank 750 gallons and the water tank 900 gallons. The sludge tank is cylindrical in shape and is placed in the frame at an angle of 30 degrees.
In addition to the foregoing, we have received late particulars from the following concerns ;—Gottfried Lindner Aktien-Gesellschaft, of Ammendorf, Germany, which is showing a range of different types of trailer, including an unusual bin-carrying outfit ; Maskinfabriks Aktiebolaget Norrbacken, of Blomstermala, which exhibits a dustless refuse body and a special loading cap with shutter, which is adaptable to the body and ensures dustless loading ; and British Mercedes Benz, Ltd., Ill,. Grosvenor Road, London, S.W.1, which has two special municipal motors on view —one a six-wheeler--for drawing attention to the Kuka system of refuse
collection. The S.O.M.U.A. concern, 146, Victor Hugo Boulevard, St. Ouensur-Seine, is also in the official list of exhibitors, although no particulars are yet to hand from France.
Amongst other important exhibitors of interest to our readers are three battery concerns, these being Britannia Batteries, Ltd., 233, Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W.C.2, the D.P. Battery Co., Ltd., Bakewell, Derbyshire, and Edison Storage Battery Distributors, Ltd., Victoria House, Southampton Row, London, W.C.1.