AT THE HEART OF THE ROAD TRANSPORT INDUSTRY.

Call our Sales Team on 0208 912 2120

News and Comment.

29th December 1910
Page 8
Page 9
Page 8, 29th December 1910 — News and Comment.
Close
Noticed an error?
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.

Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

This journal commands advertisement support upon terms which do not admit traders of inferior standing to its pages.

There are no " One Hears this week; it is holiday time, and nobody has heard anything.

James and Browne, Ltd., notifies its new address as 125 and 126, Temple Chambers, Temple Avenue, E.C.

A bright and prosperous New Year to all our readers at home: we have already sent that message to readers overseas.

The Manchester Show, in February, will be called the " North of England Motor Show," and commercial vehicles will not be barred.

We regret that want of space this week obliges us to hold over several interesting " Opinions from Others," as well as" Answers to Queries."

Points about some of the principal carburetters of interest to commercialvehicle owners are described and illustrated on pages 343 to 315.

The major portion of our summary of the year's progres.s will be found on the early pages of this issue: the balance is held over until next week.

C.M.U.A. Championship Prizes.

The attention of all owners and drivers of commercial-motor vehicles and tractors is hereby drawn to one of the conditions of entry for a special section in the C.M.U.A. parade of June next. This is the matter of the keeping of a weekly log from the 1st January to the 31st March. Drivers may adopt any form of log they choose, but they most be according to the personal ideas of the individual, and must not be records kept by the owners. Three cash prizes, one each of 10s., £5 and £3, will be awarded in this competition, and entry forms may now be obtained from the Secretary of the Commercial Motor Users' Association, 112, Piccadilly, W. In addition to the prizes named, the Association will have a large sum at its disposal for awards in respect of " appearance " on parade. These will be in grades, and the amounts of the cash prizes will vary from 1;2 to £1. Also, there will be various extra prizes, to meet special cases and merits. Fuller details will appear in an early issue.

Small Motors for Australia.

Tenders are invited for the supply and delivery (in :.;ydney) of two small petrol motorvans of from 12 h.p. to 16 h.p., and these will be received. ::t the office of the Deputy Postmastek General, Sydney. N.S.W., until the 15th February, 1911. or through the offices of the Commonwealth of Australia, at 72, Victoria Street, Westminster, S.W. Tender forms, specifications and general conditions nmy be obtained at the London address.

Chelsea's Gulleys.

The 1Vorks Committee of Chelsea Borough Council reports having considered a communication from the Borough Surveyor, Mr. T. W. E. Higgins, W itFi reference to a vacuum gill

Icy cleaner (the property of Leyland Motors, Ltd.), which had been working on trial in the borough since the end of September. The Borough Surveyor stated that a considerable saving had been effected by the use of the machine, and that the owners now offer the same for sale for £600, or to let it on hire for 4.4 per week. The Borough Surveyor has been authorized by the Committee to hire the machine, for the time being.

Motor Mails.

Notwithstanding the serious nature of the floods which have prevailed in many parts of England during the past few weeks, motor-mail vans, with but two exceptions, have been enabled to maintain their regular services. One of these failures, at Leicester, was mentioned last week; news of the second reaches us from Maidenhead. where the London to Reading mail van was disabled at 2 a.m. on the 20th inst., in the deep flood along the Bath Road. It was not got out until 6 p.m. on the same day. The contents of the van were dispatched by rail.

Shoolbred's 10-cwt. Lacres. Six of the latest-type 10-cwt. Lucre vans, to the order of -Messrs. James 4Shooihred and Co., of Tottenham Rouse, W., which firm is one of the eldest and most-consistent purchasers of Lacre vehicles, are illustrated at

the foot of this page. This model, from the Letchworth factory, is selling in large numbers, and it undoubtedly is a close approach to the immature van for which we have so frequently appealed, although on the high side as regards weight-carrying capacity to the types which we specifically have in mind. In competition with one-horse vans, they are admirable.

-Messrs. J. W. Brooke and Co., of Lowestoft, has received a gold medal for railway inspection ears from the management of the International Transport Exhibition at Buenos Aires.

Steam Wagon's Work from 1903-.1910.

The records to the credit of Thornycroft steam wagons, now manufactured by D. Stewart and Co., Ltd., of Glasgow, are in many cases most unique and commendable. As an illustration of this we may mention a five-ton Thornycroft steamer which went into service with Messrs. T. and W. Farmiloe on the 10th September, 1903, and is still doing active duty. This vehicle, which is shown herewith, during three of the seven years it has worked, ran for 225 days during the first year. carrying 1,220 tons over 5,80; miles at a cost of ; 225 days in the second year, carrying 1,165 tons

over 4,509 miles at a cost of R415, and .202 days in the third year, with 1,0S9 tons over 4,412 miles at an expenditure of .t.305. The four steam wagons employed by Messrs. Farmiloe ran for three years at an average cost of LI 13s. 7d. per vehicle per day, the fleet being composed of three Strakers and the Thornycroft here mentioned. It will be seen that for an old and hardworked steamer the body possesses two features which in a lighter car might be termed " refinements." i.e., the ventilation in the roof of the driver's cab, and the mirror for the reflection of overtaking traffic.

The Development Grant.

On Thursday, the lah inst., Mr. McNulty, the inspector of the Department of Agriculture, presided at a conference, in the board room of the workhouse at Clogheen. Ireland, to inquire into the application of the Distriet Council to the Treasury for a grant. of £10,000 under the Roads Improvement and Development Act., for the purpose of establishing a motor service connecting Cahir to Clogheen. Ballyporeen and Mitehelstown, and from Clonmel toCloglieen, the roetes being varied as necessity required. The ionest. distance is that from Clanmel to Clogheen,eibout 12 Irish It appears that the clerk to the Union had presented the application to the Treasury in a very unconsidered state.

The inspector pointed ant thatthe council had given no details as to the typo of ear to be employed, or how many of them would be required for the serviee. Also, there was -no report Iron; an engineer as to whether the' roadsin the, district were suitable to sustain heavy and continuous mote:. traffic. The application to the Treasury had been referred to the Department of Agriculture in order that these points might be cleared up. The inspector emphasized the necessity for the arrangement of all preliminaries before any claim for assistance could be considered by the Treasury, and to ask for a greet of £10,000 before !..1. scheme was properly prepared was undoubtedly beginning at the wrong end. As the District Council were unable to present any very strong arguments as to why they should receive the Road Board's assistance, it. is very doubtful whether the application will be favourably considered by the Treasury

A Well-known Foden Wagon.

The snapshot shown below depicts a five-ton Mitten wagon which is quite renowned foe having assisted in the carrying of material for the erection of well-known premises, notable among which is the new Royal Automobile Club, on which it was employed for some months. As may he seen, it is the property of Messrs. Ford and Walton, of Kilburn, and is shown while serving at the erection of some enormous hiiildmgs in Alexander Square, near the Brompton Oratory. Accommodation on the body is arranged so that girders and the like may be transported, and this class ef load often forms the principal part of the machine's burden.


comments powered by Disqus