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On Tuesday of last week the Bristol depot of the Provincial Motor Cab Co. was gutted by fire : very little was saved.
Barnes U.D.C. has instructed its Clerk to make inquiries with regard to the borrowing of £1600 for the purchase of motor fire-engines.
The General Omnibus Supply, Ltd., has been registered by Mr. Stuart A. Curzon, with a nominal capital of £1000 in Is. shares.
Dublin Waterworks Committee wants tenders for a motor ambulance before the 17th June. The city treasurer will send a copy of the specification, etc., on receipt of 7s. 64, The demand for a motor fire-engine, to serve Barnstaple and the immediate vicinity, is receiving considerable local support. "The North Devon Herald" is giving publicity to the subject.
Hove Town Council is to have its motor fire-engine, at a. cost of /800. The announcement was made by the Mayor, Alderman Barnett Marks, at the annual meeting of the Hove Brigade on the 19th inst.
Norton (Yorks.) R.D.C. hopes to arrange with the Melton R.D.C. and Malton U.D.C. for the provision of a motor fire-engine and the necessary appliances. The spirit of combination is now widely evident.
Rhyl Town Council has again refused to allow motor ehars-hbanes to use the public stand on the parade, but it has taken a step forward, which we hope will have the desired result, by referring the matter to a committee.
The Rotherham R.D.C. has declined to assist the Rotherham U.D.C. by granting licences for.certain proposed motorbus services, but we are at a loss to know under what Act the former council claims to have the right to license
A smart 34 h.p. Halley char-hbanes, with 30-seated torpedo body, one of two additional vehicles of this type on order for Avery and Roberts, Ltd., of Liverpool, whicn bring that owner's fleet up to four Halley chars-h-banes, has recently been delivered.
Yarmouth Corporation has issued a licence to Mr. Geoffrey Bracey, on behalf of Mr. Geo. FL (I-owing, enabling this latter gentleman to run a motor ehar-h-banes carrying 28 persons, two carrying 32 persons and another carrying 10 persons during this season. G'omersal, Cleckheaton and Liversedge Councils are discussing the question of purchasilig a motor fire-engine in combination, Mr. Albert H. Stanley, managing director of the London General Omnibus Co., Ltd., will continue his evidence before the Select Committee of the House of Commons tostlay (Thursday). at 11.30 a.m.
The Ham District Council is urging the National Steam Car Co., Ltd., to institute a service of at least one bus per hour. It is considered that the absence of a service is a matter of great inconvenience to the inhabitants.
The Edmonton Board of Guardians requires tenders to be lodged, by not later than 9 a.m. on 3rd pro. (Tuesday next), for a light motor ambulance, to carry one patient with two attendants inside, and one attendant with driver.
The purchase of a motor fire-engine was strongly advocated by a councillor at. the last meeting of the Surbiton District Council, and some disparaging remarks about slowness were m..ade against the present horsed equipment. No action. however, was taken. Norton (Yorks.) R.D.C. is considering the purchase of a motor fire-engine, jointly with others.
The Aberavon Corporation announces its preparedness to assist enterprise with a yearly subsidy in regard to the establishment of a motorbus service.
We are advised of the following additional records, in respect of motorbus tires of the Continental Co.'s manufacture, in the service of Thos. Tilling, Ltd.-677 drivingwheel tires, yielding a total mileage to date of 13,640,069 miles, and an average of 20,148 miles.
The Toll of the Streets.
A letter from the Editor appeared in The Times of the 23rd inst., and exception was taken to a conclusion by the Editor of that journal, in the course of a leading article, as follows: "The fact that there were more motor omnibuses on the streets in 1912 than in 1910 has but little bearing on the case against them, unless, indeed, it goes to prove that their numbers should be reduced. For the point to be considered is, how many people are killed, rather than by how many omnibuses the mischief is wrought."
London motorbuses are now carrying passengers at the rate of a daily average of 1,870,000, which fact may be cited as evidence of the public demand for the vehicles. Attention was also directed to the fact that all comparatively-new forms of locomotion show a relatively-high total of accidents, both fatal and non-fatal, during their early years of employment. The accident ratio is steadily falling.