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Proposals and Purchases,

Yarmouth Roads Committee is buying a Garrett steam wagon at £522 10s.

Colwyn Bay U.D.C. is calling for designs and quotations for the supply of a motor fire-engine.

Bradford Cleansing Committee is buying a Leyland vacuum gulleyemptier at t759, arid a three-ton Yorkshire steamer, for the collection of house refuse, at £575.

Walthamstow Survey Committee has ordered aMann steam wagon at 2550, a Clayton five-ton steamer from Smith, Parfrey and Co., with interchangeable 1000-gaPon watering Lank, at 2515 (with 2120 extra for Polack tires), a Foden five-ton steam wagon and trai/er, at 2565, with an extra trailer at £15.

Coventry City Council is about to purchase two additional motor buses, at 21621 It has six Maacklays at the present time.

The L.C.C. is recommended to accept the offer of Mossay and Co., Ltd., at 2807, for the supply of six electrically-driven chassis to carry turntable ladders.

The Golcar 1.1".D.C. has been offered a trial with motorbuses, at the rate of £8 per vehicle per day, with a limit of 60 miles. of running.

The Middleton Town Conned has applied to the L.G.B. for authority to spend 22200 en the purchase of two motor fire-engines.

The receipts of the National Steam Car Co., Ltd., for the week ended 21st July, 1914, were 24933. This shows an increase of 21635 over the corresponding 1913 period.

The receipts of the Tramways (M.E.T.) Omnibus Co., Ltd., for the week ended 18th July, 1914, were 210,159, and for the Gearless Omnibus Co., Ltd., 2481. These show an increase of 23496 and a decrease of 2127 respectively as against 1913. c16 Motors and Road Upkeep.

In the House or commons on Tuesday, Mn. F. Hm:r asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if his attention had been called to the obligation imposed on motorbuses by committees of both Houses of

Parliament to contribute per mile in respect of the use of the Great Western Road to be cons.tiucted by the Middlesex County Council ; and whether, with a view to securing uniformity of practice in this matter, the Government intended to introduce legislation to deal with the whole subject of contributions by motorbuses to the upkeep of roads used by them.

, MR. HERBERT SAMUEL : Illy right hon. friend has asked me to reply to this question. I am aWare of the clause to which the hon. member refers. The Government propose that a Joint Select Committee of both Houses should be appointed to consider the general question.

Bodywork for India.

One of the illustrations herewith shows a vehicle, which incorporates a 30-cwt. Dennis chassis, with bodywork of a special character to suit Indian climatic conditions. The body was constructed by Messrs. Mahthee Hussain and Co., of 22, General Patters Road, Mount Road, Madras, and it is one of two sister Dennis vehicles which have been delivered to the Hindu Jananakula Motor .Service Co., which runs a set vice daily between Madura, and Karaikudi, a distance

of some 60 miles. Other similar Dennis vehicles, with Hossain bodies, have been built for longframe Dennis two-tonners. All these have complete protection against the sun, both for driver and passengers, whilst the interior is divided for two classes of occupants. Amongst two-ton Dennis chassis sold to India for passenger service recently are examples supplied to M. S. Kathirvein Chetty to run between kradura, and Sivaganga, a distance of about 8.0 miles, and to the Tripur Dharapuram Motor Service Co., to run between Tripur and Dharapuram, a distance of 100 miles. Additional orders are also in hand. L.C.C. Fare Proposals.

"'[he Evening News" of the 24th inst. publishes an article in which it is suggested that the L.C.C. tramway undertaking can save itself from further trouble by adopting a universal Id. fare. The chief arguments in favour of the proposal are that the present average fare is only 1.03d., and that more than 70 per cent. of the passengers already pay id. per journey We should say that the proposal would merely increase the loss on the workmen's fares, and would attract practically no new traffic. Another idea is to issue 8d. tickets available for any four journeys on a single day. A New Flotation.

The prospectus of the General Onsnibus Supply (Manufacturing Co.), Ltd., was issued on Monday last. The public is asked to subscribe for 373,680 ordinary shares of XI each, and a pro rata allotment of founders' shares of Is. each. We have carefully read the prospectus, and are directly impressed above all by the clever mFuiner in which it appears to commit the undertaking to nothing definite. The general statement of the objects is: (I.) to co-operate with and extend the operations of the General Omnibus Supply, Ltd. (21 for the erection of works to provide for the increasing public demand ; (3) for the working of all-England routes and running omnibus services with this type of chassis, and the formation of subsidiary companies and the issue of Corporation stock and bonds, which may he receivable by the company. There is a splendid opening for Provincial developments, as most of our readers are aware, but the future of any company Gallant be gauged in advance, and in the absence of more specific information in regard to its intentions. In that the company has entered into contracts per Mr. Stuart Curzon, for the supply of Daimler chassis, it will at least have the advantage of good rolling stock. Its difficulties will arise from the creation and perfection of local organization in a number of centres, and the choice of managers.


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