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3rd July 1923, Page 40
3rd July 1923
Page 40
Page 40, 3rd July 1923 — PASSENGER TRAVEL NEWS.
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The Latest Doings and Developments in the Bus and Coach World.

A NEW IDEA IN PASSENGER VEHICLE SEATING. Luxurious Interior Equipment for Buses Running on Regular Service.

Ammo.. the passenger-travel movement has developed slowly in America, sigus are not wanting to show that this form of road travel is becoming very popular. • The conditions which pertain in America are somewhat dissimilar foorn those generally prevailing this country, and, on the whole, the vehicles which are in use in the United States for regular duty are of a more luxurious type than those which we are accustomed' to find in everyday employment.

This tendency is indicated in an innovation in suburban passenger transport which has recently been inaugurated by the Youngstown and Suburban Transportation Co. on vehicles plying between Youngstown, Salem, and' East Palestine, Ohio.

This company have recently put on the streets four motorbuses of the type which we illustrate on this page. The American term which is given to vehicles of this type is " chair cars," and, as will be seen, the interior equipment of the bodies is somewhat unusual for vehicles used on ordinary passenger service.

The chassis which are employed for the buses are the White Model 50, which is specially produced for passenger carrying, and the bodies, which are of roomy and capacious proportions, are built of steel. In general design and construction they follow what is more or less orthodox practice in the build of Pullman cars.

It is in the matter of interior equipment that indications are given of the special attention which has been paid to passengers' comfort and convenience. Instead of using ordinary longitudinal or transverse seats, special wickerwork chairs—or, perhaps, settees would be the better term—are employed. These chairs are disposed on each side of a central gangway and are provided with loose seat cushions and deep and wellupholstered back-rests. In most cases the seats are built totake one person only, but, ill the case of those which are disposed over the rear-wheel arches and that across the back of the body, addi

tioual passengers can easily be accommodated. The seats would 'appear to be fixed to the floorboards. Whether seats of this description are likely to prove serviceable is a moot. point, although there is little doubt that they create a more refined atmosphere.

'Vehicles of the type which we have briefly described are daily operating from Youngstown, and the luxurious travel which, they provide has been warmly commented upon by those who have occasion to use them. Apart from the actual comfort, provided by . the interior, the vehicle is also shod with pneumatic tyres, which, together with a -well-designed system of suspension, ensure smooth and easy riding for the occupants of the body. The vehicle is of the front-entrance type.

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Locations: Youngstown

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