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fewer motorbus alarms nowadays.
about many things, months after the " C.M." has had them.
That the plans for the C.M.U.A. Parade of 1911 are well in hand already.
That Lancashire's loss will be Kent's gain, the possibility of July last (No. 281) having been turned into a certainty.
That a " Commer-Car " type of gearbox is the feature of a new model of pleasure car that will be staged at the Olympia Show this month.
That a contemporary has recently discovered that steel is now used as the material fox many parts which formerly were made of cast-iron or of gunmetal.
That the City of London has practically completed its relighting scheme for Cheapside, and that obstruction doe to the old electric-light standards on the footpath in that thoroughfare will soon be a thing of the past.
That the F.T.A.T. Cab Co. Ltd., is not opening a depot in London Bridge railway station, and that the new cabs, of which a small fleet is usually stationed mi the fast-goods. delivery platforms, are only waiting for tires.
That 1 lb. of bread, 2 or. of cheese and a quart of cold tea per 24 hours, does not appeal to a steam-wagon driver as fit and proper manceuvre rations, and that most owners will agree that one day at a time of such dietary escapades is about the limit.
That Ogden Smith, the well-known London sports outfitter, who last Xmas used a huge motor-borne "Teddy Bear" as an advertising device, now has a large delivery van, profusely decorated with dummy fireworks, engaged in stimulating interest in the coming celebration of Guy Fawkes's little cellar essay.
That Councillor Russell, of Westminster, who is also well known as the ladies' outfitter of Wardour Street, is highly satisfied with the Auto-carrier which he is running, in addition to a light motorvan, and that he competes that it replaces three horses—a manifest advantage to the City of Westminster, as well as to himself.
That the challenge of the " Commer-Car " sales, staff for a miniature-rifle match, which was mentioned in our issue of last week, was immediately accepted by the Waring Cadet Corps, many of whose members belong to the Transport Department of that concern, that the match will take place on Waring's range on Friday, and that THE COUMEECIAL MOTOR will be there to see—and to hear. it is not the oil that scores.
That the inquiries after that Overseas brochure of ours are really tinged with pathos.
That the new experimental telephone cab-call will be of immense service to our Editor_ That numbers of London's older-type motorbuses are booked for service in the capital of a neighbouring country in the near future, and that they will not be shipped via Antwerp or Hamburg.
That a picture of a taxi-driver's face, when he sees a doubting passenger produce our pamphlet of " Twenty Points," should make a first-rate frontispiece for the next edition of that useful publication.
That the state of the Army's Mechanical Transport Department, which, a few weeks ago was regarded with complacence in certain quarters, is now described as an urgent matter of grave national importance.
That no resilientwheel tests can be regarded as any good unless load variations equivalent to empty and full running of the vehicles are imposed, and that this one condition is quite enough to " knock out " several devices.
That it would be worth the while of many steam-wagon owners to teat the axle-weights of their wagons in ordinary running conditions—tank full, bunker full, all stores aboard as generally used, and with the platform evenly loaded until the axle-weights are as registered, in order that, if caught with an excess, they may know who is to be blamed.
That a number of the old roadside pumps on the Bath road, which were placed there by the Turnpike Trust, are still kept in order, that the renovation of others might be useful in the future for steam road transport, and that their original purpose was to provide water for dust-laying on roads, over parts of which coaches often passed at intervals of leas than every five minutes.
That one of the privileges of mail-van contractors is the carriage of " freshly-printed newspapers " for delivery along the mail route, provided that such collection and delivery does not interfere with the time-table of the mail service, and that provincial mail carriers may add to the revenue of their vans by judicious contracting for the delivery of early-morning newspapers to newsagents.
That, although one of the pleasantest ways for a visitor to see London is from the front inside seat of a motorbus, this is rendered impossible by the useless back bars and advertisements exactly on the sight line of the windows, and that it would be to the interest of the proprietors to abolish these, and also to forbid the drivers to hang up their wet mackintoshes where they block out the view in front.