The Plymouth-to-London Daily Service.
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Further to the paragraph which appeared in our last week's issue concerning the inauguration of a daily coach service between Plymouth and London, we learn that the plans of the promoters, Messrs. Overington, Ash and Harris, have so far matured that a super-saloon coach has been ordered for delivery before the beginning of next year, When an experimental service will be run. There will be an armchair seat for each of the passengers, and the rear portion of the coach will be arranged in the form of an observation saloon. It has, however, been decided not to include a kitchen for the cooking of naeals to be taken en route, as it is felt that the passengers may welcome the opportunity for partaking of meals at an intermediate town. The regular fares and time-table will not be fixed until after an experimental trip has been made: Dennis Gully-emptiers in London.
Quite a number of municipal authorities in the London area uses Dennis machines for the purpose of gully-emptying, and in the metropolitan area alone 12 such appliances are in service. Ono of these is the Borough of Holboru, which is employing the appliance shown in an accompanying illustration. The tank is of 1,100-gallon capacity, and it is mom4ed on-an example of the Dennis Ceton chassis.
Points to be noted in the design of the appliance include the spherical joint for eliminating wear between the suction hose and the suction pipe, the provision of a rotating jib from which the suction pipe is suspended and balanced, and the lay-out of the exhaust pipe which discharges vertically behind and abova the cab. A particularly high angle can be obtained when it is desired to discharge the contents of the tank.
It will be remembered that the Dennis gully-emptier now has the tank divided into two compartments so that gullies may he resealed with clean water after emptying, the water flowing through a short hose leading from the front of the tank. It should be mentioned that the appliance illustrated, which has only been in use a few weeks, was a repeat order from the Holborn Borough Council.
Orders for Shefflex Chassis.
The Sheffiex Motor Co., Tinsley, Sheffield, advises us that it has recently received orders for Shelllex chassis from the S. and M. Railway Co. for two 3040-ewt. chassis, from Mr. O. Taylor, of Woodbridge; for a 40-50-cwt, chassis, from Kiveton Park Wire Works for one vehicle, whilst Messrs. Coupe Bros. have also placed a repeat order.
A Lancashire Motorbus .Amal. gamation.
Shareholders of the Lancashire and Westmorland Motors, Ltd., the headquarters of which are at Lancaster, have just agreed to sell their assets to Ribble Motor Services, Ltd. The amalgamation will involve the transference of 73 vehicles, so that the latter concern will now be operating over 350 motorbuses.
For some time there has been a working agreement between the two companies and one effect of the merger will be the control of routes extending from Liverpool in the south to Keswick in the north and from Southport and Blackpool in the west to Collie and Skipton in the east.
Fire-engine Construction in America.
News is to hand by a recent American mail of an amalgamation of the businesses of the American La Franca Fire Engine Co„ of Elmira, N.Y., and the Foamite-Childs Corporation, under the title of the American La France and Foamite Corporation. The former concern is one of the most important builders of fire-engines in America.
A Question of the Emergency Door.
Au application by the United Automobile Services, Ltd., for a licence for a new type of 20-seater de luxe saloon hts has been turned down by the hackney carriage committee of the Darlington Corporation because the emergency door is on the same side of the body as the ordinary entrance and exit. The chassis, which is an Associated Daimler, is provided with a luxurious body. All seats are of the -armchair type and are free to be moved at the desire of the passenger. The vehicle is fitted with a small buffet and toilet accommodation is included.
Lamps for Bus Interiors.
Dixonia, Ltd., 4, Portsmouth Street, London, W.C.2, has just placed a number of new designs of lamp for buses and coaches on the market. Most of these are built for fixing in the roof and are of distinctive patterns. A special lamp for step or pillar fitting is marketed, an interrupter switch being provided when the lamp is used as a step light. A new and attractive all-metal fitting which takes standard bus bulbs sells at a moderate figure.