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Special Features of This Issue
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Luton has successfully replaced trams by buses. Page 122,
S.T.R. gives reasons for increasing municipal haulage
rates. Page 134.
The nwnicipal motors of Southampton are dealt with in
detail.Page 124.
An invaluable feature for municipal buyers is the abridged specifications of vehicles and appliances. Page 144.
Interesting statistics of passenger-vehicle operation are contained in our article on the growth of municipal enter
prise. Page 110. Our analysis of municipal bus services is brought up-to-. date. Page 138.
The relationship of trolleybus operation to the Grid is
explained. Page 126.
Conceptions of present and future refuse-collecting vehiela
are described. Page 112.
A striking article deals with economic factors in the
haulage of road materials. Page 114.
Latest information is given concerning the proposed muni
cipal merger in the Manchester area. Page 130. A COMMON complaint amongst public-service1-1. vehicle operators is the heavy expense in which they are involved by the Road Traffic Act. The managing director of a concern owning some 70 vehicles recently told us that two members of his stall are engaged solely on legal matters, such as copying details of licence applications. Their wages may well amount to £400 a year, this figure being additional to the heavy fees paid to counsel for advice and representation, and the cost of the time of important officials of the company.
APROBLEM which has to be faced in construct ing all-metal bodywork is that of preventing the possibility of rust weakening the structure during service. In connection with the production of its new steel-framed bodywork, Leyland Motors, Ltd., has installed. apparatus to render all-metal body parts highly rust resistant. The process is commercially known as bonderizing, and consists of dipping the iron or steel part in boiling water in which a concentrated chemical powder has been dissolved. This forms a solution that reacts quickly upori the metal, changing the character of its surface to a rustresisting non-metallic base for final finishes. The texture is such as to set up capillary attraction, so that, when paint or enamel is applied, a lasting bond is formed. THERE are many interesting examples of the 1 longevity of motor vehicles amongst those used by municipal authorities. For instance, Eastbourne has asked Leyland Motors, Ltd., to report on the probable life of its 1912 fire-engine, also as to the cost of converting it to pneumatics and reconditioning it, whilst at Ipswich a 3i-ton Orwell electric put on the road in 1915 has been in constant operation since then; another with 13 years to its credit has recently been modernized and equipped with pneumatics. In Manchester, also, the first battery-electric vehicle purchased by the municipal electricity department is giving satisfaction after more than 18 years.
A MONGST the amendments recently made by the 1-1-Bombay Government Authorities in the Public Conveyance (Motor Vehicles) Rules, 1922, is one controlling the hours of drivers. These are to be practically the same as in England, no driver being allowed to control a vehicle for more than 51 hours continuously without a rest of half an hour before the next period of driving. Every driver is to have one day in the week free from duty. In addition, bus proprietors are to maintain a reserve of vehicles equal to 10 per cent, of the number normally required, whilst medical certificates as to the fitness of the drivers must be produced before the renewal of permits.