Culled from Contemporaries.
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Instances of Differing Views on the Industry and its Allies.
Terse Comment.
Oxford is the home of Lost Causes; and one of them is the tramway horse." Electrical Industries."
Vale.
This last invention—the pareelear—has put the finishing touch to horse van delivery.—" Cooper's Vehicle Journal."
A Terminological Inexactitude.
The short answer to our correspondent is that the trams are run on business lines, and do pay—handsomely.—" The Star."
Room for Thought.
If some people would make vans that are as good as their description of them, the office boy would do for a sales manager.—" The Austin Advocate."
Nomenclature of -Oil Fuels.
It is difficult to imagine anything in common use in which the nomenClature is involved in greater complexity than that of oil.—` The Motor Ship and Motor Boat."
tiz, Where Tarred Roads Fail.
Tarring does indeed, suppress almost entirely dust produced by the wear of the road surface, but it is of no avail against dust carried by the wind or by vehicles. —" The Sanitary Record."
he Transitionary Stage.
Indiarubber v like everyth'ing else, passed through many stages of develop. meat and evolution according to the uses to which they were destined to be put.— "Cooper's 'Vehicle Journal."
The Case for the Prosecueon.
If the Council goes on running trams when the superior convenience or motorbuses has been shown by experiment, it is not trading with the ratepayers' money, but throwing it away.—" The Spectator."
Why is Petrol ls. 6d. a Gallon?
As soon as you commence to talk about the price of any commodity you can always get the reply "Supply and demana," which is generally enough to squelch the average disputant.—" Gas Power Age," Winnipeg.
The Streets are for Business.
It is a duty that authorities, teachers, and parents owe to the young to bring home to their thoughtless minds that the London streets—or those of any large town for that matter—are not sate playgrounds.—" The Auto Motor Journal."
Engineer's Best Customer.
As was anticipated in this column a fortnight ago, the machinery exhibition at Olympia has been followed by a strong buying movement. The accession of business conies from the automobile industry.—" The American Machinist." Lucky Londoners.
Surely Londoners have every reason to be satisfied with the wonderful system of transport which they now enjoy.— " The Daily Telegraph.''
Better Than Horses.
A tractor is far superior to horses. Depending on the size of the tractor, it easily will replace 15 to 30 sturdy horses in road-construction work.—" Gas Power Age."
A Nice Metal Groove.
Where the raiuwas cannot go the motor can ; and it is a great advantage to have vehicles that ean run without the streets being pulled about for laying and relaying lines.—"Saturday Review."
Intelligent Perception.
It may be that one contributory cause to this end (a speed limit of 4 m.p.h.), is the number of breakdowns caused by the jolting of the buses over the badly-worn road.—" The Thames Valley Times."
Civilization Unlimited.
Ever since the farmer became the proud possessor of a general-purpose motorcar he has to a great extent removed the disabilities of way-back pioneering.—" Progress," New Zealand.
Coming Improvements.
Some time must elapse before the fish, milk, bread, greengrocers', and wood cart drivers realize that they can no longer wander over the public thoroughfare at their own sweet will.—" Motoring in South Africa."
An American View.
It is not expected that the worm drive will show any perceptible decrease but there is a country-wide feeling dial it will more and more come into vogue, and particularly on commercial vehicles. —" The Automobile," New York.
Hi! Hi!! Hi!!! Immortalized in Pictures.
The thrilling gallop at which the Brigade horses are wont to be driven through the streets—one of the most sensational of London's "sights "—will soon be witnessed for the last time.— " Gloucester Citizen."
The Limit.
It is only the competition of the motorbus that keeps the L.C.C. trams from crawling in a manner that would justify a speed limit and blue goggles for any fairly athletic tortoise.—" Liverpool Daily Courier."
Why Not Stay At Home?
At present his (cyclist's) position is precarious in the extreme, and instead of raising a finger in his protection, the daily Press cries aloud for his abolition. Could anything he more futile or fatuous?—' Cycling."
The Way of the Wicked.
The motor-omnibus companies had therefore better take care. They are committing the two-fold crime of making money and of supplying the public with what it wants.—" The Daily Mail."
Good Roads are Essential.
There is no artificial cure for high prices but that better distribution of the population which good roads will bring about, will gradually work a change." American Motorist " New York.
Each Truck Another Nail.
Each truck put into use for freight and goods handling will make for more speed and efficiency. As this efficiency increases at new points new lines can take up the truck and make it pay, so that coming in cumulative numbers a few years hence should sec the unsanitary and wasteful horse abolished from cities.—" Motor Age," Chicago.
Drivers Should Note.
The mental standard of the motor truck driver must be as much in advance of the teamster's as the new methods are in advance of the old.
History but repeats itself in the present attitude of teamsters toward the new vehicle. Drivers of the old stage coaches opposed the coming of the railway—but the wise ones took up steam engineering.—" Horseless Age," New York.
Pleasure Cars Not Important.
Then, with regard to the effects of a shortage (of petrol), it may be worth while to look at the nature of the disaster which has been foretold should supplies fail. Of the 50,000,000 gallons imported in a year, the greater part is consumed by pleasure cars. But if everyone of those vehicles were kept stationary until we starved, or communications were reopened, it would not form any great disaster. If the time should ever come for supplies to be cut off, the absence of fuel for pleasure cars will never be noticed; while the vehicles within the country, required for warlike purposes could, after existing stocks were depleted, easily be supplied by means of shale spirit.— " The Motor 'World."
"A Horse! A Horse!"
On 15th November we witnessed a turn out of the York fire brigade. The opening of the performance was advertised by the firing of a rocket, which appears to be the usual means of notifying the inhabitants generally that "business is meant." On arrival at the fire station, the remarkable spectacle was seen of a fully-equipped engine, surrounded by firemen in remarkably bright helmets—waiting patiently for the arrival of their fiery steeds. The rocket was fired at 11.20 p.m., and at 11.33 certain energetic cab horses arrived. Four minutes afterwards a start was made. The destination of the fire fighters was a country district—it appears that, in such circumstances, it is not usual to utilize the smart motor fire engine on show at headquarters 1—" John Bull."