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Considerable alterations have been made in the time tables of the Harrow, Watford and Hemel Hempstead motorbus services.
Increasing complaint is 'being made, in tram circles, that profits have, for some time., been falling all over the country, owing to the adoption of half penny fares and exceptionallylong stages.
An Opportunity at Cardiff.
The 40-year-old service of horse braes between Penarth and Cardiff has, at last, been discontinued owing to its inability to cope with more expeditious means of travel. The inauguration of a. properly-organized motor service has been suggested in the district, and single-deckers may be selected.
No Trams to Cricklewood.
The Paddington Borough Council has refused consent, by 33 votes to 7, to the proposal of the London County Council to construct tramways along Edgware Road from Marble Arch v Maida Vale and Brondesbury to Crieklewood. The council considers that sufficient public facilities will he offered by the proposed tube from Marble Arch to Cricklewood in conjunction with the already-existing, frequent, motorbu.s service. It has, also, been decided to oppose the suggested tramway from Wood Lane to the Harrow Road, through Bayswater, Westbourne Park and N. Kensington. Private-hire Motorbuses.
The very smart single-deck private motorbus, which is illustrated on this page, is ane of a number which may be hired, at short notice, for race meetings, theatre parties, excursions, etc., from Commercial Cars Hirers, Ltd., of Cambridge Circus, W.C. The
seating capacity varies from 12 in the small ones to 20 in the larger ones. These vehicles are well upholstered in leather, they are fitted with electric light, and are sprung so as to insure easy riding. The machine illustrates is fitted with the KT. pneumatic tires.
Folkestone Chars-a.bance.
Folkestone Town Council, on 6th October, received a letter from Folkestone Motors Ltd., protesting against a decision not to renew thef licences of three of the company's motorbuses, and inquiring, without prejudice, what condition the Corporation wished the cars to be put in. It was resolved to reply that the motorbuses. in question are noisy, obsolete, and in other ways unsuitable.
An Old and Foolish Joke at Leyton.
Some discussion has recently been taking place in the Leyton District Council, with regard to the motorbus traffic in the Lea Bridge Road. It is sought to impose a speed limit in that thoroughfare for motorbuses. Councillor Musgrave, however, recently expressed the difficulty in which the council finds itself, in the course of a statement that the difficulty before them was that the council was asking the county authority to fix a speed limit for the motorbuses when the council's own tramcars were " able to travel at a faster speed." He recognized that there was great danger from the traffic in Lea Bridge Road, and he emphasized his opinion by a mangled quotation of the thread-bare quip about the quick and the dead—" The quick who dodged the buses, and the dead who couldn't."
,Application for a Winter Subsidy.
The Worthing Motor Services, Ltd., has recently made application to the Southwick Urban Council for a subsidy in respect of certain contemplated winter services. The Council decided to reply that it was unable to grant any sum for the purpose indicated, and to apply to the Brighton, Hove and Preston United Omnibus Co., Ltd., to know what that company would ha prepared to do in regard to a Tinter service.
Italy's Motorbuses.
Naples has a municipal motorbus line on trial. It connects up the Piazzo Som Ferdinand° with the railway system close to Posilligo, the route passing through a number of suburbs which have hitherto had to make shift with archaic, horse-drawn buses with a top speed of somewhere near six miles an hour. The motorbuses easily double this speed, despite numerous stiff gradients. Naturally, the permanent working of the line depends on the financial results of the trials. In Genoa, too, motorbuses will shortly make their d6but, a company having obtained a concession for running them within the metropolitan area. The buses are to work over routes not served by electric cars.
Municipal Urbanity4
The Bingley Council is claiming that the Keighley Corporation have no right to run motorbuses to Bingley without a licence from the council of that town. In a recent action brought by the Bingley Council against the Keighlev Corporation, the latter admitted that, during the recent Binglev feast holidays, their motorbuses had plied for hire without a licence having been procured from the authorities at Bingley. The attitude of the proprietors of these machines was that they did not require a licence as, under a special Act obtained in 1908, it had been provided that the Corporation should provide and run motorbuses within the borough and outside the borough, along the Keighley and Bradford main road, to Bingley. Long arguments were led by the counsel engaged in an endeavour to fix the responsibility in this matter, but, eventually, the Mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of Keighley were fined 31s. with three guineas costs, and the driver of
the offending bus had to pay 5s. and 7s. fid. costs. A case for appeal has been stated, and this looks like a case of " when Turk meets Turk." The situation is one of the greatest interest for all who are concerned with motorbus developments.
Polack Tires.
We recently had the opportunity to peruse a further batch of testimonials in the possession of the Polack Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd., of 31-34, Basinghall Street, E.C. Unusuallyhigh mileages are regularly yielded_ with this make of tire, and we, amongst other records, perused correspondence with the London General Omnibus Co., the tenour of which made it clearly evident that the management of that undertaking thinks extremely well of Polack tires for motorbus use. A contrary opinion may possibly be held in some quarters, in view of the fact that the Polack Co. suffered the determination of certain large tire contracts with that company and the Vanguard Co. last year. Mr. Fritz Poppe, who is the head of. the Polack business in England, will no doubt be prepared to furnish more exact details to any interested parties.