AN INTERESTING MAUDSLAY SINGLE-DECK BUS.
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Our illustration shows a recent Maw:Islay-delivery to Belfast, in the form of a single-deck omnibus. Quite a new type of body is here mounted on the company's four-ton standard chassis. Spacious seating capacity is provided, the full eomplement of passengers numbering :it. There are ninny novel features incorporated, and the body has a most pleasing appearance ; it is of the torpedo type.
There is accommodation for carrying bulky luggage on the roof, and a Ladder is provided for loading up from the back of the vehicle. The body interior is divided into two compartments, the, forward end being-reserved for non-smokers.
Seats run round the sides of the body, whilst, in the centre, there is sufficient room for two or three camp stools in each compartment. The driver is well protected, all eon. trol being enclosed. The windscreen fitted is a special feature, each half being built up in two sections, which tends greatly to prevent risk of breakage. The windows of the body are made detachable by means of suitable screws and locknuts operated from the inside of the vehicle, so that it should be an ideal machine for use in both summer and winter service. Care has been taken to afford means for providing suitable ventilation, and special forms of louvres are. provided with light shutter boards, fitted and operated, of course, from the inside of the bus ; they are so built as to enable a current of air to be directed along the inside of the roof.
The colour scheme of the equipment is quite unique ; the chassis, radiator, bonnet and, front of dash are painted red, the. body waist is finished in aluminium and black lines, whilst the window frames are of rosewood and the top portion of the body painted black. The lighting is effected entirely by acetylene. Altogether the machine is a very interesting type of delivery. As before stated, it is being used in Belfast, and was put through to the order of Mr. A. Stringer of that city, who is the Maudslay Co.'s north of Ireland agent. The vehicle gives one the impression of exceptional comfort.