PARKING PLANS FOR VISITING COACHES.
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Oilicial Information, Aided by Maps, which Should Prove of Inestimable Value to Coach-Proprietors.
OUR NEW feature under the above heading is now firmly established., and it. is etident • from the numerous inquiries Which we have already -received from coach omesze and, drivers in all parts of tile country that we have devised :a scheme which, as the season advances, will prove a guide, philosopher and. friend to many hundrede peo prietors and their driver-employees. old bands in the business, with a working knowledge of the difficulties shrrounding the setting dowe and picking up of passengers and the parking at coaches, have given evidence of their appreciation of our efforts to seduce the worries associated with tho running of halfday, whole-day and particularly long-distance tours, whilst many newcomers, who intend this season to swell the munber of coach proprietors, have expressed their satisfaction in no halfhearted way.
The official partici:1.1,ms and the snaps which we. are publishing week by week should of special benefit to new . users, Who are, in many cases, probably unaware of the various restrictions besetting their enterprise, but the information will also well repay a close study by moth experienced users, particularly as the facilities provided insome places for the season just opened greatly differ from these in force in 1921. Moreover; some conservative authorities in districts which figure largely Oil the itineraries Of .coach owners, who always wait till the lead has been set by more enterprising bodies, have only just awakened to the cogent need for the provision of parking apace for incoming coaches, and the arrangements which they are making have only just bee,, settled. There is hOt a popular coaching district in the Kingdom which will not be covered by our scheme, although it will obviously take -many months to exhaust the complete list of towns and dities in which -special arrangements are enforced, amongst oilier reasons; for the protection of coach owners' interests.
We have official information in our possession dealing with the facilities provided in most of these places for the reception of visiting coaches, and, we will, as already intimated, gladly forward, through the post, particulars concerning any town or .eity to any coach owner who applies to the Editor, upon remittance of the -cost of postage. Many owners and drivers have already availed-, themselves of their service.
Coach owners and drivers cannot afford to be without t h e valuable information which we are publishing—at least, not that part of it which concerns the areas in which their vehicles run—anti, . if it is impassible to assess its immediate value, it should certainly be preserved for future guidance. Owners should pass the information on to their driver-employees, 'Ion by so doing they will obviate the need for drivers ascertaining details of which
they should have been cognisant before setting out. Passengers are inclined to view askance the interference of the police, and to avoid the occurrence of disturbing Mei dents of any description which nullify the pleasures of road touring, Owners should be sure that their drivers are in full possession of details concerning setting down, parking and loading up. Such information can only be gleaned from a weekly study of our " Parking Plans for Visiting Coaches." They should not forget that. the regulations applying to any one area do not necessarily apply in tellers, even though they be in close proximity.
We should make it clear that the particulars we intend to publish will not only concern towns and cities in Englaed, hut they will also deal with many Of the prominent coaching centres in Scotland and Wales. We have already dealt with the parlring-dacilities at Oxford, Norwich, Cardiff, Clacton, Carnarvon, Penzance, Portsmouth, Canterbury, Exatee and Weymouth (the iseres in which the respective details appeared are given in a tablet on the previous page), and below we deal with the regulations which are in force in Bournemouth, Llandudno, Worcester and York:— • BOIIIMEMOUTH.---Coaches entering this South-Coast town are permitted to park at the two places provided by the borough -council, viz:—Bellevue Yard Pier Approach and Corporation Depot, Wharf Road:
LLANDUDNO,—The arrangements for accommodating visiting coaches here will be the same, as those in existence last THE new 2-ton Austin chassis differs in but, few respects from its predecessors. This is not through any lack of ingenuity on the part of its designers, but for the simple and sound reason that the previous model 141,s given such eminently satisfactory service that it has been deemed unadvisa,ble to alter anything more than a few details. The major difference lies in the substitution of a two-piece cardan shaft for theenore 2rdinary type previously employed. The new oarclan shaft has three universal joints, -those at' the extreme ends being of the block-and-slipper type, whilst the central joint is of the star variety. Naturally, e ball bearing, supported by a cross-member, has to be provided for the tail-end of the first portion of the
ehaft. • It will be noted from our illustrations of the vehicle • that it is mounted on B22
single pneumatic tyres all round : these are 36 ins. by 6 ine, at the front and 38 ins. by 7 ins. at the rear. In conjunction with the pneumatic tyres, a neat single-cylinder air pump is provided and is driven fir-at through a throw-in spiral gear from the camehaft, and thence through a pair of bevels.
As the remainder of the chassis fellows Austin standard practice, we will enumerate only briefly the ealient features. A four-eylinder monobloc engine, with detachable head and 3i-in. bore and 5-in. stroke, transmits its drive through season. An open space, 30 ft. long by 40 ft. wide, is set aside in Conway Road at one corner of the football, ground and quite doze to the L. and NM. Railway station. A fee of Is. 6d, per vehicle per day is :charged. Locally owned coaches are not allowed to use this space.
1•VoncEsien.--Two distinct areas are set aside in Worcester for parking visiting coaches, one on the east side of the River Severn and the other on the west side. That on the west side is known as The Pinch, the other, on the opposite bank, being known as The -North Quay. Both spaces Are close to Severn Bridge.
YORK.—With the exception of Saturdays, charsa-bancs visiting York can park in Parliament Street or Piccadilly. On this day the market is held in the former street, and the only ground available is that in Piccadilly. Both sites are located in the centre of the city.
asingle-plate Ferodo-faced clutch to a gearbox giving four speeds forward and a reverse.. Engine, clutch and gearbox form a unit which "ca-n be removed in toto. Behind the gearbox is a powerful loco-type foot brake, and the final drive is by overhead worm, the axle being of the full-floating variety.• The second brake, which is hand-operated, has internal-expanding shoes which act on drums bolted to the rear wheels.
One of the features of the Austin is the arrangement of ite steering gear, which is carried beside the radiator,