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Correspondence.

19th September 1907
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

ish versus Foreign Motorbus Chassis.

The Editor, "THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR." :—I have followed with interest the growing total of don's public-service vehicles, and comparisons between various types and the length of time they have been on road bring forth some interesting points. According to figures in the issue of the 12th September, I see that 1 firms as Eugene Brilli6 and Company, Limited, ScheibDucommun, Germain, and Turgan, have no vehicles iii on the road at present, whilst a year ago, between n, they accounted for no less than 37. The Diirkopps, have dropped from 32 to 1. All these are Continental cers. Yet the total has enormously increased and one s on the list for this year such well-known names as istrong Whitworth and Co., Ltd., the Brush Electrical iiteeringCo., the British Thomson Houston Co., Ltd., the All-British Car Co., Ltd. Is it that owners find the ish-built vehicle more satisfactory and reliable? Such ild certainly seem to be the case.—Yours faithfully, " Appreciation.

The Editor, " THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR."

ir :—Permit me to thank you for "THE COMMERCIAL ant " illustrated handbook to the trials. I consider it valuable guide to anyone interested in these trials of a s of vehicles which, I consider, will revolutionise the Be on our roads for haulage and transport work. In e, I hope to see the railways, with their exorbitant .s for goods, regard the commercial motor vehicle (if do not already) as a serious competitor in the business foods transportation.

he maps, illustrations, and descriptions of competing ides are splendidly compiled, and it is a book full of resting facts and figures, and is just the thing for refer Wishing the trials and " THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR" ich I have read since No. 1) all the success they deserve, am, yours truly,

WALTER S. Low.

.fling Off Petrol in Case of Fire.

The Editor, "THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR."

it :—With regard to the recent unfortunate accident in ch the driver of a motorbus was burnt to death, we conathat this accident was entirely due to the position in the petrol tank was placed, and to the imperfect argement for shutting off the petrol in the case in question. he system which we employ for the supply of petrol is as aws, and the advantage of our method is that in case of , the driver can stand quite clear and turn off the petrol :tout the slightest liability of getting it on his hands and lies.

le petrol tank is of the gravity type and is situated ler the driver's seat. The objection to this type of tank hitherto been the difficulty of turning off the petrol in case of fire. This we have entirely overcome by making a screw-down valve, which can be actuated from outside the car. Our tank is provided with petrol strainers of the inverted type, and a stopped-up petrol pipe is an absolute impossibility, as no obstruction can possibly pass through them or stop them up.

As a second precaution, we fit a gauze strainer inside the tank at the filler. Knowing the tendency of drivers to reshove these, or to stab them through, so as to he able to fill up quicker, we place this strainer in a position where the driver cannot get at it to injure it. Our pipes for oil and petrol are of unusual -size and thickness, being half-inch diameter and 14 gauge. No liner is brazed or soldered to the pipe. The ring, which forms the joint, is forced up out of the pipe itself by a special machine, thereby entirely avoiding the weakening of the pipe which always occurs when it is brazed into the liner.

We feel certain that the above will be of interest to your readers.—Yours faithfully, For COMMERCIAL CARS, LIMITED, JULIAN A. IIALFoRo. Craven House, Kingsway, W.C.

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