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Motorbuses Cheapest to Run
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nBSERVATIONS on the comparative
merits of trams, motorbuses and trolleybuses were given by Mr. E. R. L. Fitzpayne, general manager of Glasgow Transport Department, in a report to the transport committee. An analysis of costs and earnings revealed that the motorbuses, which had the lowest cost per mile of the three types of machine, suffered the heaviest deficit per mile.
Part of the reason was that the motorbuses had a higher minimum fare and tended to be less heavily loaded than the other vehicles. The cost of repairs and maintenance was greatest for the trams, which had a high average age. The trolleybuses, most of which were new, were the cheapest in this connection.
The ideal vehicle for use in the city was one with a large overload capacity for peak-hour operation. Mr. Fitz
payne thought that the double-decker was not the most suitable. He recommended that 450 old trams be abandoned as soon as possible and said that future transport policy should depend upon the department's power station at Pinkstosn. Because it produced cheap current, the electric vehicle had advantages over oil-engined types.
A MAGNETIC DRAIN PLUG
A MAGNETIC drain plug which 1-1, arrests the circulation of ferrous particles in the lubricating oil, is being marketed in this country by Parion Products, Ltd., Parion House, Witham, Essex. Whilst the idea is not new, it is claimed that this device, which is known as the Chip, is made of a material which will retain its magnetic properties indefinitely.
Plugs are available for practically every make of vehicle, being made to replace the existing drain plugs in the engine, gearbox and back axle.
GOOD PACKING SAVES CLAIMS
" GOOD-QUALITY packing material is half the battle. Avoid the temp
tation to .` make do' with old and unsuitable containers—it is more expensive in the Tong run." This advice to consignors is given in a , leaflet on package protection issued by the Road Haulage Executive to customers with their accounts.
It gives many hints on how the risk 328 of damage to goods in transit may be reduced and states that the most important causes of delay or non-delivery are incorrect addresses and loss of labels. The leaflet has been prepared as part of a drive to cut down the number of claims.
N.C.B.s AT DAIRY SHOW
TWOproducts will be exhibited by Smith's Electric Vehicles, Ltd., Gateshead-on-Tyne, at the Dairy Show to be held at Olympia from October 21-24. One will be the N.C.B. 2-ton dairy truck which can carry 200 gallons of bottled and crated milk, and the other the Percheron three-wheeler 'which can carry 125 gallons.
COVER FOR PICK-UPS
TAILORED double-texture waterproof covers for Austin A40 and A70, Morris-Cowley and Standard pickups have been introduced by the CarMat Co., Ltd., 16 Colville Road, London, W.11. The covers are arranged to be attached to the pick-up body by a number of methods. With the exception of the cover for the Morris-Cowley model, the cost is £2 15s. A MorrisCowley cover costs £3 3s.
FIVE OPERATORS FINED £125
FOR permitting coaches to be used without road service licences for the week-end leave travel of airmen at Honington aerodrome, five operators were tined a total of £125 at Ixworth. Twelve airmen and three former airmen, summoned for causing the vehicles to be used, were unconditionally discharged.
The operators concerned were Messrs. H. R. Camplin, Sevenoaks; Orpington Coaches. Orpington; Travel House (Luton), Ltd.. Luton; Avonley Coaches, Ltd., London, S.E.14, and Corona Coaches, Sudbury.
First RF Bus in London•
THE first single-deck bus of the RF
type went into service with London Transport last week on a central area route. It is basically the same as a Green Line coach and has an A.E.C. Regal Mark IV chassis and an M.C.W.
all metal 41-scat body. Standard RT components have been incorporated as far as possible.
Seven windows are provided on each side, four being of the quarter-drop type. Route-indicator boxes are in the same position as on Green Line vehicles, but an extra route-number panel is placed above the entrance.
The new bus is the first of 225. which will gradually replace the prewar T, LT and Q types now operating in the central area. A start will afterwards be made on replacing pre-war single-deckers in the country bus fleet.
These replacements will differ from the town vehicles in having power-operated doors.
When this programme has been completed, all London Transport's singledeckers will be post-war models except for a few 20-seaters.
NEW ANTI-GLARE GLASS
nESIGNED to minimize the glare
and heat of the sun, a new type of safety glass called Sundym is being manufactured by the Triplex Safety Glass Co., Ltd. Made in various forms, laminated and toughened, curved and flat, the glass is tinted light green. It absorbs heat without unduly reducing light transmission.
In the form supplied for windscreens, the glass is shaded, at the top to a depth of 4 ins. or 5 ins. The top is dark green and the colouring is reduced towards the centre of the pane until it becomes the normal shade. Transmission of visible light is high, but much of the near infra-red radiation is absorbed.
At the-Commercial Motor Showlhis month, a number of coachbnilders will be exhibiting coaches in which Sundym glass has been used for windscreen panels, roof lights and quarter lights.
COMMITTEE'S TERMS EXTENDED
THE Minister of Transport has extended the terms of office of the members of the Welsh .and Scottish Transport Users' Consultative Committees until July 31, 1953.