SERVICES AROUND A KENTISH CENTRE.
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A Note on the Many Local and Limited-stop Coach Routes Operated in the County.
wedge will be forced sideways until it jams the whole structure against the window pillars. If, when it is thus jammed, a particular wedge be lifted upward, the pressure will be released, the window then being free to move upward or downward.
The window frame consists of four rust-proof duralumin channels lined with rubber and held in position on the glass by corner screws and nipples, no ground edges of the glass being necessary. On each of the outer edges of the frame are secured two "cams," which slide along wedges, or inclined planes fastened in the reversed duralumin channels which, when in position, conceal these and give the window a neat appearance.
The accompanying diagram shows one of the four points in the frame at which the wedges are used. A spring is attached to the friction plate and to the Window frame, its main object being to start the pressure on the inclined plane and to retard the drop of the outer friction plate.
The windows, which are raised and lowered by a pair of thumb catches at the upper end of each side, are securely held in any desired position.
The construction of the window allows for body twist or sway, thus reducing B38
ATOWN of just over 14,000 inhabitants, Ashford, Kent, stands in an important position on the main LondonFolkestone road, 11 miles from the sea coast at Hythe and some 55 miles from London.
Standing as it does, a centre for the large number of local bus services which radiate in all directions, its traffic problem has become somewhat acute, and much is heard in the town concerning a proposal to prohibit the buses from parking in the main street. As the side streets are narrow, it becomes a matter for conjecture as to where public-service vehicles can go, unless the East Kent Road Car Co., Ltd.' decides to build a bus station as it has done in Canterbury.
The East Kent concern has a commodious garage in Station Road and an inquiry and booking office in Middle
Row. Its services include five town routes, which have a frequency of from 10 to SO minutes, according to The demands of the districts covered, and one-man operated vehicles of either Tilling-Stevens or Morris-Commercial make are used. For many services radiating from Ashford, these 14-seater Morris-Commercial buses are particularly suitable.
East Kent services also run from Ashford to Canterbury (via Wye, where the company has a smaller garage) to Rye, Appledore, Dynichnrch, and to Wye, via Hinxhill and Brook, also on two supplementary routes to Hythe. Women conductors are employed IV the company on some routes. An interesting service is one which runs right across Kent from coast to coast, that from Herne Bay to Hastings, via Canterbury, Ashford and Rye, On this service coaches do not call at Wye.
The most important service through Ashford is the Maidstone-Folkestone route, operated jointly by the East Kent and the Maidstone and District companies. Several of the latest TillingStevens Express vehicles are employed on this service. Some pf the cheapest fares in the country are found here, an example being the journey from Ashford to Hythe, a distance of 11 miles in each direction-22 miles in all—for one shilling. The Maidstone and District Motor Services, Ltd., has a garage in Ashford and operates several services from the town, chief among these being to Faversham, to Tenterden and local services to Westwell and Kennington.
The Weald of Kent Co. is also to the fore with a service to Tenterden via Shadoxharst, another to Egerton and a third to Biddenden. Well-appointed saloon coaches, on Thorns-croft and Albion chassis, are used by this company, which has its headquarters at Tenterden.
Cambrian Coaches run a frequent service to Hythe and Folkestone, and one to Teuterden. Wanstall buses are seen on a service to Hythe via Aldington and Lympne, these again being of Morris-Commercial make.