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THE NEW GERMAN – DAIMLER BUSES.

21st May 1914, Page 4
21st May 1914
Page 4
Page 4, 21st May 1914 — THE NEW GERMAN – DAIMLER BUSES.
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The first batch of buses, with which it is intended to assist the working of the Hochbalingesselschaft new bus-train system, has made its appearance in Berlin. These vehicles are noteworthy for several of their outstanding characteristics. First of all they are painted in very glaring colours, deliberately, we learn, in order, to attract the public's attention. Bonnets, mudguards and panelling are painted an eye-straining blue, whilst the rest of the exterior paintwork is of a yellow of an equally painful type. As our Berlin correspondent puts it, the new machines are a positively parvenu combination from an sesthetic standpoint. These new machines are doubledeckers, with seats arranged in the style which is characteristic of Berlin. The inside passengers sit facing the motor or the door, as the case may be, whilst those of the top face the pavements. The garden scat arrangement for the roof, so popular in London, is taboo in There are several mechanic/0 novelties in respect of these new chassis. For instance, it is strange to find the Marien Felde engineers embodying helical gearwheel and worm back axle in place of the bevel gear and pinion, which they have so long and so successfully adopted. A further departure is the embodiment of a chain-driven gearbox.

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The engine exhibits the familiar features of the Narienfeide type of four-cylinder motor ; it gives 35 h. p. on the brake at 850 r.p.m. A Dannler-Greno carburetter is employed, and this is adapted to use heavy petrol or benzoic. The ignition is high-tension, of course, and lubrication is of the automatic forced class, The honeycomb radiator and leather cone clutch are of normal design. The gearcase has three forward speeds and reverse, the latter operated by spur, but the former, as we have already stated, by silent chains. The worm we learn is of special steel, hardened and ground, running in conjunction with a phosphor-bronze worm wheel. The propeller shaft is encased in the usual torque tube. The bus has seating and standing accommodation for :39 passengers in

all. That is five more than London.

No advertisements are allowed on the outside of these buses, and it is understood that the police are not likely to tolerate a renewal of outside advertisements on the machines belonging to the Berlin

General Omnibus Co. This ars rangernent, besides presenting a cleaner appearance, gives the company a lot of side space for furnishing particulars about the route. Our own opinion is that we should be sorry to see a similar prohibition put into effect in London. A private omnibus often looks quite drab and ordinary compared with the gaily-painted and bepostered public bus. There would be no use in such a prohibition that we can see. There is no necessity whatever to cut off this obvious source of revenue.

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Locations: Berlin, London

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