WHEELS of INDUSTRY
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The wheels of wealth will be slowed by all difficulties of transport at whatever points arising, as a carriage is by the roughness of the roads over which it runs."—John Beattie Crozier.
Garrett's Acquired by Beyer, Peacock and Co., Ltd.
We are informed by Beyer, Peacock and Co., Ltd.. the well-known locomotive builder of Manchester, that it has acquired by purchase the business and assets of Richard Garrett and Sons, Ltd., of, Leiston.
It is proposed to carry on at the Leiston works the business of general engineers under the title of Richard Garrett Engineering Works (Branch of Beyer and Co., Ltd.). Spare parts for all Garrett products are, therefore, now available, as well as any of the products formerly manufactured by Richard Garrett and Sons, Ltd. These may be supplemented as the demand arises.
The policy of the old company was to manufacture products of high quality and general utility, and the excellent reputation which Beyer, Peacock and Co., Ltd., has in the engineering world should inspire confidence in the continued production of entirely satisfactory machines" from this works.
New Edition of the Roadway Goods• Transport Guide.
Messrs. Roadway Publications, Polebrook House, Golden Square, Loudon, W.1, has recently issued the 1932-1933 edition of the "Roadway Goods Transport Guide for the British Isles." It has been completely clarified and rearranged, so as to give even greater ease of reference to motor-haulage services throughout Great Britain.
The guide forms an invaluable directory to the motor-haulage industry and contains the names and addresses of some 12,000 haulage contractors, and indicates the types of vehicle employed, as well as the classes of haulage undertaken and the area served, the depots, branches or agencies also being given. There is an index to cover 10,000 regular and long-distance services which are operated all the year round to all parts of the country, together with a supplementary list of local hauliers. 'Where possible the minimum weight accepted by contractors for conveyance on their services is given. Other sections of the guide deal with road-transport clearing houses and coastal shipping services, whilst there is a warehousing and wharfingers' section, in which storage capacity, particulars ti cranes, plant and other facilities available are listed. The price of the guide has been reduced to 12s. 6c1.
A Lecture on Fatigue in Metals.
The first of a series of gatherings in connection with the forthcoming joint autumn meeting of the Iron and Steel Institute and the Institute of Metals will be held at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Storey's Gate, Westminster, London, S.W.1, on September 12th, at 8 p.m., when Dr. H. J. Gough, M.B.E., superintendent of the engineering department of the National PhysicalLaboratory, will deliver the annual • autumn lecture of the Institute of Metals, his subject being "Corrosion Fatigue in Metals."
Cards of admission can be obtained from the secretary of the Institute st 30, Victoria Street, London, S.W.1.
An Analysis of Sales by Licensing Districts.
In our issue dated July 5th we reviewed the Home Market Analysis (No. 6) issued by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. In deference to many requests, the Society has now issued, as a supplement to this analisis, information relating to the soles of motor vehicles in individual licensing districts.
The data given relate to new vehicles registered for the first time in the 'United Kingdom for the years ended September, 1930, and September, 1931, which period corresponds with the manufacturers' production year and links up with the annual census of road vehicles which takes place in September,
Goods-carrying vehicles, according to unladen-weight classifications, hackney carriages by seating Capacity, tractors and exempt vehicles' are dealt with in the supplement, which can be obtained from the statistical department of the Society, 83, Pall Mall, London, S.W.1. price 10s. post free. It is valuable as indicating the preference of various classes of population, thus serving as a useful guide to makers and traders as to the potential volume of business likely to be obtained.
A New Railcar with an A.E.C. Oil Engine.
The first rail-coach equipped with an oil engine to be used in Ireland recently made a trial run between Dublin and Thawth, on the system of the Great Northern Co., the vehicle maintaining an average speed of 40 m.p.h.
The coach has been construeted with the object of augmenting existing train services on sections of the line between Dublin and Belfast, where the traffic does not warrant the use of additional steam trains. It is 40 ft. long, 9k ft. -wide and seats 50 passengers.
The motive unit is the latest type of A.E.C. high-speed oil engine, and a Fluid Flywheel and eptoyclic gearbox are incorporated in the transmission system. The maximum speed obtainable is said to be 60 m.p.h. The complete coach weighs 181 tons.
The coach can he. used, if necessary, as part of an ordinary steam train and be released at a given station to continue its journey as a self-contained vehicle. The interior of the vehicle closely resembles that of a motorbus.
Oil-engined Coaches on Trial in France.
According to our French contemporary, Le Poids Lourci, a number of passenger transport undertakings. in France is carrying out experiments
with oil-engined vehicles. •
The Societe Auxiliaire des Chemins' de Fer de l'Est Francais has equipped coaches with Saurer oil engines ; the Societe de Transports Auxiliaires dii Chemin de Fer du Nord has a Renault coach on test; whilst the Compagnie Generale Industrielle de Transports is running two similar vehicles in the Pas de Calais Department.