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Our readers will be informed by the Editor on any Points connected with the construction or use of commercial motors. Where a direct reply is desired, a stamped and addressed enveloPe should be enclosed : if a request for privacy is not specially made, any query and answer may be published. Some replies, owing to pressure on our space, are held several weeks.
Re American Makes of Agricultural Tractors.
[1,770] " HANTS " writes:—". After many fruitless inquiries among my engineering friends, I am writing to see if you could help me in the following, via., a list of makers (and their addresses) of traction engines as used over in America for all kinds of agricultural work. If you would, I should be much pleased. Also, could you give me the address of the publishing offices of " The Engineer," and price of same, and, lastly, do Fedens, Ltd., build traction engines? If you would be so kind as to answer these few questions, you would be doing one of your readers a great favour."
ANSWER--We append a list of competitors in recent Canadian agricultural-motor trials, together with their add res.ses
The International. Harvester Co., Chicago, U.S.A. The Avery Co., 686, Iowa Street, Peoria, I., U.S.A. Russell and Co., Massillon, Ohio, U.S.A.
The Kinnard-Haines Co., Bryant and 44th Avenue, North Minneapolis, Minn., U.S.A.
The Gas Traction Co., Winuipeg, Man., Canada. .1. I. Cose and Co., Racine, Wis., U.S.A.
M. Rumely and Co., La Porte, Ind., U.S.A. Marshall, Sons and Co., Gaineboroueb, Eng. Gaar-Scott and Co., Richmond, Indiana, -U.S.A.
The publishing offices of "The Engineer " are. at 33, Norfolk Street., Strand, W.C. The price is Gd. per week Foden's. Ltd., does make traction engines.
Morning and Evening Motorbuses in a Country District.
[1,771] " W.G.I." writes :—" I am advised to write you on a proposed institution of a motorbus service, and I shoold feel extremely obliged if you would assist me in this matter. A meeting has been held in — with the olsjeet of seeing whether a motorbus service can he esta.blished between that place and — station. The committee formed decided that they would like a metorbus to run twice a day (morning and evening), the distance being 61 miles. There are two hills to negotiate, roughly, I in 20 and 1. in 12, My committee would like a motorbus capable of holding 12 people at least.
" Weald you kindly inform them approximately the cost of running the proposed service? They wauld feel indebted to you for any information you could afford them."
Asrswee.--You will probably get useful information by a perusal of the Editor's recent paper before the Brussels Road Congress. A copy can be sent on receipt of 6d. It would probably not pay anybody to run a has °illy two journeys a day, unless the person were some local jobmaster who could find other work for it. A good 12seated vehicle might be purchased secondhand for something in the neighbourhood of £300, and with tires in fair condition: the inclusive running cost would vary between 6d. and 9d. a mile, but the difficulty of keeping running costs down with a low daily mileage is that the incidence of driver's wages and other fixed charges then conies out comparatively high.
Elusive Petrol Rebates.
[1,772] " MILK DRALER " writes :—" Can you tell me where I have to make application for rebate of petrol duty? I have written the local Inland Revenue officer, and he says the matter is receiving attention, and he will shortly be in a position to give me the information I desire? "
ANSWER.—We cannot give you advice other than that
you should press your claim for definite information upon the local Inland Revenue officer. If he still continues to profess inability to give you the information or assistance to which you are entitled, you should make written application direct to the Commissioners for Customs and Excise, London. You would, perhaps, do well to inform the local officer that that is your intention if you cannot obtain early satisfaction from him. We should have thought that you could have obtained assistance with regard to the local procedure from the people who are supplying you with petrol. It is, of course, only a question of a certificate from you as to the manner in which you have employed the spirit which you have used, but evidently the point which is troubling you is with regard to whom you are to make application for the rebate, The local officer should certainly be in a. position to give you the rebate without further delay, and we should advise you to press for this very strongly. Perhaps, if you do not get satisfaction within the next week or so, you will again communicate with us, and we will do our best to suggest. some other means for you to adopt.
Notice to Registration Authorities.
[1,773] " Buvree ONE " writes:—" I have a motor lorry (25 h.p.) with wagonette body, with iron tires behind, and I have had this and the registration transferred to me from a man in the north of England. I want to fit a flat platform body, in the place of wagonette body, to carry goods. Please give me any information. Can I alter the description of declaration in this county, or must T write to the county it was transferred from? The lorry is a Milnes-Daimler, with iron tires 5 in. wide at rear, and rubber in front; weight of lorry unladen 2 -tons 12 vet. Should I he safe in registering this to carry 3 to ? Also, I have a tri-car to which I am fitting a box in front for a carrier ; have had another tri-car, which I used for pleasure, but have now sold. Can I transfer the registration number of this to the carrier tri-car " ANSWER.The transference of registered ownership, and the modifications of the particulars entered on the register of motor vehicles, were treated in some detail in an editorial article which appeared in this journal on the 1st December, 1910. Article IV of the L,G.B. Regulations (Registration and Licensing), 1903, commences: " If the ownership of a motorcar is changed, notice of the change shall be given either by the new or the old owner to the council with whom the motorcar is registered, and an application shall also he made either to cancel the registration of the car, or to continue the existing registration under thin new ownership." This applies to heavy motorcars, as well as to ordinary motorcars. The fee for the registration of a transference of ownership is 5s.
With regard to the change in constructional particulars, the next Article V of the same Regulations, is of impor tance. It reads : " If any circumstance . • . occurs in relation to any motorcar which affects the accuracy of any particulars entered as respects that car in the register of motorcars, the owner of the motorcar shall forthwith inform the council with whom it has been registered." No fee is chargeable for such amendment by a council. You will, therefore, note that it is only with the council which originally registered the machine that you need to communicate. The registered axle-weight of any one axle of your machine must not exceed eight tons; it must not exceed six tons if it be desired to run the vehicle with steel-tired wheels at speeds up to eight miles an hour. You do not have to declare the gross weight., but the loaded axleweight of each axle. You must put each as high as you ever expect it to reach.
With regard to the tri-cars, did you not transfer the registration numbers to the man who -bought your first machine? You must procure a new registration for the second machine, or if you bought it secondhand, get his transferred to you by the vendor.