The Wheels of Industry.
Page 9
Page 10
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
This journal, dealing as it does with the "Chariots of War," no less than with the "Wheels of Industry," continues of national importance. Its interests embrace impartially the transport wagon and the parcelcar, the military tractor and the steam lorry.
The Manchester Motor Show, announced for April, will not be held. All deposits are being returned.
New Registrations.
H. G. Burford and Co., Ltd. (25000), with its office at 1, Albemarle Street, London, W.
Harrison Bros. (Withington), Ltd. (23000), with its office at 127, Wilmslow Road, Withington, Manchester, to take over the business of taxicab propretors, etc.
Metropolitan Steam Omnibus Co., Ltd. (£100), with its office at 9, Grosvenor Road, Westminster, SAY, First directors, W. JoynsonHicks, M.P., and J. C. Mitchell.
Proposals and Purchases.
Aberdeen Public Health Committee is buying a motor ambulance from Claud Hamilton, Ltd.
Aldershot U.D.O. has bought a combined motor lorry and watercart, from Garrett and Sons, Ltd., for £558 10s.
Burton-on-Trent Town Council is to apply for a provisional order for powers to run motorbuses to connect up the tramways.
The L.G.B. has held an inquiry as to the application of the Port-. Land U.D.C. for authority to spend 2663 on a steam tractor.
Chesterfield U.D.O. has received a handsome Wolseley motor ambulance, as a. gift from Mr. G. A. Eastwood, an ex-Mayor of the town.
Swansea Corporation has applied to the L.G.B. for sanction to borrow 21135, in order to :purchase a Dennis motor fire-engine with pump and escape.
The L.G.B. will hold an inquiry at Hendon to-morrow (Friday) in regard to an application of the Hendon U.D.C. for a loan of £1240 for the purchase of a motor fireengine.
Barnes U.D.C. has decided to place an order for four petroldriven dust-vans, with Edison Accumulators, Ltd., and to spend 24000 on acquiring the vehicles and the necessary cells.
The Highways Committee of the County of Southampton (Hants) has decided to buy a Thornycroft four-tonner, at £785, and also to leave on order a similar vehicle from J. and E. Hail, Ltd.
Chiswick U.D.C. has definitely resolved to revert to the use of motors, and has ordered two fiveton steam lorries from the Yorkshire Stearn Wagon Co., Ltd., at £650 each, and two three-ton petrol lorries from Belsize Motors, Ltd., at 2675 each.
The total of cash receipts to the "Campaign Comforts" Fund, to Saturday last inclusive was £3205. La,rge collecting cards, are now available for display in depots and garages, and applications for them will be appreciated by the Editor, to the end that the income side of the Fund may be rapidly brought to a conclusion.
Bristol Transpoit.
The annual report of the Bristol Tramways and Carriage Co., Ltd., shows a net revenue, for the year ended the 31st December last, of £82,589. After provisiOn for debt charges, the final dividend for the year on the ordinary shares is brought to al per cent., and 28301 is added to reserve. The company's reserve now stands at .2260,010. The report states that considerable enlargements have been made at the Avonmouth, Bath and Cheltenham garages, the firstnamed a new one, and that the motor-construction works at Briglington have been found of great value in the conduct of the business at large.
The A.S.C., MT., Roll of Honour.
We are proud to note that in the long list of recommendations for distinguished service communicated by Sir John French and published in a recent issue of the London Gazette, the Army Service Corps holds a very prominent position. Amongst the names therein noted for gallant and distinguished service in the field are the following, well-known to many members of our industry and to the Editorial Staff of this journal in particular :— Capt. (temporary Major) G. K. Archibald.
Capt. M. H. F. Berkeley. Capt. (temp. Maj.) L. A. L. Carter.
Major A. M. Coekshott,
Major T. Hazlerigg-.
Sec. Lieut. (tenv. Capt.) T. S. Jackson, Spec. Res. (Att.). Capt. (temporary Major) T. J. R. Langmaid. Major W. A. M. G. MaconochieWellwood.
Major W. P. Robinson.
Major A. M. Wilson.
Mech.-Serg.-Maj. A. F. Bateman. Mech.-Staff-S erg. W. Buckle. Mech.-Serg.-Maj. H. G. Hulse. Mech.-Staff-Serg. C. Leggot. Mech.-Staff-Serg. F. G. Porton. Mech.-Serg.-Maj. J. Radcliffe. Mech.-Serg-.Maj. H. H. Way (now
Quartermaster and Hon. Lieuten ant). Mech.-Sergt.-Maj. A. G. Woodham. What is a Powerful Headlight ?
A member of the Automobile Association and Motor Union was convicted on. the 17th inst. at Mortlake on a "powerful light" summons. He was defended by the Legal Department of the A.A. The lamps complained of were electric side lamps, of six candlepower. The police, in supporting the summons, stated that the Commissioner had taken the opinion of the Law Officers of the Crown' who had given it as their view that any lamps showing a greater power than that of the ordinary oil lamp carried by taxicabs, would be considered a "powerful light" within the meaning of the Regulations now in force.
Newly-tarred Roads.
We have been interested to observe a case, which was recently brought against the Devon County Council by a Mrs. E. E. Warren, of North Tawton. This was heard by Judge Wilson, K.C.' at the Newton Abbot County Court, on the 12th inst. The lady claimed 250 damages, joining with the Devon County Council Fothergill Bros., Ltd., of Exeter, a road-construction company. Tile case turned upon the state of the highway. The evidence showed that the road, which was hilly in place's, had been tarred, but the Judge held that the road-construction company had put down sufficient chippings to fulfil its contract. The road remained in a slippery and dangerous condition' from the point of view of its use by the public, and that condition would have been avoided if the employees of the County Council had sprinkled sufficient sand or gravel on the tar before they invited
the public to use the road. No action of this nature could lie against the road authority for nonfeasance; he had to consider whether misfeasance had been proved. He held that where a road authority altered a highway, and injury was caused to an individual by such alteration, the breach of duty on the part of the authority was misfeasance. He gave judgment against the County Council for £50. He gave it against the County Council only, and not against the road-construction company,-because he held that, so far as the specific-a.tions of the Road Board• were concerned, the work had been carried out properly. On the other hand. beforethe road could be made safe. and the public invited on it, sand should have been sprinkled to provide a foothold for horses. We are asked by Mr. Arthur T. Shanks, the general manager of Rubberine, Ltd., which company's address is The Campsbourne, High Street, Hornsey, N., to point out that only Rubberine tire fillings are supplied to vehicle owners. Rubberine itself is supplied solely to manufacturers of rubber goods.
Any readers who may be desirous to obtain up-to-date information in respect of the running and supply of battery vehicles, and whose places of business are in the north of England, will do well to include Drake and ;Gorham, Ltd., of 47, Spring Gardens, Manchester, in any list of parties to whom they may address inquiries. •
The directors of Halley's Industrial Motors, Ltd., of Yoker, Glasgow, have recommended a final dividend at the rate of 30 per cent. per annum, free of income tax, in respect of the last six months of 1914, making a total distribution for 1914 at the rate of 20 per cent. per annum on the company's old shares. The new shares receive a dividend at the rate of 20 per cent, per annum, in proportion to the time for which the amounts had been paid up.
We wish to congratulate Mr. Robert J. Smith, convener of the Transport Committee of the Scottish branch-of the British Red Cross Society, upon the happy outcome of the labours with which he has been associated, for the provision of 50 ambulance cars, and other vehicles, togetherwith competent and enlisted Sottish drivers. Mr. R. J. Smith was amongst the gentlemen who were presented to H.M. the King, at Buckingham Palace, on the 17th inst.
A Hole in the Road.
The Derby Corporation claimed £21 damages, in respect of an electric-light standard, against Burrows and. Sturgess, Ltd., mineral water manufacturers of Derby, in a recent action. 17 lOs. and costs were awarded.
The driver of a motor lorry owned by the defendant company drove into a hole, which hole had been left in the road, near St. 'Peter's Church, owing to the non-completion of the repair by the Corporation's men. Judge Macpherson held that whilst he did not think the plaintiff Corporation was free from blame, because it would have been prudent either to have closed the road altogether or to have provided more warning of its condition, the driver of the motor lorry was guilty of negligence in getting into the hole, and even if he did everything reasonable in getting out of it his employers were still responsible for the damage done.
D26