PUBLIC SERVICES IN RUSSIA. •
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AS economic recovery occurs in Soviet Russia it is expected that there will he an increasing demand for up-todate means of transport in the country. The first few motorbuses arrived in Moscow about eighteen months ago, while there are now hundreds of such vehicles in use in the city. A considerable number is also in use in many other towns, and it is' expected that
motorbuses will be purchased and operated in the cities and towns by the municipalities, as well as under concession by all kinds of co-pperative organizati ons.
In South Russia, the Caucasus and Crimea, where even in rural districts the highways are somewhat better than in other parts of the country and motor vehicles can be used all the year round,
there will be an especially good demand for buses. In the picturesque Crimean and Caucasian mountain regions, where famous highways hundreds of miles long connect large towns and popular health resorts, ancient horse-drawn omnibuses will shortly be displaced by motor coaches ; in fact, considerable numbers of these are already being successfully operated in various districts.