DELAY IN BRISTOL'S CHANGE-OVER PLANS
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OWING to a shortage of steel, the buses which were to be used in the next stage of Bristol's change-over will not be completed in time for them to be put into service this month, as was originally intended. The Bristol Tramways and Carriage Co., Ltd., announces that the date of the change-over will prol ably be early July. •
Meanwhile, a conference between the Company and the Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd., to discuss the staggering of hours to facilitate transport arrangements for the latter concern's 20,000 workpeople, has reached a position of deadlock.
NEW GARAGE FOR MANCHESTER'S GROWING BUS FLEET.
ANEW garage is to be erected at Wythemshawe, to accommodate Manchester's ever-increasing fleet of motorbuses caused through the gradual change over from trams. Work on the building has already commenced. In addition to a suite of administrative offices, a rest room and refreshment bar for employees, accommodation for 100 bus.es will be provided.
When complete, the building will have the largest shell-roof in the country—the main roof being designed to extend 168 ft. • SINGLE-DECK TROLLEYBUSES FOR WEST HARTLEPOOL.
PIA RECENT delivery to West Hartlepool Corporation comprised three two-axle single-deck trolleybuses, which are Characterized -by their distinctive appearance. Mounted on Leyland TB.7 chassis, the -32-seater bodies, which were built by Charles H. Roe, Ltd., are full-fronted and have large semi-streamlined windscreens. Sliding windows are used in place of the usual drop type, and the.centraIentrance doors, which are operated by compressed air, are under the control of both driver and conductor: Compressed air is also used in the braking
sv rein, which is aided by the rheostatic braking control of the electrical equipment-.
The chassis incorporate one-piece nickel-steel frames permitting the use of long road springs and provide for the better location of the rear-spring shackles. This new system of •springing not only provides far better riding qualities, but is designed to lessen the risk of dewirement.
MOTOR COACH SERVICES IN ABYSSINIA.
ACCORDING to 1' Auto Italiana, a motor coach service has recently been started between Mogadiscio and Meru', in Abyssinia. The coach chassis were made by the Bianchi concern of Milan. The bodies -are of the .singledeck type and are divided into two compartments, one having accommodation for eight first-class passengers. and the other for 16 natives. Special attention has been paid to the question of ample ventilation in these machines. A motor coach service is also now in operation between Addis-Ababa and Masso
M.O.T ACCUSED OF RETROGRADE POLICY
AVIGOROUS protest concerning the free-travel age limit for children on public-service vehicles was voiced last week by Alderman A. H. Gledhill, chairman of Halifax Corporation Passenger Transport Committee.
Speaking at a luncheon held in connection with a meeting of the Yorkshire Area of the Municipal Passenger Transport Association, Alderman Gledhill said that the Ministry of Transport's ruling, that all children over three years of age had to he paid for, had set at nought the decisions of municipal undertakings, which had been in operation for 40 or 50 years, to carry children free up to five years of age.
Remarking that the new regulation cut across the right of municipalities to make what arrangements they liked in regard to children's fares, the speaker declared that, for any Minister to attempt to dictate without the authority of Parliament on amatter affecting the whole of the road passenger transport industry in this country, was a retrograde step against British justice which ought to be fought to the uttermost. He was glad to know that one or two big corporations were going to fight this issue.
" If the Minister would spend his time widening the roads and give us some advance in speed on the roads it would be better," added Alderman Gledhill, who said that he was surprised to find narrow bridges and bottle-necks on the Great North Road. He wondered what would happen in an emergency if the main railway line to London was bombed.