The Society of Motor Omnibus Engineers.
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We have received from Messrs. Lawrence, Jones and Co., solicitors, of 6, Old Jewry, E.C., some further particulars of this organisation. The society has for its objects, amongst others :— I. To promote, encourage, and facilitate the growth of the carriage of passengers, and of mails or goods if carried in conjunction with passengers, by means of motor vehicles other than on permanent ways, for profit (herein referred to in general as the said motor traffic), and to promote the science and practice of motor omnibus engineering and all branches thereof, 2. To promote the consideration and discussion of all questions affecting directly or indirectly the said motor traffic, and generally to watch over and protect the interests, as far as possible, of persons engaged in such traffic.
3. To enable persons interested in the profession and practice of the said motor traffic to meet and discuss and to correspond and generally to facilitate the interchange of ideas respecting improvements in the various branches of the science of motor omnibus traction, and the publication and intercommunication of ideas respecting improvements in the said science,
4. To give to the Legislature, and to public bodies and others, facilities for conferring with and ascertaining the views of persons engaged or interested in the said motor traffic as regards matters directly or indirectly affecting that traffic or trades allied to it. s. To promote excellence and perfection in the construe. Lion in that class of motor vehicles as are or might be commendable and serviceable in the said motor omnibus traffic or manufacturing trades.
6. To admit any persons to be either associate or honorary members of the company on such terms, and to confer on them such rights and privileges, as may seem expedient.
Membership is limited to engineers or engineer managers in charge of motor omnibus undertakings, or their approved assistant engineers or assistant engineer managers, and provision is made for both associate membership and full membership. An applicant for membership, after the first so admissions, requires to lodge a written application in
such form as the council shall require, supported in writing by (a) two full members, or (b) one full member and one associate member if the intending member be personally known to the full member, or (c) three members or associate members if the intending member be not personally known ri any of his signatories. The annual subscription is one guinea, with an entrance fee of a like amount, but members may commute such annual subscription by one or life subscription of ten times the annual subscription for the time being, in addition to the entrance fee. In order to enable manufacturers and other persons interested in the work of the society to become connected with it, subscribers of not less than three guineas per annum to the funds of the society may be admitted and enrolled as associates.
The election of members is vested in the council, who shall decide by a majority of two-thirds of the members of the council present whether an application shall be accepted or not. The council may also accept special guarantees from members for special purposes, but the statutory liability of members will be limited to 20s. in the case of winding up. If a member wishes to withdraw, he is required to give two months' notiee in writing to the secretary, and, if such notice is given after October ist in any year, the member shall nevertheless remain liable for the subscription for the following year. It is provided, in regard to the constitution of the council, that there shall be not less than five nor more than 20 members, and that not less than one-third of the council shall be engaged in business partly or exclusively outside a radius of io miles from Charing Cross, this being to ensure fair provincial representation. As already announced, the first council consists of the following gentlemen :—
R. Bell, the London Motor Omnibus Co., Ltd. H. P. G. Braltenridge, the London Road Car Co., Ltd. K. H. Buchanan, the London Power Omnibus Co., Ltd. F. C. A. Coventry, the Great Western Railway. W. Flexman French, the Sussex Road Motor Co., Ltd. W. M. I-lodges, London and District Motor Bus Co., Ltd. George Pollard, Birmingham Motor Express Co., Ltd. P. Frost Smith, Tillings, Ltd.
W. Turner Smith, the Eastbourne Corporation. W. Spitler, the London General Omnibus Co., Ltd.