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There are hopes, in Nottingham, that finance may be forthcoming for more local services.
The driver of a four-cylinder Lime cab showed on-2 of our spondents his " takings " book ; during the last six months a weekly average of £7 has been maintained.
In order to save electric current, the L.C.C. Tramways Coinmittee has decided to use horse-drawn trams on some of their all-night services during the coal strike.
In our article last week on the Paris General Omnibus Co., we unintentionally omitted to mention that this modern fleet consists of Dc Dions as well as Schneiders. The numbers of these two makes, when the full fleet is in operation, will be approximately equal.
New York's Convict Drivers.
Writing from New York to the " Daily Mail," Miss Gertrude Kingston, the well-known actress, amongst other impressions of that city, makes the following amusing commentary on the local taxicab service:— 'You may contrast the high price of the taximeter cab, on which the lowest sum registered is 70 cents (over half-a-crown) for the first few yards, and the utter disregard of cabowners as to the character of the drivers to whom they lease their vehicles. It is common talk that over 100 cabs in New York are being driven by men recognized by the police as discharged prisoners, and women are advised to charter only those from hotels or from garages that are well known to them! The luxury of paying 6s. for any reasonable distance, as, let us say, from Victoria to Marble Arch, with the lawlessness of being driven by an ex-convict who may cheerfully descend from his box-seat in some lonely corner of Central Park and pleasantly ask you to hand over your jewellery to his care!"
A Berna final-drive spur pinion which has completed 49,000 miles.
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Weymouth Tries Again.
The Weymouth Town Council has decided to enter into negotiations again for the provision of a service of motorbuses this time, we trust, to some useful end.
London Traffic Rivals.
The L.C.C. tramway receipts, for the week ended the -13th inst., were £43,161, compared with £40,980 for the corresponding week of 1911 ; the L.G.O.C. receipts, for the week ended the 23rd inst., were £39.271, compared with £32,583 for the corresponding week of 1911. The L.C.C. gain is £2,181. whilst that of the L.G.O.C. is £6.688.
Buses Vetoed.
The Highways Committee of Southend Town Council has resolved that the application of Commercial Car Hirers, Ltd., to run a, bus service in Southend, be not granted.
Firearms Used in the Paris Taxi Strike.
Strike riots have broken out among the taxi-drivers in Paris, and one striker has been shot dead by an unknown person. So much trouble followed the introduction of newly-trained drivers, that a large force of police has been centred in the neighbourhood of the garages. Four of the raw drivers took alarm at the appearance of a crowd of demonstrators, and fired several shots from their pistols in the direction of the strikers. Presently 100 of the protesting cabbies started in pursuit. of the men who had first fired the shots, and these men, being rendered desperate by fear, turned and fired again into the crowd.
Taxicab Home Affairs.
Last week the British Motor Cab Co.'s drivers who were on strike received 16s. each as strike pay. This money was obtained by the issue of a daily ad. ticket, which was sold to the drivers of other taxicab firms. By this means £700 was collected, and each driver received its, from the money, while the other 5s. was obtained as a grant froin the funds -of the Transport Workers Federation.
The recent award has not been altogether devoid of good result. The General Motor Cab Co. had every cab at its Brixton garage running on the streets one day last week, a state of things which has not been usual for some considerable period. Since the award, all the cab companies report that their men turn up very regularly in order to take out the cabs. Up to the present none of the companies have paid the' odd" man his ad. an hour for waiting, as he is not allowed to waitunless there is a cabin readiness for him. The takings of the cabs last week have been considerably increased owing to over 1000 British cabs being off the streets.
The drivers of the British Motor Cab Co., who have been on strike, returned to work on Monday morning, and 1100 drivers took out cabs. The date of the Board of Trade conference, at, which certain points still: in dispute will be discussed is not. yet available.