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Owners and drivers of publicpassenger vehicles will find that their wants, large and small, can readily be met by making them known in the " Sundry Advertisement " columns of this journal.

Thames Valley Roads.

The subject of motor-omnibus traffic is to be considered by various local councils in the Thames Valley, at a. meeting, on the 19th prox., in the Richmond Town Hall.

The Last Stage.

The last service of horse-drawn buses in Paris was halved on Monday last, and new singledecked motorbuses took up the running. We are informed that the remaining horses will be displaced as early as business routine allows.

Motorbuses Sacrificed.

It appears that the motorbuses which belong to the Keighley Town Council have helped the tramways department to show an increased revenue year by year, but that the motorbuses themselves are not showing an independent profit.

Clarkson'. Steamers.

The shareholders of the National Steam Car Co., Ltd., have authorised the issue of a further 250,000 of ordinary share capital, at the price of 27s. 6d. per El share. There will be no public issue, and the present shareholders will have the opportunity to take up the new shares at the rate of one per two shares now held. Would Not Use the Meter.

G. W. West, a taxicab proprietor, was recently fined 10s., and 10s. 6d. costs, at Kingston-on-Thames, for not using the taximeter fitted to his vehicle during hiring. A witness stated that the defendant charged him Is. 6d. for a. distance of under one mile. When asked if the sum was registered by the taximeter, defendant replied that the meter was not working, and that it did not pay him to run a taxicab on the meter in the suburbs.

Kidderminster-Bewdley.

There has been a stream of complaints, for years past, about the hack of adequate communication by rail between Kiddermineter and Bewdley. Many workpeople who are employed in Kidderminster have to walk to and fro daily. The G.W.R. railway service appears to be badly timed, and there is an undoubted demand for a service of motorbuses. The support of the Kidderminster and Bewdley Councils would certainly be forthcoming.

The W. and G. Motor Cab Co., Ltd., no longer insures its cabs. Following another company's methods, it is running its Claims Department on a profit and loss basis, making provision for a 2250 third-party risk. That is low !

The British Motor Cab Co., Ltd., has acquired several four-cylinder Renault cabs. One has already been licensed. This cab is painted dark green, similar to the remainder of the company's fleet, but has no brass plates on the door panels.

Thames Valley Traffic.

The L.G.O.C. has expressed its willingness to extend the present Herne Hill-Isleworth service to Hounslow and Southall. This has been prohibited in the past by Scotland Yard authorities, who objected to the low railway bridge at Heston. A proposal for sinking the roadway under the bridge has now been brought forward by the Hounslow Chamber of Commerce. In this way it is hoped to overcome the objection of the police authorities, and to obtain the service.

G.M.C.News.

The General Motor Cab Co., Ltd., which is now subsidiary to the New Motor Cab Co., Ltd., is conducting the whole of its business at Brixton. The depots at Farm Lane and Chiswick are now used as garages.

The registered offices of the company have been transferred to Brixton, and the new secretary is Mr. C. MeL. Carey, who has been associated with the company in other departments for some years.

The instruction in driving for every type of cab, tuition in knowledge of London, licences, as well as the entire traffic and repair departments, are now under the management of Mr. George Pollard, M.I.Mech.E., assisted by Mr. C. Hill, who was formerly chief cashier.

The takings are now paid in at night, and the amounts are recorded on National Cash Registers.

In consequence of the protracted litigation in the Law Courts in 1911, the company has purchased its taximeters outright and has instituted a department for the repair and maintenance of the instruments. Parts and new instruments are still supplied by the Metropolitan Fare Register Co., Ltd.

The • majority of the Board of Directors now represents French nterests.

Passenger Vehicle Topics.

Meter or Agreement?

Recently an owner-driver was asked to take a party of five to Southend and back. He agreed to go at 1.0s. per head, and was well satisfied. The actual amount on the taximeter was 23 6s. Drivers for the cab companies had refused to take the party except for the amount recorded by the taximeter. This is a kind of case which is occurring more and more frequently.

The Control of Motorbus Traffic in London.

In the House of Commons recently, Mr. Touche asked the Home Secretary . whether, having regard to complaints by residents in London that, owing to the introduction of new motor-omnibus routes, they have been inconvenienced by deprivation of the peaceable enjoyment of their premises, and that injury is done to the roads through excessive wear and tear, thereby imposing additional burdens on the ratepayers, he could put in force the provisions of 24 and 25 Vie., c. 70, s. 5, and restrict the use of such vehicles in certain thoroughfares where this can be accomplished without detriment to the convenience of the travelling public ? Mr_ McKenna, in reply, said that the section referred to was repealed by Section 2 of 28 and 29 Viet., C. 83, and he had no power to restrict the use of omnibuses in particular streets, Mr. Touche then asked the President of the Local Government Board, if, in view of complaints by residents in London of the introduction of new motor-omnibus routes on highways unfitted for such traffic, or where they cause inconvenience to the residents, and of the use of wagons drawn by locomotives, he will advise borough councils to exercise the powers conferred by the Highways and Locomotive Act, 1898, 61 and 62 Vic., c. 29, s. 6. and make suitable by-laws for the better regulation of such traffic ? Mr. Burns, replying, said that motor omnibuses are light locomotives within the meaning of the Locomotives on Highways Act, 1896, and are therefore outside the scope of any by-laws which could be made under Rec. 6 of the Locomotives Act. 1898. The powers of Section 6 of the latter Act with respect to heavy locomotives and the use of wagons drawn by such locomotives are exercisable in London (outside the City) by the London County Council and not by the Metropolitan borough councils. He understood that the London County Council had under consideration from time to time the question of framing by-laws on this subject, with respect to particular highways, but that. it had not found itself in a position to deal with it in a Patisfactory manner. The Driver and His Tire.

The General Motor Cab Co., Ltd., recently asked one of its drivers for the sum of 25 in respect of damage done to a tire and tube. It was found that the driver had travelled from Brighton to London on a deflated tire. The driver refused to pay and left the company's employ.

A 35-seater Brush.

We illustrate herewith a 35-40 h.p. 33-seated Brush char-a-bancs. It belongs to the Worcester Electric Traction Co., Ltd., and it was photographed on the occasion of the annual outing of the Coventry Pawnbrokers Association. A local correspondent informs us that the party went from Coventry to Henley-in-Arden, thence to Stony Stratford, Banbury and Southern, returning home via Stoneleigh, making a round run of 95 miles for the day. Ordinarily, this machine runs as a public-service vehicle..

Mr. N. Cappellen, recently manager of Mors (England) Ltd., of 119, Long Acre, W.C., is no longer associated with that company.

The L.C.C. and Motor Trams.

At present there is a horsed tramway running from the West India Dock to Cassland Road, Hackney. It has been suggested that this tramway should be equipped with the overhead electric systern ; this would cost 269,770. To equip the line with the underground conduit system would cost 298,840. The length of the tramway is g miles. The Highways Committee of the L.C.C. recommends the experimental adoption of motor tramcars, and suggests that three of the existing horse cars should be altered and equipped for self-propulsion. The cost of this experiment will be about 22400. Three experimental Tilling-Stevens equipments are to be installed.


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