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Shrewsbury Corporation is interested in the possibilities of modern motorbus transport.
Messrs. An.lrew Barton Bros. of Beeston have secured an order to supply 10 new chassis to the AngloBrazilian Metal. Transport Co. for service in Rio de Janeiro.
Better Times for Brixton.
A writer in " The Evening News" urges the immediate necessity of tube and motorbus communication for the betterment of that district of South London which is bounded by Brixton, Norwood, Anerley and Norbury. The antiquated type of passenger service which is deemed good enough for this huge district is undoubtedly depopulating it rapidly.
Trailer Trams for London.
A further interesting experiment in the art of scientific traffic obstruction is being conducted by the London County Council on the Hampstead and Euston Road route of its tramway system. Two cars of the single-decker type, linked together, are now being run as experiments. It is understood that if this trial is unattended with serious consequences it will not be long before attempts are made to run double-cleekers in tandem in a similar way. With the adoption of this method one conductor and one motorman is dispensed with on each train. As we go to press we note that L.G.O. ordinary stock is quoted at 92; this time last year it stood at 22-25.
The inhabitants of Chorley are perturbed at the rumour that the L. and Y. Ry. Co.'s motorbus service between Whittle-le-Woods and Bamber Bridge is to be discontinued at the end of this month. Efforts are to be made to secure the continuance of the service by the tradesmen's association.
Tramway Obstruction Again.
Another instance of the obstruction which a tramway system may cause is that to which publicity has been given in the daily press recently. It appears that the L.C.C. tramrails are laid so olese to the kerb outside No. 66, Falcon Road, Battersea, that there is no room for a cart to stand at the side of the road while the service is in progress. Unfortunately for the tramway service, so long as Mr. King, the tenant of No. 66, chooses to keep his cart immediately opposite the front of his premises, it. is not possible for the ordinary tramway service to be maintained, and special arrangements have to be made to meet the emergency which has now been in existence for over two years. We have on several occasions drawn attention to similar cases of obstruction by tramway that. exist elsewhere, and in our issue of the 16th July, 1908, we illustrate( the notorious Brentford impasse. L this connection, it has lately been m uncommon thing to find responsibb newspapers questioning the right o. other traffic to run over trarnwa] tracks—notably at the time of tin capsizing of a London horse-bus b; a tramcar at the beginning of tin month. See, also, page 455.
Instead of Trolleybuses.
The inhabitants of the Golder! Green and Hendon districts arE anxious to secure better travelling facilities between those two neighbour. hoods ; it may be remembered that pre parations are now being forwarded tc establish a line of trolleybuses there. It would seem, however, that those who are responsible for affording facilities to this new system, which at present has no operative example in Great Britain, should carefully consider the decision of the London General Omnibus Co., of which we have been officially informed, to extend in the near future its Child's Hill service out to Hendon with its latest B-type machines.