Bus Working at Leeds.
Page 39
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
In our issue dated May 19th we gave brief details of the municipal passengertransport results at Leeds and, from the corporation report which has now been published, we note that the total revenue from the operation of buses during the year ended March 31st last was £125,058, working expenses totalling £131,452, the amount to be carried to the net revenue account thus being £6,394, as against £25,449 in the previous year. The number of pas
sengers carried on the buses was 15,002,253, as against 13,338,041 a year, earlier. When our annual analysis of municipal bus services was published in March last Leeds Corporation had 95 buses in service, Dennis, Karrier, Guy and Crossley makes figuring mainly in the fleet.
Weymann's Trading.
The accounts of Weymann's Motor Bodies (1925), Ltd., for the year 1930 show a loss of £10,678, after providing for all charges, including depreciation. A credit balance of £5,040 was brought forward, so that the deficit standing at the profit-and-loss account is £5,638. In 1929 the company made a net profit of £2,545.
More Provisional Standards.
Provisional standards on the following subjects have been issued by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders :—Dimensions for deep splines to slide under load, I.A.E. data sheet No. 170; dimensions for long-reach sparking plugs for commercial vehicles, I.A.E. data sheet No. 175.
A New Fuel-saving Device from Germany.
We are advised by the London Motor Accessories Co., Gloucester House, 19, Charing Cross Road, London, W.C.2, that it is introducing to this country the Schmid fuel-saving device. In brief the fitment consists of a valve which is embodied in the connection between the accelerator pedal and the throttle butterfly. This valve is coupled to the air intake of the carburetter—below the throttle—and to the air space at the top of the float chandler, which must be made airtight. When pulling 'hard olf accelerating the valve acts in such
manner that the float-chamber air space is not connected to the intake, but . when running easily the two are put into communication so that the vacuum in the intake tends to balance the rush of fuel from the float chamber to the jets, in this .way reducing the quantity of fuel which is drawn through the jets.
Facilities for Welding Elektron.
During the past few months several British commercial-motor manufacturers have st..ntlardized Blektron as the material employed for crankcases, gearboxes, axle casings, etc., therefore the problem of welding repairs has to be considered by operators. They will be Interested to learn that Barimar. Ltd., 18, Lamb's Conduit Street, London, W.C.1, has established the required plant and facilities for the repair of fractured parts constructed in this metal. As it contains some 90 per cent, of magnesium, which is, of course, highly inflammable, the difficulties with which the company had to contend, during the experimental period, can easily be understood.
Built to the order of the Imperial Tobacco Co., this interesting caravan has recently been supplied by Woolley Bros., of Clifton, Bristol, for use in Nyassaland and Rhodesia. A Chevrolet six-wheeled chassis serves as the basis of the vehicle which provides sleeping accont• modation for four persons, the interior being divided into two separate compartments.
Personal Pars.
Mr. E. M. C. Instone, J.P., F.C.I.S., has been appointed to succeed Mr. E. H. Blake as president of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders for the year 1931-1932. Mr. Blake, as the immediate past-president, becomes the deputy president of the Society in succession to Mr. J. Maughfling, C.A. Sir Herbert Austin, KB.E., and Mr. J. A. Thomson, J.P., become vice-presidents in succession to Mr. P. P. Bennett and Mr. A. Pennon. Mr. Leslie Walton, chairman of Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., has been re-appointed honorary treasurer for the seventh year in succession.
Mr. Instone has been a member of the Council and Committee of Management of the Society since its inception, and vice-president upon five Occasions. He has been a member of the Council of the Motor Trade Association, a member of the Committee of the Motor Trades Protection Association, and president of the Motor Trades Debating
Satiety. He is chairman of the Circle of the 19th Century Motorists, of which the Hon. Sir Arthur Stanley is president.
Mr. D. W. King has taken over the position of sales manager of the commercial-vehicle section of A. S. Stevens and Co. (1914), Ltd., Walsall Street, Wolverhampton, the maker of A.J.S. commercial vehicles. Previously Mr. King was assistant to the sales manager, holding a similar position for a number of years with the Star Motor Co., Ltd.