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3rd August 1911, Page 8
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At Worthing, a London motorbus driver was fined 5s. for not stopping the machinery while the bus remained stationary. The driver stated that, had he stopped the en. gine, he would have probably caused an obstruction for an hour, or more

We illustrate on this page a smart-looking char-a,-bancs, which has been supplied by 3iilnesDaimler, Ltd., for service from London to Windsor, Hampton Court and Stoke Poges. The seating accommodation is for 28 passengers in addition to the driver. Special pains have been taken by

the makers to construct the bodywork specially to withstand the hard • wear and tear which is inseparable from public-service work.

Trackless Trolleybuses.

The opposition of the Durham County Council, to the proposals of the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Corporation, for the operation of trolleybuses over Scotswood Suspension Bridge and along certain roads in the county of Durham, has been

successful. The County Council, in the course of its petition, raised objections on the following grounds : that the promoters sought exemption from the Motor Car Acts and the Heavy Motor Car Order ; that injury would be caused to the roads by the erection of posts, wires and other apparatus ; that the scheme would be a source of continual inconvenience to the inhabitants of the county and other persons using the roads ; that there was no precedent for granting to local authorities powers for working trolley vehicles outside the area under their jurisdiction ; and that it was sought to make the omnibuses part of the tramway undertaking.

A passenger on an outside seat of a motorbus, which, after an excursion in the country, was returning to Bath on Thursday of last week, was caught by an overhanging bough and was hurled from the top ef the bus and killed.

In the matter of the proposed Bromley and West Kent Motor Bus Co., for which public subscriptions were asked, the support forthcoming was disappointing, but we are informed that the directors, who include several prominent local business inen, have decided to proceed with the scheme.

A private motorbus service is now in operation between the new Money Order Department of the G. E,O. which has now been moved o Holloway, and the Parcel Post department. The omnibus is primarily for the use of officials, but it may also be used by those who have business with one or other of these Government departments.

No Suitable Splashguard.

Mr. Churchill, replying to a question in the House of Commons last week, on the subject of splashguards for motorbuses, said that he could not enforce the use of such devices until a suitable type were invented. If the road surfaces were improved it would effect considerable abatement of the nuisance, and this was a matter that was in the hands of the local authorities.

Kensington's Protests.

The Law and General Purposes Committee of Kensington Borough Council reports haying considered a letter from Mr. H. G. Beard, with winch he forwarded ar petition signed by some 50 of the residents of Pemhridge Villas, protesting against the nuisance caused by the new service of motorbuses in that thoroughfare. The petitioners intimate that they have laid the facts before the Commissioner of Police, and they ask the Council, if the Corn missioner should fail to give the desired relief, carefully to consider the matter and, by abating the nuisance by legal or other means, to obtain for the residents that quiet possession of their property which they, as ratepayers, claim. The Committee states that neither the local nor any other authority has the power at present to define what shall or what shall not Tie an omnibus route, or to prohibit the running of motorbuses along any particular thoroughfare. Having regard, however, to the fact that new wood paving is about to be laid at Pembridge Villas and to the fact that the motorbuses which run along this thoroughfare are of a that the alleged nuisance will, in the near future, be reduced to it minimum. The Committee had also had under consideration a letter from Mr. J. E. Waller, forwarding a petition signed by some 175 owners and occupiers of premises in Cromwell Road, in which document attention was called to the loss occasioned to the properties of the petitioners and to the serious discomfort to which they themselves are put by reason of the great and increasing traffic of motor vehicles, omnibuses, motorbuses and traction engines in this road. They particularly desire the removal from the road of the "General" motorbUses which have recently been put on, and wit MI service is alleged to be in every way a nuisance and unnecessary. In this instance, the Committee points out that proceedings have already been taken by the Council, with the consent of the Attorney-General, against certain firms in respect of the nuisance and annoyance occasioned by their vehicles in the borough, and that injunctions have been granted in two cases. It has not the slightest doubt that the description of traffic mentioned is not only a serious nuisance to the residents of a thoroughfare such as Cromwell Road. but that it seriously depreciates the value of property along the route traversed. It is also of opinion that the Council should take such action as lies within its power to secure, if possible, the discontinuance of the nuisance. and it accordingly recommends that the petition be referred to the Council's solicitors, with instructions to institute proceedings against the principal offenders.. if the evidence be sufficient to justify that course.

We are informed that the proposed service of small motor charsii-bancs to run from Tatsfield, Cudham to Bromley has several active supporters. The proposed capital, we are told, is £2,000, and 10-seated machines are at present favoured.

We understand that the L.G.O.C. is now fitting its new omnibuses with a more-comfortable type of garden seat, in which design considerable curve is given to the backs and scats. This improvement should go far to meet the objections of certain members of the public who have lately written to the Press complaining of the generally-uncomfortable shape of motorbus seats.

We are notified that the municipal authorities at Perth, who have, it will be remembered, been considering the advisability of purchasing two motorbuses for service in connection with their tramway system, have been fully-occupied during the last week in participating in tests which many makers have desired them to make. We are happy to have been able to afford the Council such publicity.

At the meeting of the Metropolitan Asylums Board on Saturday last, the Ambulance Committee was authorized to invite tenders for a large motorbus to carry 16 passengers inside and for two small motorbuses to carry ten passengers inside, each of the latter to be capable of adaptation as an ambulance for two recumbent patients.

The Metropolitan Asylums Board has accepted the tenders of the Palmer Tyre Co. and the Peter Union Tyre Co. for the supply of tire covers, etc.


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