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for the opening of a branch depot, in Manchester, by Mann and Overtons, Ltd., of 15, Commercial Road, Pimlico, London, S.W. This spells Unie vans and cabs.
One or two further items occur to me anent the Manchester Show. One
is the significant "Money Talks." statement by Mr.
money received for space at Belle Vue was £950, whilst the amount received this year at the City Hall was £1,550; the Manchester Association has taken the hall for five years. Another feature, which I learnt from the President, Mr. Charles Davies, about the middle of the show week, is that many large concerns were already booking the space for next year. All these things seem to me to point to the fact that the S.M.M.T. must sooner or later recognize Manchester.
A concern which is coming along very satisfactorily is Clayton's, of Huddersfield, and a The Principals chat with the punwere There. cipals at the show revealed the fact that
they are very properly proud of a recent order for a " Karrier " car from the Wilson Line, of Hull. The Wednesday was quite a field clay : Mr. Deighton and Mr. Jarmain, of the Yorkshire, came over from Leeds, as also did Mr. James H. Mann ; each re
ported trade brisk. Mr. Burt, the principal of the new B.U.R.T. Co.. Ltd., the sole concessionnaire for Halley motors was down from London, and Mr. George H. Halley was over from Glasgow. The Fodens were in great force, Mr. Edwin Foden looking very fresh, although I hear he did a lot of platform work in the recent election—and I can quite imagine the zest he would put into it. Another visitor from town was Mr. W. J. McCormack, of Promo tires, and Mr. Fritz Poppe, of the Polack, was here, there, and everywhere during moat of the show, where his stand was a great centre of attraction. Captain Bagnall-Wild was in close attendance all the time, and I daresay there was truth in the rumour that Mr. Coventry, of the G.W.R., had placed an order; at the show, with Milnes-Daimler for six more vehicles. Mr. W. H. Clay, of the Ryknield, was there, looking forward to the great Brussels Exhibition, at which they
hokl the proud position of being the only exhibitors of commercial vehicles.
Mr. B. Goodchild was also down from town, but not exhibiting in the heavy section; he had, however, his new Oryx pleasure car on show, and one " Auto-carrier." Mr. Charles Challiner, of the Shrewsbury-Challiner, was, of course, on his nativ.t heath, and very full of business. Amongst other interested London visitors, I noticed Mr. Albert Brown, Mr. F. P. S. Harris, Mr. Arthur Spurrier, Mr. Percy Liversidge, and Mr. Leo Harris (John Marstons, Ltd.).
My sympathies have gone out, without stint, to our Editorial representa tive who has religi
A Word for ously gone through Steam, " One Day's Work"
on various steam wagons and tractors, in order to reproduce, for the information of the readers of this journal, faithful aceounte of performances. Since I have taken an extended trip. through the vorst of Manchester streets, on a Leyland steam wagon, I am modifying my commiseration ; certainly, my vehicle w as shod with rubber tires, but the ease of starting, the speed and the absence of jar on this wagon were a revelation to me. It came about in this way : Messrs. Jos. Orrell and Co., motor carriers, of Darwen, make two daily journeys between that town and Manchester, and Mr. Orrell looked in at the show on one of the days. I happened upon him, and he was so enthusiastic about his Leyland that 1 was easily persuaded to take a seat; it was then that I was struck by the points of the vehicle, and that I learned—which interested me very much—from the driver that its filet consumption worked out as follows: 4i cwt. of coke suffices to take a fourton load from Darwen to Manchester and back, a distance of 40 miles ; 75 gallons of water are used on the same distance; and one quart of oil emit way. As I have said, they make two double journeys daily (80 miles), and the driver convinced me that they can„ when the road is clear, get up a, speed. of over [Not safe to publish the figure-_ —ED.] miles an hour. It is all themore interesting to me, because this. testimony comes, not from the maker, hut direct from the user of the wagon When I ventured into the show, on the opening day, the first man I saw was dressed in a neat
Not Stand uniform ; embroider Attendants. ed on his cap was re
tiny steam wagon" Here's enterprise," I thought,. "this is a stand attendant." But. when several others came along, it Hashed upon me that I was now in theactual presence of the Foden Steam Wagon Works Championship Brass. Band, as I remembered they had beenengaged, "at enormous expense," for this very show ! Even the other steam wagon people found praise for theirplaying.
It is, I suppose, peculiar to Lancashire, and it is an effective way of ex pressing approval
" 1, 2, 3— when a speech or a Splendid." song has given par ticular pleasure, instead of the stereotyped applause, that a section of the company should jerk out in unison, with the staccato stop on : " One, two, three—SPLENDID! " Captain Lowcoek, of the Lowcock Commercial Motor Co., seemed to be the presiding genius of this novel . manifestation, at the show dinner.
A Pioneer. they are thoroughly lip in fire-brigade work. Mr. Morris substantiated a claim for being one of the earliest in that branch of business, and what a study he has made of it. I caught a glimpse of the machine,now completely ready, which is just about to be despatched to the Pretoria Fire Department.
A long talk with Mr. John Morris, at Salford, during last week. confirmed my impression that