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The Wheels of Industry.

4th February 1915
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This journal, dealing as it does with the "Chariots of Vivi" no less than with the "Wheels of Industry,' continues of national importance. Its interestsembrace impartially the transport wagon and the parcelcar, the military tractor and the steam lorry.

Proposals and Purchases.

Herts. County Council is about to ,spend 26400 on eight petrol lorries.

Newton-le-Willows U.D.C. is discussing the purchase of a motor fireengine.

. West Bromwich Highways Committee has decided to order four battery chassis.

L.G.B. sanction to Twickenham's loan of 21150 for a motor fire-engine has been received.

Chester City Council, when it gets a motor fire-engine, may conclude hiring terms with neighbouring councils, and may require a second engine.

The Compania Boliviana de Automobiles, of Sucre, Bolivia, has been formed to inaugurate a motor service between Potosi (Antofagasta and Bolivia By.) and Sucre.

1126 Fewer London Buses.

The total of licensed motorbuses being operated on the London streets on the 31st of last month was 2015. This shows a decrease of 150 as against the preceding month, .and a decrease of 1126 as against the corresponding month of last year.

Manchester Show.

The Manchester Motor Show of April next has, as we anticipated would be the case, come under the ban of the Society of Motor Mannlacturers and Traders. Any parties who are bond-signers of the•Society will be guilty of a breach of their bond if they support this show. The promoters of the show are none the less satisfied that they will be able to get together interesting collections in all sections.

C.M.U.A. Modifications.

There will be no 1915 Parade of commercial motors. The C.M.U.A. is organizing, in place of a parade, series of postal lectures and of inspections of vehicles and drivers at their depots. Full particulars may be obtained on application to the secretary, Mr. F. G. Bristow, at 83, Pall Mall, •S.W. We hope to publish them next week. There will be championship prizes of 25, E3, £1 (two), together with badges and certificates, in each section of the written examination—petrol, steam and electricity. There will be prizes aggregating 250, divided into sums Of 22, .21 and 10s. each, and badges, in the vive-voce examination. The electric vehicle prizes have been donated by the Electric Vehicle Committee of the Incorporated Municipal Electrical Association.

D30 We are sure that many readers of this journal will be glad to know that Mr. J. W. Orde, secretary of the Royal Automobile Club, who has been suffering from an attack of congestion of the lungs, is making good progress towards recovery,

Our Fund.

The half-way mark is now exceeded. The total had reached a point less than 248 short of it at the end of last week. •We refer to current matters, and particularly to the issue of collecting cards, on pages 409 and 415-416 of the issue.

Legislative Investigations.

Mr. Herbert Samuel, President of the Local Government Board, has again been subjected to pressure by the exebutive of the County Councils Association. Addressing this body at the Middlesex Guildhall, Westminster, on the 27th ult., he expressed his willingness to see if it might not, be possible, after all, to proceed with the setting up of the Technical Departmental Committee to examine the questions of proper weight, tire dimensions and other matters, so far as concerns heavy motor vehicles. He was also prepared, as soon as Parliament met, to ascertain the opinion, in both Houses, about the possibility of proceeding with the other and more-important Committee of both House S 'to deal with the control of motorbuses and trolley vehicles by local authorities, and contributions if any for road maintenance. We ourselves doubt very much if any useful progress can be made at the present time. So many important witnesses are out of the country, taking part in the war, that the evidence before either Committee must, for the time being, and for an indefinite period ahead, be incomplete. Mr. H. Welsh-Lee, the Editor of that interesting little works sheet "The Austin Advocate," is retiring from that position in order to become advertising manager to the Dunlop Rubber Co.

We learn that the new works for the McCurd Lorry Manufacturing Co., Ltd., on the main Edgware Road between Cricklewood and Hendon, will rapidly help the output of this growing motor-lorry concern,

The next meeting of the I.A.E. will be held on Wednesday, 10th inst., at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, at 8 p.m. Mr. J. F. Henderson, B.Sc., A.I.E.E., will read a paper entitled "Magneto Ignition.'

We are notified by Mr. W. 'linman, London agent for Dennis Bros. (1913), Ltd., that in order to cope with present and future business requirements, he has found it necessary to combine his offices and works at the wellequipped premises at 1-5, Fitzalan Street, Kennington Road, London, S.E.

Norfolk Bridge, Shoreham.

The proposal of the Local Government Board, in response to applications by the West Sussex County Council, to make regulations prohibiting the driving on the highway over the Norfolk Bridge, at Shoreham, of any motorcar with a laden weight in excess of two tons, is receiving 'attention at the hands of the Commercial Motor Users Association. We understand that formal notice of objection has been lodged, pending further investigations as to the state of th;s bridge. The bridge is one of importance to commercial-motor users in the Brighton and Worthing districts. Coventry Chains.

Extensions at various motor factories, and particularly in the works of the Birmingham Small Arms and Ammunition Co. at Birmingham, have recently led to marked additional demands for the installation of Coventry noiselesschain drives between electric motors and line-shafting. A popular type of chain for the purpose, to transmit 25 h.p., concerns a motor speed of 720 r.p.m. and a line-shaft speed of 150 r.p.m. The chain wheels have 19 and 90 teeth of 1-in. pitch respectively, and the chain combination is 4 by 5 (links) at 30-in. centres. Drives-are provided with gearcases and lubricators, to keep wear at the minimum. An Assistant Wanted.

An experienced salesman-representative for London and district is required by an old-established company manufacturing a wellknown commercial-vehicle supply material. Envelopes addressed "Liner," cio the Editor of this paper, will be forwarded.

Manchester, etc., C.M.U.A.

Mr. R. C. Reynolds, chairman of the Manchester, Liverpool and Counties C.M.U.A., presided at the annual meeting of that Association, to which we briefly referred in our last issue. Mr. John Faulkner submitted the statement of accounts for the year : this showed a total income of 2206, and a total expenditure of 2208. The officers au OU111.1Ellttee were re-elected en bloc for 1915, with the addition of Mr. Geoffrey Fairrie, of Liverpool, and the substitution of Mr. Wm. Reece for Mr. J. Graham Reece, of Liverpool. It was noted by the chairman that two members of the committee, Mr. J. Nall, Junr., of Manchester, and Mr. R. L. Hall, of Liverpool, were serving with His Majesty's Forces. The committee was empowered to conclude certain negotiations with the C.M.U.A. (Incorporated), and a vote of thanks was passed to the Liverpool committee for their assistance during the year. Mr. Ellis Green is the local secretary.

The Albion 30-cwt. Chassis.

It will no doubt interest many of our readers, who will have been attracted by our last week's description of the Albion 20 h.p. 30 cwt. chassis, to know that, as a matter of fact, these chassis have been in course of manufacture for fully 12 months. We are indebted to the Albion Motor Car Co., Ltd., for a list of some of the users of this model, and we observe that it includes: the War Department (four lorries) • the Phillips Electric Works, Montreal ; Comberbaeh and Co., Ltd., Birkenhead; H. Craig and Sons' Ltd., Lawrence, New Zealand ; the United Co-operative Baking Snciety, Ltd., Glasgow ; Henderson Bros.' Stirling ; the Winnington, Northwich and District Co-operative Society, Ltd.; R. Field and Sons, Ltd. Hull ; the Kelso Laundry Co. ; Harrison and Gash, Auckland, New Zealand ; Kilburn Bros. and Co., Calcutta ; and W. Tattersall and Sons, Ltd., Blackburn.

The War Department has been taking the Albion 32 h.p. three-ton chassis in such large numbers that, on the outbreak of war, the works had to suspend the manufacture of the 30-cwt. model. For this reason, no recent deliveries have been made, but the company is booking additional orders freely. One of the latest orders is for 12 of the type from Wm, Whiteley, Ltd., of London. We learn that four brothers of the firm of G. Thomas and Son, Ltd., housebreakers, haulage and general contractors of New Malden, Surrey, are at the Front. Mr. W. G. Thomas, the managing director, re. mains in charge of the business.

British Barna Annual Dinner.

. The annual dinner of the employees of the British .Berna Motor Lorries, Ltd., was held at the Hand and Flower Hotol on Thursday -)f last week. We were unable to accept the kind invitation of the company, but we have every reason to believe that all concerned had a pleasant and enjoyable evening.

"The Accessory."

Messrs. James Thomson and Son, of Castle Works, Edinburgh, who enjoy a wide reputation as suppliers of excellent accessories of all kinds, have started a new monthly trade journal under the name of " The Accessory." We have no doubt that many of our supporters who carry on their businesses near to or north of the Tweed will write to Messrs. Thomson for a copy. We are incidentally pleased to notice that the inside of the front cover of this new journal is wholly devoted to an appeal on behalf of our. "Campaign Comforts" Fund.

A Daimler's Satisfied Owner.

We reproduce on this page a phi,tograph of a serviceable two-ton Daimler belonging to Messrs. Picton and Co., General Carriers, of Crescent Wharf, Birmingham. This machine has been covering about 90 miles daily between Birmingham and Coventry, and after 12,000 miles the report is an excellent one. Writing to the Daimler Co., this firm says : "The features we specially commend are quiet running, quick acceleration, power under load, easy control, and accessibility of all mechanical parts. We are able to do about 12 miles to the gallon, and our maintenance bill is, of course, so far practically nil."

A Commandeered Napier.

The Napier belonging to Hodgson and 'Taylor is an interesting vehicle from several points of view. It is of the 30-cwt. standard type, and previously to the war was used in carrying woollen goods for this Blackburn house. It was promptly commandeered by the Government shortly after the outbreak of war, and in a letter which we have received from D. Napier and Son, Ltd. drawing our attention to the phot:ograph which we reproduce herewith, the following sentence occurs : "Napier quality is proverbial, but even this is not proof against a 12-in. German shell. We regret to say that this vehicle was disabled subsequent to the retreat from Mons owing to being hit by one of these missiles."

n32 Saving Time.

It. has always been a favourite theme with this journal to point out that the use of motor vehicles is important from the point of view of saving time. Not only can materials and finislu-d articles be transported more cheaply by such means, but gangs of workmen, who are earning definite rates of pay per hour, can be moved from point to point at handsome advantage to their own employers, and with considerable benefit, so far as concerns their comfort and absence of fatigue, to the men themselves. The latest case of the kind concerns Workman, Clarke and Co., Ltd., of Belfast. This company has let its choice fall on an Albion chassis.


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