American Production Figures.
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Aecording to figures which have been published, the output of motor vehicles in the United States in 1923 was valued at 3,163,327,874 dollars. Two of the oukstanding features of production during that year were the marked decline in the number of electric vehicles manufactured and the increase in the output of public conveyances, such as motorbuses, sight-seciag vehicles, etc., the figure for the last-named class of vehicle being nearly six times greater than that for the previous year.
The total number of commercial vehicles produced in the period was 402,408 of a value of 29,868,451 dollars. Most of the goods vehicles ranged in carrying capacity from 1 ton to, 2L tons.
Buses for Doncaster; M. of T. Inquiry.
The Ministry of Transport recently held an inquiry at Doncaster into an appeal by W. T. Underwood, Ltd., against the refusal of the corporation to grant them iieellCeS to ply for hire with buses between Doncaster, Raw try and Haworth.
The town clerk stated that the corporation had formed. the opinion that there was no demand for such a service, and that the cempany's vehicles would probably compete with the present, corporation. servings in operation between Doncaster . and Rossington Bridge. Representatives of the corporation, however, privately conferred with members of the company's staff, and it was agreed that it should be a condition of the issue of liceuces that buses running on tramway routes should charge a fare in excess of that charged on the tramcars. Messrs. Underwood .suggested that the, extra fare should be one penny, hut the corporation authorities suggested double that amount, and the matter has been left for the Ministry to decide.