The Motor Omnibus World.
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The London General Omnibus Company (supplement, page V) announces its usual requirements for which annual tenders are invited.
Apropos our mention of the Ne.wcomb non-skid last week, we note that an equipment is now in service on a Vanguard omnibus (1.. N 348).
Special Lamp-posts.
lot of trouble would be saved, were more public authorities to follow the simple plan which is depicted in the accompanying illustration. Various councils use no others, in the southwest suburbs of London, and the expediency of the pattern is unquestioned.
Eastbourne's Motors.
If the Eastbourne Corporation purchases the four second-hand de DionThanon omnibuses, to which various references have appeared during the past TO days, the vehicles, we learn, will he used as petrol systems, and will not he converted for accumulator propulsion.
Road Traction Engineers.
debate will take place, on Monday evening next, the 9th instant, at tr2, Piccadilly, under the chalrmanship of Mn, J. W. Orde. Mr. P. Frost-Smith will move : '' that the vahre of organised
trials from the commercial it point of view is nil." This will he opposed by Mr. II. M. Wyatt.
Splashguards.
The Sltrapnel Splashguard Company k now located at 46, Oueen Vita orin E.C., and is in a position to g-ive early delivery of this most practical fitting for niotorbuses and other Faildic-sti'vice vehicles. The attachment was described and illustrated in our issuo of he inth June last.
The Motor-Loving Press.
Mr. Har‹.)Id CON:, M.P., at the Man. lonse, On the 27th ultimo, made the ;Isiounding statement that : " With the hi:neurahle exception of • The Times. almost every 'journal was under the thumb of the motor interest ann refused the public even the bare facts relating to the nuisance of which they complained." We recommend this exrat rditiarv rhodomontade to the attendoe, of lay contemporaries, including " The Times."
Illuminated Advertisements.
The London Electrobus Company, I imited. which cannot be accused of iack of enierprise, ht na novel form ol. advertising on cam of its vehi
cles. large space at the frent of the vehicle is kept well lighted at nighttime, whereby Messrs. Maple's advertisement is shown to great advantage.
We do not see any reason why this experiment should not justify a wide adoption of the scheme.
An Appointment.
Nit-. R. Bell, late chief engineer to the Vanguard Motorbus Company, has become associated with Messrs. Du Crcs. He will have charge of a large fleet of Austin and Panhard cabs.
Maudslay Demonstrations.
We reproduce, above, a photograph of a line single-deck motorbus, which is at present touring in the North of England, and in Scotland, where demonstrations are being given to various railway companies, and town and borough councils. The chassis is one of the .Maudslav Company's models for loads of 30-40 cwt., such as that v.hich made its first appearance at the Olympia show of March, 1908. The body, which has been built by Messrs. G. Seamen and Nephew, has accommodation for ten passengers inside, and each seat is provided with comfortably-upholstered arms and hacks. Mr. A. M. Rowland, who is accompanying the bus on its tour, is representing the Maudslay Motor Company (1907), Limited. whose London showrooms and offices are at 6o, Plccadilh,,, W.
G.W.D. Developments.
An Intel-L.:sting; light may be held to be thrown upon the intentions of the Great Western Railway Company, by the recent inception of the La in pete rAberayron Light Railway. The first sod for this railway wits cut, on Coedpare Farm, near Lampeter, on Tuesday the 20th ultimo, when great enthusiasm prevailed. Prior to the inauguration of a motorbus service by the G.W.R., horsed conveyances alone provided a means of communication be_ tween Lampeter and Aberayron, but our interest is centred upon the fact that the company is evidently following the very sound course of proving and developing traffic to the point when railway becomes a necessity, and ry■body can reasonably contend that roads, as we know them to-day, and espeially roads in Cardiganshire, are fit to take traffic when it has given evid.-1-r. of a volume which justifies its transference to metal tracks.
Route Alterations in London.
The closing of the Franco-British Exhibition, on Saturday last, the 31st ultimo, has caused a number of changes to be made in the routes which are served by London motorbuses. In our last issue, we published a complete list of the numbered services, which are maintained by the amalgamated companies, and we now indicate certain alterations which have been made during the past week.
SERVICE 2.—Child's Hill to Pimlico. —This route is now worked by UnionJack (Strake:--Squire) vehicles,
SERVICE 3 (previously, South Croydon to Oxford Circus).—This service now runs between Brixton Station and Purley, via Streatham, Norbury and Croydon, and it is maintained by Union-Jack (Straker-Squire) machines. Hitherto, Vanguard de Dion s and Milnes-Daimlers have served this route. Passengers from Oxford Circus now have to change from Service 20, at Brixton Station.
SERVICE 5.Hampstead Heath to Victoria.--This service of motorbuses was discontinued on Monday, the 1st instant, and horse omnibuses are now maintaining the connection.
SERVICE 9.. Hammersmith (Exhibition) to Shoreditch.—This line of motorbuses has now ceased to run beyond Hammersmith.
SERVICE /2.—Willesden to Victoria. —This service was withdrawn on Monday, the ist instant.
SERVICE 18.—Levton to Bank.—This route was extended on the 29th Octo ber last, to Oxford Circus, and it now runs in direct competition with the Great Eastern service over the whole distance. The Amalgamation is employing; de Dion machines, and the Great Eastern Company is using Straker-Squire vehicles.
Ilford's Tramways.
A local journal, at Ilford, rejoices that the tramcar takings have shown an improvement during the month of October, and then pareeds to state : " The novelty of the motorbuses is clearly dying out, and the passengers in them through Ilford are daily fewer. How far this is due to the numerous collisions with electric-light standards and other objects, with their ever-present possibilities of injury to the passengers, we Heed not enquire."