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Keywords : Wheel, Taxicab

That Sir Pieter Bain, when he heard, said -.blow.

Of a red-hot controversy in the U.S.A. on chain versus worm drive.

That a smart new passenger and mail motor will be pat on the Santa Cruz-Orotava road (Teneriffe) about the end of June.

That the introduction of public-service or privatehire motors is now known to be the real way to develop real estate.

That Mr. W. Campbell Wilson, of Burrell's, thinks a works floor should resemble that of an auctioneer's room—everything on top, That Mr. Imre Kiralfy was engaged upon parade details last Saturday, at the White City, and that everything is now on the way to settlement.

That C.M.TJ.A. sub-committees appear to be held pretty often, at luncheon, in the R.A.C. dining room, and that it's not a bad place or time for the purpose either.

That a certain five-tonner shipped to America, where they like recent models, was not copied, and that such a course was not contemplated in the first instance, That the lock-nuts even on " fool-proof" machines require an occasional tightening, or the resulting damage to other parts may greatly increase the repair bill.

That the new model of cast-steel wheel which has been adopted by the L.G.O.C. [See page 32 of issue dated the leth March.—ED.] has been facetiously dubbed a star turn.

That Mr. Sidney Straker is making a good recovery from the injuries he sustained in a taxicab smash a month ago, but that his medical advisers are disinclined to sanction his return to business for at least another week.

That piano transport by motors is on the increase, not only for the delivery of instruments that are sold, but for the submission—often three at a time of others to customers who wish to make a choice at their own houses.

That, if there is going to bean invasion of the U.K. from a factory on Canadian soil, the attack may really have its source—the stamp of manufacture in the Dominion notwithstanding—in the U.S.A., but that it probably is a far cry to any business of the kind.

That Mr. H. Percy Boulnois, M.Inst.C.E., late assistant chief engineer to the Local Government Board, who is one of this country's greatest authorities on road construction and general municipal engineering, has, on his retirement on pension, resumed i practice n advisory and consultative work. * That London tramway interests are soon going to have a warmer time of it, and that nearly all the L.G.O.C. directors are longing for the day—now within range of practical politics—when the High ways Committee of the L.C.C. will sue for peace— beginning with a conference in regard to fares. That scarcely anybody knew before that Walker Smith's front name was Jonah.

That THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR is admitted to possess the influence, the men and the standing.

That there may soon he a penny-in-the-slot water supply at Smithfield Cattle Market, for steam wagons and tractors.

That an all-steel aeroship will carry the LondonNew York motor mails, at 300 m.p.h., on or before the 31st March, 19141

That several more big corn and hay merchants have recently failed badly in their realizations of mortgages upon jobmasters' assets.

That there is soon going to be a lot of hard swearing in steam-wagon circles, but that the occasion is wholly a question of degree of excess when loaded.

That it is still a stiff task for the average London motorcab company to show 12d. for is., but that there are at fewest three exceptions to this unlooked-for rule.

That last night's papers, on road subjects, a! the Inst. C.E., laid to the charge of heavy motors seine peculiar offences of which they are certainly not

That one of the New-Year songs, to which advance notices were given in the issue of this journal dated the 5th January, "Bert of Halliwell," by A. J. Foster, to wit, has not gone well after all.

That public subscriptions are shortly to be invited, to the extent of £45,000, for a particular extension of an established London motorbus undertaking, and that the underwriting went through smoothly.

That a debacle in sonic branches of the motorcab industry is not far removed from the imminent, but that. experiences in the corresponding stages of steamwagon and motorbus development render this tryingon

t process inevitable.

That many manufacturers are now so busy fulfilling orders for standard machines that they are disinclined to entertain inquiries for any of special construction, or even for .those involving only slight departures from their standard practice.

That of the total of 150,000 miles of highway in Great Britain, only 17,500 are under the control of county councils, whilst 102,000 are rep-aired (sic) by rural district councils, the odd 30,500 miles being distributed between London and other urban authorities.

That the driver of a London taxicab, when "on the carpet " recently for short earnings, gave as the reason for his not taking his cab out more than four days a week that he really could not get up early every morning, and that his usual time for reporting at the garage is 12 o'clock noon.

That nobody has been more staggered by the rapidity of the rise in L.G.O.C. stock than the directors themselves, and that some of them cannot put this season's top price at a narrower range than 135170, which is a margin that should suit the greediest jobber on the Stock Exchange dare he quote it.

That where there's a wheel there's a way.

That there is, nowadays, a sharp division of opinion with regard to the wisdom of fitting front-wheel brakes.

That Mr. A. A. Remington, the Wolseley Co.'s designer, has recently undergone a very-serious operation, but that he is now on the high road to recovery.

That Mr. Thomas, of Commercial Cars, Ltd., has produced a design for a solid-rubber-tired steel wheel of more-than-usual merit, and that the tires may be mounted or dismounted without the aid of a hydraulic press.

That in certain parts of Derbyshire, when a patient is very ill, the local fly-owners are reported to wait outside the sick room for orders to "conduct" the funeral, and that, in order to steal a march over his opponents in this respect, at least one such owner is likely soon to invest in a motor vehicle. That 14 gallons of petrol for three miles is nearly a record on an agricultural tractor.

That very-extensive developments are imminent with regard to Commercial Car Hirers, Ltd.

That London motorcab drivers are complaining that the B-type motorbuses have done them a lot of harm in the City.

That the London motorcab fleets which participated in the All-British week, had to haul down their flags at the instance of the C.O.

That Ferodo is being applied in all sorts of new directions daily, and that one of the most-remarkable of possible applications is for violoncello strings.

That the 150,000 miles of road mentioned on the previous page are all found in England and Wales, and that Scotland has her own additional total of 24,770 miles, thus yielding an aggregate of some 175,000 miles for the U.K.


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