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THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR

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News and Comment.

This journal has a genuine circulation, genuine advertisement support, and an Editorial staff whose members have practical experience and knowledge of the construction and use of commercial motors.

The War Office invites tenders for certain traction plant (Supplement, page vi).

A Tire Agency Open.

The Torrilhon Company is desirous to appoint a sole agent for the United Kingdom, for the sale of its tires and other rubber goods (page 525).

Halley's New Model.

Owing to the remarkable success of the company's two-cylinder model, great interest attaches to the more powerful chassis of Haliey's Industrial Motors, Limited. This is described and illustrated on pages 526 to 528.

Local Enterprise.

Mr. Reuben Thompson, one of the largest jobinasters in Sheffield, and an early member of the Liverpool Self-Propelled Traffic Association, put his first motorcab on the streets of the cutlery city last iveek, lie owns Sid&ley chassis, both of the toh.p. and 18h.p. sizes.

Metropolitan Asylums Board.

The Ambulance Committee of the Metropolitan Asylums Board has been authorised to obtain tenders for the supply of two additional motorbuses, and, if necessary, to employ the services of an expert adviser. The adaptation of the Mead ambulance depot, at an estimated cost of .4;310, in order to give accommodation for motor vehicles, has also been approved.

Lancashire and Yorkshire Shows.

The annual show of the Royal Lancashire Agricultural Society, at Manchester, was favoured with splendid weather, and large attendances were recorded. A brief report of the motor exhibits will be found on page 536, and it should be noted that many of these are now on view, at Halifax, where the annual show of the Yorkshire Agricultural Society is in progress. Those of our readers in the Yorkshire district, who were unable to visit Newcastle last month, Should endeavour to get to Halifax before to-morrow (Friday) night. A resolution for the voluntary liquidation of the Liverpool Cycle and Motor Show, Limited, will be submitted to the shareholders on the 15th instant.

A New Duty for County Councils.

An increasing number of fire-brigade committees arc refusing to sanction further expenditure on stables, and it looks as though we should soon have nothing hut motor fire-engines, motor escape-vans, motor hose-tenders and motor equipment all round. The speed and endurance of the motor is one of the most potent factors in bringing about this change, whilst its ability to travel quickly to isolated mansions or other buildings in country areas is not unlikely to bring about the purchase of self-propelled tire-fighting plant by county councils, which bo,dies have hitherto regarded this branch of public service as being outside their obligations. With the limitations imposed by the use of horse-drawn plant, such was undoubtedly the case, but times and methods have changed since that attitude was adopted.

The Premier Motor Cab Company, Limited, with an authorised capital,ot I,-2,000 in Li shares, has been registered with its office at Dorset Mews, Dorset Road, Clapham Road, S.F.

The Motorcab Combine.

The United . Motor Cab Company, Limited, is now being wound up voluntarily, and Mr. R. Gordon, of 32, Old Jewry, E.G., has been appointed liquidator. This course is the usual one under the Companies Acts, the " United " having been absorbed by the General Motor Cab Company, Limited.

Vieo Wheels.

Developments are in hand for the extension of the business of Vico, Limited, of Woodbridge, Suffolk, in the commercial branches. The London General Omnibus Company is fitting a set of these wheels to one of its WolseleySiddeley vehicles, and the Gramophone Company, Limited, has a set in service since the middle of June. It will be noted, from the illustration on page 325, which is of a 20h.p. Halley van,. with a maximum load capacity of •3* tons, that the wheels arc by no means cumbersome in appearance, whilst their beneficial effects upon the running of any machine so fitted are undoubted. A description of the Vieo wheel was published by us on the i6th January.

Illuminated and Moving Advertisements.

We gave a few advance particulars,. in our issue of the i6th April, of the intentions of the Novelty Parcel Van Syndicate, Limited. The moving spirit in this enterprise is Mr. Percy Hutchinson, of Husbands Bosworth House, Rugby, and matters are in hand for the early development of the enterprise._ We illustrate one of the vans herewith : it is of Thames manufacture, with a four-cylinder, thh.p. engine, three forward speeds, one reverse, and sidechain drive. The roller mechanism is entirely mounted on ball bearings, and is driven from one of the engine camshafts, its absorption of power being extremely small. As the vehicle travels, the advertisement announcements are varied, but not at a rate that renders them unintelligible to pedestrians and others whose attention it is desired to attract ; a large number of electric lamps, with Osram filaments, provideample illumination at night-time. The rollers and screens do not reduce the interior capacity by more than to per cent., and each van is capable of tak

ing a load of two tons. • The promoters of this important development in motor advertising experienced, as might have been expected, not a few initial troubles, before they were able to get the rollers, screens, and curtains to work without a hitch, but they are now in a position to. go ahead, as the design has been settled to the satisfaction of all concerned.

The Deutz Otto Motor Company, Limited, has been registered, with a nominal capital of L1,000, by Sims and Syms, of 70, Queen Victoria Street, E,C.

Whiteley's Latest Lacre.

There are now 16 Laere vehicles in the service of 'William Whiteley, Limited, of Westbourne Grove, and the latest of these is illustrated herewith. It is from a photograph taken outside Whiteley's well-equipped garage, and our illustration serves to show how attractive the modern motorvan may look.

Carbon Brushes for Electro-Motors.

Messrs. Wm. Geipel and Company, of the Vulcan Works, St. Thomas Street, London, SE,, have forwarded to us a leaflet in which the virtues of the Henrion graphitic-carbon brushes are extolled. These carbon brushes are now extensively employed by many well-known concerns, including railway companies, tramway companies, and electricity supply stations.

Factory Premises.

The large and extensive freehold works at Dagenham, Essex, which until recently were in the occupation of the Morris Aiming Tube and Ammunition Company, Limited, are now being offered for sale by private treaty by Wheatley, Kirk, Price and Company, Limited, of 46, Watling Street, London, E.G. These works are situated about half a mile from the Dagenham station of the London, Tilbury and Soutlyend Railway Company, and are about ii miles from the City of IA.)ndon. They are quite new, and are fully equipped with steam and electric installations, heating and ventilating apparatus, telephones, and all the usual accessories of a modern manufacturing concern ; the premises are well worth the consideration of motor manufacturers who may be contemplating the removal or extension of their existing plant. The auctioneers have had prepared a full description of the works, and this is profusely illustrated by photographs and plans. A successful departure The Smallest Dennis Van.

Dennis Brothers, Limited, of Guildford, is finding a satisfactory demand for its latest two-cylinder motorvan to carry loads of to cwt., an example of which was shown at the latest Olympia Show. We illustrate one of these vans herewith, and we arc glad to learn that it is doing good service for its owners, Fire-Brigade Economies.

The present method of keeping up steam in the boilers of fire engines by means of gas has been found by the Fire Brigade Committee of the L.C.C. to be very expensive ; in the case of the Cannon Street engine, the cost is about a year. The Committee proposes to fit, experimentally, a special steam by a successful trader.

boiler, which will be connected to the

fire-engine boiler, and so arranged that, on the engine's being moved, theconnections will be automatically severed and sealed without loss of steam or water. The cost of installation will be approximately ,4-3.1.o. Thisdifficulty throws up the comparative advantages of the internal-combustiois engine, an increasing number of which has been specified lately by Ere brigades generally.

A Scotch Production.

If the Albion Company's vehicles, in truly Scotch fashion, are built to stand up to their work, the latest Albion catalogue is compiled to make converts. It is less bulky—only 28 pages—than the majority of such productions, but it is. a fine example of terseness. The company's claims, that the Albion vans,. and lorries, and passenger vehicles are the most reliable and simple on the market, open the booklet, and its terms. of business (including guarantee) are then set out, Next conies a six-page section in which the chief mechanical features of the .chassis are described and illustrated, with a few explanatory words about the latest fittings—thechain cases, and the automatic carburetter with its suction silencer. Illustrations of typical vehicles in the hands of customers, outline specifications of types (with code words), and a page each for seven of the company's models (two delivery vans, a lorry, a char-a-bancs, a wagonette, a station omnibus, and a travellers' brougham), bring us to page 21, after which thereare still the reproductions of certainnoteworthy awards, and copies ot equally interesting and convincing testimonials, before we come to the concluding pages on which a few details are given of the records made by Albionmail vans, and of working costs. Export and shipping information, with measurements and weights of parts. when packed, go to complete the valuable, contents of a catalogue which -should be in the hands of every personwho is looking into the subject of economical delivery•of -goods, or into-theconveyance of passengers and mails byroad, whether at home or abroad.

The Junior Athenum Club, of r16, Piccadilly, is extending hospitality to members of the Royal Automobile Club, during the present month, while tilt promises at No. 1'9 are being renovated.

A Montenegrin Monopoly.

Th.e Government of Montenegro has just conferred a monopoly of 15 years on a company which has undertaken to carry goods and passengers by motor vehicles in the Principality. Provision has also been made for a rapid service between Montenegro and Cattaro.

A German Success at the Spanish War Office.

The Suddeutsche Automobil-fabrik, of Gaggenau, has received an order from Madrid for a number of lorries suitable for military transport purposes, of the type, indeed, subventioned by the Prussian War Office. Barring Creusot, no other maker received a contract. It may he remembered that, last year, the Spanish War Office tried the makes of several Continental houses, with a view to the selecting of suitable types. The Gaggenau people are paying much attention to the Spanish market; their English depot is at 14, Baker Street, W.

Accumulator Propulsion.

Professor Ayrton has been roundly criticised for his attack upon the commercial prospects of accumulator propulsion. Further to our own references of last week, we note some additional points which are raised by Mr. I Tenry L. joly, of Chelsea, in the engineering supplement of " The Times " for the 29th ultimo. Mr. joly, after taking Professor Ayrton to task for his pessimistic views, and for his out-of-date bases, gives some interesting comparative details on the matter of secondary cells. Those purchased by the London Electric Cab Company, in 1897, weighed 4olb. each, and had a capacity of too ampere-hours at 32. amperes discharge, whilst thbse now in use by the Electromobile Company weigh only 271b. each, and have a capacity of 155 ampere-hours al 30 amperes discharge. He adds that one of the former cabs consumed too ampere-hours to cover 17 miles on average roads in 1898, while the Electromohile Company's Iandaulets, in 1908, only consume 150 ampere-hours to cover di miles.

French Trials.

The last date of entry for the International coin petition for agricultural motors at I3ourges (Centre), has now been definitely fixed for the t Oh instant. M. Th. Groussot, bf 24, Rue NotreDame, Bourges, should be addressed on the matter.

Ambulances For London.

Mr. Gladstone, in answer to a 4.1ttes tion by Mr. Cooper (Southwark, Bet. mondsey) has stated that any oppoA tion from the City of London Corpora tion to the proposals for the establish. ment of motor-ambulance services by the L.C.C. only arose so far as the Council proposed to take powers in the City of London. Ile understood that the Electroniobile Company's ambulance was giving complete satisfaction in the City a departmental committee of the House of Commons, which was considering the whole question of motor-ambulance services for London.

would, he hoped, be able to report this autumn. Residents in progressive cities will hardly credit the fact that London has no ambulance service, and that injured people are taken to hospital on stretchers, or in cabs!

Automobile Experience for the L.C.C. Fire Brigade.

On the 21st July, the Fire Brigade Committee submitted to the London County Council the names of three candidates which were selected from the 372 applications that had been received, for the position of Assistant Divisional Officer of the Brigade. The Committee recommended the appointment of Mr. C. C. Boville Morris, at a commencing salary of ,4;300, with allowances, which are valued at 4(.775 a year. This recommendation was adopted by the Council.

Mr. Boville Morris was, for three years, a pupil at the G.E.R. Locomotive Works, and he has, since then, filled various appointments as inspector and assistant district locomotive superintendent with the company. He has lately been in charge of the G.E. Railway Company's motor-omnibus maintenance department.

Bristol's Fares.

The Bristol Town Council has sanctioned a schedule of motorcab fares on the basis of is. a mile, with an additional 3d. for each succeeding quarterrmile or part thereof. While waiting, a charge of 3d. for every 31 minutes is also approved. The conditions provide that the hiring and fare shall be deemed to commence on the taking up of the passenger, and that, in the event of a motorcab's failing to complete a journey from any cause whatever, the circumstances and cause of stoppage shall be reported to the Council within 24 hours, and no fare shall be demanded in respect of the distance travelled.

Wagons for Manceuvres.

Every year, the French War Office is turning more and more to the motor vehicle to do the transport work at manoeuvres, For next September, when the manceuvres will be held, as many as 70 or Ro wagons are needed, or more than twice the number that have ever been requisitioned before. It is not at all certain, however, that the makers will be ready to furnish 8n wagons : the payment which the Army Department makes for employing them is by no means adequate, and results in a loss to the contractor, who argues that, whilst he is prepared to strain a point or two to serve the interests of the Army, the victualling of the troops in manoeuvres is to him a business proposition, and should be treated as such. Last year, 34 vehicles were furnished, and in '9°6 nine only. Towards this year's battalion of 8o, four De DionBouton wagons have already been offered and accepted.

The Chambre Syndicale de l'Automobile has been approached by the War Office for assistance in procuring the requisite number of motor wagons, which must fulfil the following conditions :— Minimum useful load, two tons; run between do and 70 miles daily, loaded over half the distance, and carry waterproof covers.

The rate of indemnity is fixed at one franc per unit of h.p. daily, fuel, oil and grease being supplied by the military authoritie.s. Workshops in which to effect repairs will be provided in different towns within the zone of the manwuvres.

Two men must accompany each wagon; they will be granted payment at the rate of two-and-a-half francs a day for their services, and will rank as reserves in the motoring corps.

Uniting more than mo,000 men of the 4th, 5th, 8th and oth Army Corps, the manceuvres for which the So wagons are needed are the most important of the year. They will last for 12 days during September, with Blois, Tours, Chateouroux and Bourg-es as the chief centres of operation.


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