Competition for Motor Omnibuses at Budapest
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British Competitors will be Welcomed by the Hungarian Club.
From April ist to iryth the executive committee of the International Automobile Exhibition at Budapest will run a series of motor omnibus trials. All kinds of self-propelled vehicles designed for municipal traffic are admissible : they may be driven by steam, electricity, or internal-combustion motors, nor are there any restrictions as to the nature of the fuel. Whilst not more than two vehicles of the same category may be entered by any firm, no limitation is placed on the collective entries except in so far as they are regulated by the foregoing provision. It is stipulated that the vehicles be built for 30-36 passengers and provided with at least 16 inside seats and 14-16 outside; the platform at the back must have standing accommodation, and passengers must enter on the left side. [This suits ordinary English body practice.—ED.} Every vehicle participating in the trials will have to be fitted with a velograph corresponding to the diameter of the driving wheel, and will be under the surveillance of a controller appointed free of charge by the Hungarian Motor Club; the driver, however, must be appointed at the cost of entrant. The normal entry list will by closed on March 1s1, 1906, subsequent entries being received at double the ordinary fee, which is fixed at 2.5o crowns, or, roughly, to guineas, for each vehicle entered. Every entry must be accompanied, also, by a detailed description of the vehicle, together with photograph and drawing.
A committee of the Hungarian Motor Club will decide the results, and its decision is final. This committee will take the following points into consideration in making the awards :— L—Simplicity of handling and degree of safety in working.
2.Speed and smoothness of motion.
3,--Build and tyring.
4.—Execution and presumable stability_ 5.—Degree of annoyance through noise and odour. 6.—Ratio between weight of vehicle and load. 7.—Reliability in working. 8.—Consumption of fuel and cooling water.
9.—Wear and tear, defects, repairs.
to.—Easy and light up-keep and replacing of the several parts of the construction subject to wear and tear. L—Fixed or attachable contrivance for overcoming iceand snow.
IL—Ease of repairing and manipulation.
13.—Value for money. 4.—Entire work in comparison with horse-power. 15.— Lighting system ; effect and cost. The awards will include—(a) diploma of honour and a valuable prize; (b) c.ertilicate of merit and a valuable prize; (c) three certificates of merit. Omnibuses not receiving prizes will each be awarded a certificate of performance. The committee will place fuel, lubricants, burning oils and, eventually, electric current at the disposal of competitors without charge.
Competing vehicles must be in uninterrupted working for 12 hours' daily, starting at 8 a.m. At the end of each day's run they will be overhauled. No repairs may be made until defects or deficiencies have been notified ; disqualification Follows false data or declarations in this respect. Maximum speed : 15 kilometres an hour. The circuit fixed on is as follows :
i. Esktiter, Kossuth, Lajos-utca, Kerepesi-ut, ut, Arimo-ut, Iparcsnarnok and hack_
2.—Szabadsagter, Vaci-karut, Podmaniczky-utca, TerezKiirm, Szoody-utca, Stadtwlildchen, Industral Hall, and back.
The committee reserves to itself the right to modify the courses, and full particulars may be had from the secretary of the Hungarian Motor Club, Budapest.