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Representative Types of Municipal Motors.

This Section Includes a Great Variety of Machines for Special Purposes.

, Albion Motor Oar Co., Ltd.

Head Office and Works : Seotstoun, Glasgow. London Depot : 21-22, Upper Rathbone Place, Oxford Street, W.

Telegraphic Addresses: "Automobile Glasgow" and "Karalbo London."

Few makers can boast so fine a list of Government and municipal customers as can the Albion Motor Car Co., Ltd., and the types which have been supplied are most varied in eunstructional features. Many of the requirements of such authorities are, of course, for combined service, and necessitate the. tioishing of the vehicles in such a may as to accominedate perhaps mails, passengers and parcels, alternatively or collectively.

The Government of the Dutch East Indies employs Aibions for mail and passenger services which are' very typical of this all-round employment. A 16 h.p. Albion with ample wheelbase accommodates several cross-vehicle char-à-banes seats in ;iddition to ample stowage space for the mails. Variations of Ihis class of machine are, of course, almost innumerable

Albion -tip-wagons have been supplied to a number of municipalities, as well as to private contractors and ethers. The 32 h.p. Albion tower-wagon is a favourite model with municipalities and other tramway authorities. In addition to ho elevating tower, there is accommodation for nine persons. SVhen extended, the tower is 18 ft. in 'height.

The Albion combined municipal wagon has inte•rehangeabie • lip-wagon and road-Watering bodies. A number of different sizes are made in this class of machine and the water tanks vary in capacity from 300 gallons to 900 gallons. • Albion ambulances are of a type which has found fave...ixable employment. The standard model weighs 214 cwt., chassis only, and has a 15 h.p. engine; it, is a worm-driven machine. Its chassis price is £357 10s., f.o.b. London.

Alldays and Onions Pneumatic Engineering CO, Ltd.

Head Office and Works: Matchless Works, Birmingham.

London Office: 58, Holborn Viaduct, E.C. Telegraphic Address: " .Alldays Birmingham."

A ;traightforward type of chassis which has proved so satisfactory for several of the more important branches of municipal employment is that produced by the Alldays

of Birmingham. In particular, the Aildays van has won disinction for itself in the employment of the General Post Office of Great Britain. We refer rather to the Stores Department's deliveries than to the actual carriage of mails, although, of course,Alldays machines are employed in various services throughout the country for the latter purpose. A 30-cwt. Alidays van in the employment of the G.P.O. Stores Department, during recent labour troubles in the Home Country, made some remarkable runs, and firmly esteMished itself in favour as a reselt. In three days this vehicle cavered 675 miles in 43;1 hrs, of actual running time, with a full load of 30 cwt. on board all the time.

Alley and MacLellan, Ltd.

Head Office and Works : Sentinel Works, Pohnadie, Glasgow.

Loudon Office: 139, Grosvenor Road, S.W.

Telegraphic Address : `` Alley Glasgow."

the Alley and Marbellanoteam wagon, in its two types, is frequently employed by municipal authorities, and especially by highway surveyors and contractors.

The six-tenner, which is designed to carry a net load of five tons, or nine tons with a trailer, is, when necessary, equipped with a very complete system of hydraulic tipping gear. A special direct-driven, single-acting tractor pump is installed amidships on the near side of the framing, and this can be used at will to feed the boiler when the wagon is standing, or to help the hydraulic ram situated wider the tip-wagon body. The necessary cocks for this alternative working are accessibly disposed nearby. Normally, when miming, a standard gear-driven pump, which is fitted to, all wagons of this type, looks after the feed water for the boiler. Austin Motor Co., Ltd.

Head Office and Works: Longbridge Works, Northfield, near Birmingham.

Telegraphic Address : " Speedily, Noithfield."

We have already, in the section dealing with petrol-driven goods-carrying vehicles, discussed at some length the advantages of the special 15 11.p. Austin commercial chassis. 'This design, with its engine under the driver's seat, and the latter in a. central, as opposed to the normal off-side position, has been found to be exceptionally useful for employment as a high-class ambulance. This particularly suitable for the comfortable and expeditious transport of patients. .The chassis has a 9 ft. 7 in. wheelbase, and arrangements are made for the boilding•out of the body by paddle-boxing the back wheels. The equipment of the ambulance itself is of the highest class, hot, of course; the actual detail fittings are supplied to individual requirements. Machines of this kind have boon supplied iu aossiderablwnernbers.

Argylls, Ltd.

Works and Head Office : Alexandria, Dumbartonshire, Scotland.

Telegraphic Address: " Argylls Alexandria."

Amongst the many applications of the Argyll industrial range of machines, it is necessary to record in the present section their use by fire departments and as public-service ambulances. We are enabled to illustrate a typical .fire-engine produced at the Alexandria. Works. Amongst customers for this class of machine there have been the Melbourne, Sheffield, Keigbley, and Oldham authorities. The company also makes a speciality of first-aid fire-tenders and turbine motor pumps. The standard Argyll self-propelled fire-pump is of 450 gallons per min. capacity ; the engine is of 75 h.p. and the final drive is by worm. The price complete, with standard equipment, is 925.

Aries.

British Depot : Mossley Hili Motor Car Works, Mossley Hill, Liverpool.

Telegraphic Address : "Chauffeur, Liverpool."

In addition to the models for goods transport manufactured by this well-known French constructor, to which we refer in Section B, an Aries-built fire-fighting equipment is marketed. It is capable of delivering 400 gallons per minute.

Barford and Perkins, Ltd.

Head Office and Works : Queen Street Ironworks. Peterborough.

Telegraphic Address : "Barford Peterborough."

It may be truly said of the house of Barford and Perkins, Ltd., whose works are at Peterborough, that no other company in the world has had such excepticnal experience in connection with the manufacture of self-propelled motor rollers. It has specialized to a remarkable degree in this class of construction, so that at the present time its range of models is an exceptionally lengthy one, and there is practically no requirement of the road-maker or road-repairer which cannot be effectively grappled with at the Peterborough works. In general design the majority of these models conform to standard. An engine of reputed make, and with two or four cylinders, drives through a simple change-speed gearbox,

giving the same number of speeds in both directions, to a final spur-gear reduction and a single-chain drive to the rear roller.

The company has specialized in machines which have been produced for the specific purpose of Tarmac laying, and as this is so important a part of the modern road-builder's work, the production of a special machine in respect of it is an important advance. They deal with any roadway

Barford and Perkins rollers vary in gross weight from 25 cwt. to 15 tens. The narrowest is 3 ft. 6 in. over the rollers, whilst one of the latest designs is not less than 12 ft. in width. A remarkable three-axle roller has been designed specifically under the Crampton-Tapp patent "to deal with the problem of producing on a finished roadway a level or a regularly. curved surface as free as possible from the harmonic recurring waves or depressions which may occur to some extent with the ordinary two-axle roller." This machine consists essentially of three cylinders carried on three axles attached to a rigid frame, the driving or centre axle only Leiria spring-mounted. The steering of front, and back rollers is kected simultaneously by worm gearing. The total weight of the roller and water ballast, and a full ballast tank, can be increased up to 111 tons.

We write particularly of this machine in order to draw attention to the enterprise of the company, which is always evident wherever a definite demand for new models or improved methods become noteworthy. There is little need for us to say more at the present time than to advise readers in any part of the world who are interested in self-propelled rollers, fitted with internal-combustion engines, to ask this company if it can fulfil any of their specific requirements. References to users of Barford and Perkins rollers in all parts of the world are available in great number. The machines are now being put through the shops in small fleets, so great has the demand become of recent years.

The company's machines are specially adapted for export. The frame of the roller for such demand is packed in one big case, whilst the main cylinder is dispatched separately with the ends protected.

An interesting detail which has been added to recent examples is the company's new patent lifter, fitted to the hind axle. This enables the roller to raise itself out of soft places when it cannot do so in the course of an ordinary effort.

H. Gaggenau.

British Depot : Brompton Motor Co., Ltd., 78-82, Brompton Road, London, S.W.

Telegraphic Address : " Halfvolley London."

The Benz-Gaggenau chassis is being employed to a very considerable extent on the Continent for the various recognized branches of municipal motor haulage. Over and above such machines as are employed for the cartage of ordinary street refuse, the types are used extensively with special fittings as watercarts and equipment for other street-orderly services. The Benz ambulance has been referred to under our passenger-carrying section, and we must add a word with regard to the experience of this company in the construction of motor fire-fighting plant of all kinds. These include motor pumps, self-propelled water towers and first-aid appliances.

The Benz factory has had considerable experience in the construction of tip wagons of all kinds, and we would draw attention specifically to its special designs of both end and side-tipping wagons, many of which are of large capacity. Side-tipping trailers, too, are supplied in certain instances. Belsize Motors, Ltd.

Head Office and Works : Clayton, Manchester. Telegraphic Address " BE size Manchester."

Sole Export Agent : A. W. Roslington, Lloyd's Avenue House, Lloyd's Avenue, London, E.C.

In the design and manufacture of most types of Belsize chassis, the essential requirement of rough Overseas service have been carefully considered.

In the construction of these chassis for use as fire-engines, fire-escapes, water carts, dust carts and similar vehicles, the company has carefully considered the various requirements of service. They have good ground clearance, ample cooling and are of robust construction. The control and design have been made as simple as possible. The engines fitted to these vehicles have four cylinders, cast in pairs, and in the heavier models the valves are all placed on one side. Cooling is by centrifugal pump, with large circulation pipes.

The gearboxes give four forward speeds and a reverse; the clutches are of the 1fele-Shaw multiple-disc type. The heaviest model has wheels made of cast steel.

Berliet Motors.

Head Office Sackville -Street, London, AV, Telegraphic Address : " Horselaugh, London."

The Berliet water cart has a chassis weight of 32C0 kilos. a 30 h.p. engine ; its final drive is by chains, and die price of the chassis with tires, delivered in London, is £781.

This company's fine range of models enables it to quote when necessary for special municipal and Government types of vehicles. The water cart is a typical example.

Brasier Societe des Automobiles.

British Depot: 77-78, High Street, Marylebone, London, W.

Telegraphic Address : " Brasieroto, London."

BRASIER CLEANERS AND WATERING TANKS.

Drive.

10 Chain

12

As in use in Paris, Ivry, Bordeaux, Budapest, Rome, Buenos Ayres, etc.

Prices are according to specification in each case, but they are approximately £450 and 1500 respec tively. •

BRASIER FIRE-ENGINE.

Pump capacity 450 gallons, 22 h.p., chain-drive, 000 complete.

This company has made a speciality of automobile roadcleaning machines and watering tanks, and these are of 10 h.p. and 12 h.p. respectiva.y. Both types are chain driven. They were recently put through severe tests by the Municipality of Paris, and are used there and in a great many other Continental cities.

Brasier chassis are also available for employment for the more ordinary haulage us.es by communes and corporations alike. A further municipal employment of this maker's productions is in respect of its fire-engine, detailed particulars of which may be secured upon application to the address given above:

N.A.G.

British Depot: British N.A.G. Motor Co., Ltd., 4, Great Marlborough Street, London, W. Telegraphic Address : " Nagmoto, London."

This well-known company manufactures various types of vehicles, suitable for municipal and similar work. All the vehicles are fitted with four-cylinder engines, four-speed-and-reverse gearboxes, giving direct drive on top gear, and leather-faced cone clutches. From the gearbox a short propeller shaft transmits the power by means of bevel gearing to a countershaft, the final drive being by roller chains.

H. Buessing.

Works : Elmstrasse, Braunschweig, Germany. Telegraphic Address : "Motor Braunschweig."

Supported by a Continental reputation which need fear no critieisin in respect to .the'employment• of their machines for var.:IOUs • municipal clasSes „of. motor -haulage,. we find Buessings, of .Brunswick, • are. enabled to offer .vehicles of

practically all types for which urban and municipal services ran find economical and satisfactory employment. The Bucasing tip wagon is a special class of machine which has brought its maker much business from Colonial users. Side-tip and end-tip machines are offered in considerable varieties.

FIRE-ENGINES AND OTHER SPECIAL MODELS.

Pump capacity. H.P. Drive. Chassis price 440 g.p.m. 55 Chain 1170 1000 gallons (a) 40 11 1165 (h) (a) Water cart. Tank capacity is given. (h) 21130 without pump.

Amongst other ‘Ellicles of which numbers have been supplied to local authorities is the Buessing water wagon with steel tank and special spraying device; tower wagons are another municipal speciality. In respect of fire-fighting plant Buessings have specialized to a very considerable extent. Here, again, the company can point to successful employment in many continental towns. The equipment which can be offered to intending purchasers covers the whole range of modern automobile fire-fighting plant. The two standard motor pumps are of 330 gallons and 440 gallons capacity respectively. Other types consist of firstaid machines and stout motor-driven water-tower wagons. Examples of self-propelled fire plant have been constructed, which are specially adapted to haul as a trailer existing steamdriven pumping apparatus.

Clayton and Co. (Huddersfield), Ltd.

Head Office and Works : Union Works, Huddersfield. London Office : 68, Victoria Street, 6.W, Telegraphic Address : " Karriakar Huddersfield and London."

One of this Huddersfield maker's special claims to the attention of users is the fact that it markets, as well as its standard range of bonneted models, .a series of machines ie which the engine is located beneath the driver's foot-plate. This arrangement, it must be admitted, presents. special claims for employment with the heavier types of goods-carrying bodies which are now being so extensively purchased by municipalities and other authorities. Karrier tower-wagons are a speciality of which local corporations are making full use. , We have referred elsewhere to the company's experience in respect of tipping-wagons, and this comprises quite a number of 'special forms of this interesting class of vehicle; both power and hand-operated tips are embodied, as desired.

The Karrier patent hoisting gear for facilitating the leading of bulky or heavy units is a useful addition to many chassis.

It is interesting to note that this company has, a short time 'before the preparation of this special issue, been successful with its new British W.O. subsidy-typo model with a, nominal three-ton load capacity' and lies been granted a certificate for it after a series of trials which, if anything, were much more severe than previous ones of the same type. This success is high testimony to the suitability of Karrier vehicles for municipal and Governmental employment.

Commercial Cars, Ltd.

Works : Luton, Beds. London Office : 79a, Parkhurst Road, Holloway, N. Telegraphic Addresses : " Komerkars Luton and London."

Commercial Cars, Ltd., has had exceptional experience in respect of the supply of machines for municipal and Government employment at home and abroad. We would refer our readers to the notice under the present heading in section B ter certain detailed comment upon the capacity and construction of this company's standard chassis. In the present section we will ecasfine ourselves to the recording of a few interesting orders which have recently been fulfilled.

The Street Cleansing and Scavenging Department of the City of Edmonton, Alberta. recently took delivery of one of the company's P.C.-type chassis fitted with sprinkling and flushing gear. This is a watering-wagon, of course, and the tank has a capacity of 1000 imperial gallons. In addition to Warwick patent sprinklers, the machine is fitted with flush -Mg nozzles, which can be arranged at. any inclination for Use

in layingthick dust, or for flushing out gullies. • A Mather and Platt centrifugal pump is fitted behind the driver's seat, and this discharges the water through any of the flushing nozzles on to the road surface or elsewhere at a pressure of 60 lb. per sq. in. This particular machine, it is interesting to note, is fitted with a Biddlecombe paraffin gas producer.

The company's Winnipeg agent recently took delivery of a Commercar chassis for special fire-brigade purposes. The vehicle in question, on what is known as an F.C.B. chaesis, was fitted with an American sheet-steel body for carrying 2000 ft. of fire-hose. One of the conditions of the contract for supply was that the machine should be capable of attaining, a speed of 44 m.p.h.; and in the official test this was exceeded by 6 m.p.h. with full load up.

One of the most remarkable moter fire-engines as yet constructed in this country is undoubtedly the 120 h.p. standard Commercar six-cylinder fire-pump, which has beer, built to the order of the Corporation of Vancouver. This was described and illustrated in full in a recent issue of THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR. A similar machine, built with body and equipment, has recently been ordered by the municipality of the City of Prince Albert, Alberta.

We may finally quote, as an example of the ability of Con, roercial Cars, Ltd., to undertake the supply of these special municipal types, an order which has recently been fulfilled for the Municipality of Monte Video for an 860-gallon waterlog wagon fitted with the Willacy patent rotary sprinkling gea .

Dennis Bros. (1913), Ltd.

Head Office and Works : Guildford. Telegraphic Address : "Dennis Guildford."

FIRT-ENGINES AND OTHER SPECIAL MODELS. Pump. Chassis Wt. H.P. Drive. Price.

150 g.p.m. 2 tons 10 cwt. 30 Worm 720

300 „ 3 „ 5 „ 45 450 ,,3 ,,15 ,,60

This company has an unusual number of special vehicles to its credit which can be classified specifically as useful for municipal purposes. Primarily, of course, it has distinguished itself by the manner in which it has developed the motor fire-engine. So well have these vehicles come through the many strenuous tests to which they have been put by professional firemen and fire-brigade committees, the world over, that, up to the present time, motor pumps and first-aid tenders from the Guildford shops are being dispatched to all quarters of the globe in record numbers.

The company preudly takes rank as the pioneer of the Dennis-Gwynne turbine motor fire-engine. There has been some amount of opposition to the turbine on the part of users who at first thoeght that a reciprocating engine would give better service, but it is now pretty well admitted on all hauds that the turbine is the most suitable form of pump for the purpose. The Dennis form of construction, therefore, finds particular favour in fire-brigade circles everywhere, at the present time. The Greek Government has acquired a Dennis tank-wagon to carry 500 gallons of water for fire-brigade purposes between Athens and Piraeus. This machine is of the40 h.p. type, and constructed to carry, excluding body, a load of fivo tons.

The company, of course, ha.s had much experience in the production of motor ambulances, and notably ie the case of the Metropolitan Ambulance Board, which has adopted a large fleet of Dennis single-deckers for this class of work.

Itala.

British Depot : British and Foreign Motors, Ltd., 52 and 53, Sussex Place, South Kensington, London, S.W.

In addition to the range of goods-haulage and passengercarrying models which British and Foreign Motors, Ltd., the British and Overseas concessionnaire for the Itala machines, handles, the Itala factory produces also many special models which are of particular interest to municipalities.

The Itala designers have supplied five motor fire-engines fitted with Worthington centrifugal punips, or alternatively, with reciprocating Drouville pumps.

J. and E. Hall, Ltd.

Works : Dartford, Kent.

London Office : 10, St. Swithin's Lane, F.C. Telegraphic addresses : " Hallford London, or Dartford."

The Hallford list of models which we publish on page 26 affords a selection of industrial chassis which are capable of adaptation for various special municipal services. Already a considerable business has been done in this direction.

Notable deliveries, typical of this class of work, have been two four-ton tipping wagons supplied to the Municipality of Singapore. Both these wagons are supplied with bodies made entirely of steel. Four three-ton wagons of similar type are now on order for the Crown Agents for the Colonies, and these machines are also to have steel-built bodies.

A useful example of the company's incursion into the field of motor fire-engine construction is a 32 h.p. motor fire tender with escape, machines of which type have already been supplied to Sidcup and Chatham in the Home Country.

Halley's Industrial Motors, Ltd. Head Office and.Works : Yoker, Glasgow. London Office : 36, Causton Street, Westminster, S.W. Telegraphic Address : " Horseless Glasgow." FIRE-ENGINES AND OTHER SPECIAL, Alonv,Ls., Tower H.P. Drive. R.. s. s. .1£ wagons 95, 35 and 45 Chain 520 10 608 10 710 Fire tenders 25, 35 and 45 520 10 608 10 710

The Halley factory has specialized in the production of tower wagons and tramway overhead-repair lorries, and amongst deliveries of the latter class of vehicle we may record, as evideuce of their satisfactory performance, the ownership of four by the Corporation of Glasgow. Other municipalities possessing machines of this class are Salford, Rotherham, Rochdale, Liverpool and Oldham. This coinpany has already taken some steps to participate in the motor fire-engine branch of the industry, and Glasgow, in particular, has acquired Halley motor pumps of big capa city. First-aid machines of medium power are also a speciality upon which the company has concentrated. Other fire-brigade orders for the Home Country have been to Leith, tlydebeek, Kilmarnock. Partici/. and f,anark County.

A Halley 450-gallon combined set for Glasgow. Thomas Green and Son, Ltd.

Head Office and Works : Smithfield Iron Works, Leeds.

Telegraphic Address : " Smithfield Leeds."

S.P.A. models, handled by this company, have been adapted for use in various municipal services, and notably for employment as light and speedy tower wagons tor overhead tramway equipment. The company manufactures in its own shops at Leeds two specialities which are of particular interest to those who contemplate further employment of power-pro. pelled plant for municipal purposes.

Just before going to press with this present issue, we. were afforded an opportunity to inspect the latest design of Green motor-propelled road sweeper, and this appliance impressed us as a straightforward and effective model. The latest design is fitted with a four-cylinder engine and patented method of chassis suspension as between frame and brush gear. Green's other speciality, which has many other adaptations, of course, than those necessitated by municipal service, is the motor-propelled roller, and this is made in a. number of sizes. A sturdy arid substantial engine drives through a gearbox giving a ratio of speeds which is available in either direction, and thence, by big spur-gear reduction to the final chain drive, to the rear roller.

The Lure Motor Car Co., Ltd.

Head Office and Works : Letchworth, Herts. London Office 78, York Road, King's Cross, N. Telegraphic Address : "Unbaffied London."

The Loere Co., pioneer as it has been in respect of the introduction of all classes of commercial vehicles, has to its credit a very considerable number of special models which are of interest to municipalities and similar authorities.

In this connection, we may record the successful introduction of a Lacre watering wagon. As supplied to the Singapore Corporation, this machine has a 750-gallon capacity, and was fitted with Caink's patent sprinkler.

Yet another speciality is the 38 h.p. Lacre chassis fitted with vacuum 0/tractor plant, for use in connection with cesspools' drains and intercepting tanks. The Glasgow Corporation has taken delivery of one of the latest examples of the Lacre motor road Sweeper, and in this Machine the powerdriven rotary brush is mounted amidships beneath a, special form of chassis.

The Johannesburg Town Council has quite a fleet of Lucre municipal wagons. in addition to a tower wagon. The 38 h.p., four-ton steel tipping refuse wagon is a fine machine ii.7 of its class. The four-ton Lacre, with a side-tipping body, is another very useful example.

In respect of fire-brigade plant, the Lacre Co. manufactures a turbine fire-engine and escape combination which is finding considerable favour with fire-brigade authorities.

Leyland. Motors, Ltd.

Works : Leyland, Lanes. London Office : 47, New Kent Road, SE. Telegraphic Addresses : "Motors Leyland," " Motatura London."

LEYLAND FIRE-EN GINE9.

Pump. Tare. H.P. Drive. Price, 450 gal. 4 tons 10 cwt. 55 Gear 1097 600 gal. 4 „ 15 „ 85 1300 Prices quoted are for complete equipment.

The Leyland Co., of course supplies machines of special types which fill the requirements of users of practically every kind of commercial motor haulage. In no sphere, however, has the company's success been more marked than in the supply of models specially suitable for municipal employment. The larger types are made in the bonnetless style, a design which is of particular Convenience to those users who desire to employ tipping, watering and other bulky bodies. This company secured Westminster's latest order.

Amongst. recent municipal and (similar orders which have been completed by the Leyland concern we may record the supply of four wagons for Bombay Municipality, a. tower wagon for Pretoria Municipality, and six wagons fur Sydney.

The company, of course, specializes in respect of motor-driven fire appliances, and these uniformly do well in the hands of fire brigades.

Mann's Patent Steam Cart and Wagon Co., Ltd. Head Office.and Works: Pepper Road Works, Hunslet, Leeds.

Telegraphic Address: "Canning, Leeds."

Mann special steam wagons, of which we make considerable mentiOn in Section A of this issue, have met with much success in employment by municipal and Government authorities. During the last year six of the company's special short-wheel base steam tipping carts have been supplied to H.M. India Office, two more rotary sprinkler wagons have been dispatched to Delhi, and a bates of tipping cars for municipal work to Adelaide.

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John Morris and Sons, Ltd.

Head Office and Works : Salford. Manchester. Telegraphic Address: "Fireman Manchester."

Amongst modern constructors of fire-brigade equipment, John Morris and Sons, LW., of Manchester, occupies an honourable place. This old-established undertaking, for many years, supplied horse-drawn plant, and with the present universal decision to abandon the horse for fire-fighting appliances of any size, they soon made the,necessary arrangements to supply motor-propelled equipment. Amongst recent orders that have been executed we may

quote a fine six-cylinder, 600-gallon turbine pump for the Liverpool Corporation. This machine also carries a 60 ft. fircescape and a lot of first-aid plant. A six-cylinder, 600-gallon pump has also been supplied to Belfast ; this carries a -60 ft. Ajax fire-escape and other auxiliary equipment. A fourcylinder, 400-gallon turbine and other machines have been supplied by the .Morris company for the same city.

Sidney Straker and Squire, Ltd. Head Office : Nelson Square, Elackfriars, S.E.

Telegraphic Address: "Rhomboidal London."

This maker fully understands the requirements of all classes of users in the matter of mechanical transport, and in addition to its passenger and goods-carrying machines it markets many special types, including tank-wagons, tower wagons, platform lorries, petrol-driven railcars, and shunting locomo

tives. The attention of The Overseas reader is specially directed to the Colonial types of petrol lorry.

John I. Thornycroft and Co., Ltd.

Works: Southampton and Basingstoke. London Office : Caxton House, Westminster, S.W. Telegraphic Address : " Thornycroft LOndon."

This company, which has secured such a remarkable sequence of Government diplomas and awards, culminating in the securing of the Subsidy certificate in 1913, has taken more than its share in respect of the development of the various modern types of municipal Motor vehicles. Some of the London Boroughs have in particular afforded the company an opportunity to show what could be done with its machines for combined watering and dirt-collecting duty. In addition to the British War Office, other Government departments employing Thornycrofts are, H.M. Stationery Office, Indian Government, the Crown Agents for the Colonies, High Commissioners for New Zealand, Southern Nigerian Government, and the Spanish and Japanese War Offices.