Bus and Lorry Opportunities in Argentine.
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Twelve-passengermotorbuses are new exceedingly popular in Buenos Aires. These vehicles are -mostly Ford. "1.-ton truck chassis equipped with locally built bodies. Only .single-deck vehicles Can he used, owing to the lownetwork of overhead wires that exists in the city.T The ideal.bus.might be built on the lines of the Parisian vehicle, although it is declared that a narrower body and a slightly less 'cumbersome chassis would be air advantage. British manufacturers who are capable of supplying such vehicles at a reasonable figures;hould ay nronint•at':ention to this market.. Makers of municipal vehicles are also faced with an opportunity in the Argentine. The municipality of Buenos Aires recently decided to subititute motordriven vehicles for the animal-drawn re
fuse carts at present in use. This deei, sion, it is understood, will be acted upon so soon as•the proposed loan has been sanctioned, and then about 400 motor street slirebper's; sprinklers, refuse carriers, and general utility vans will 'be needed to replace the 1,600 horse-drawr carts.
Several American, one Belgian, and two or three French concerns are striving after this order, but up to the present no tests have been, carried out.. It is anticipated that the securing of this order will pave the way for further orders from other cities in Argentina.