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New Generals.
Two of the London General Omnibus Co.'s new type of motorbus have just been put into service on the Putney-to-Plaistow route ; they are fitted with Atlas resilient wheels. Their official numbers are L.C.7371 and L.C.7372.
Petrol Storage.
The licence to store 270,000 gallons of petrol in _Fulham, which the L.C.C. recently granted to the British Petroleum Co., Ltd., has been withheld, until an opportunity occurs for further consideration of the proposal. Considerable local opposition has been aroused by certain residents.
Tramway Monopolists.
The L.C.C. is about to place in the carriageway of the Victoria Embankment, for the use of tramway passengers, a structure which will be equivalent to a moderate-sized railway station. The obstruction will be placed at the Blackfriars end of the Embankment; it will consist of a covered platform, 180 ft. long, and wide enough to permit of passengers' being marshalled in four queues. For the peace of mind of other users of the Embankment, we would welcome sonic effectual means of controlling tle• people who assemble every evening in the roadway to wait for their cars, but, we ask, would anyone except the tramway monopolist be permitted to put the public highway to such re
markable uses ? We hear, too, that the L.C.C. has generously decided to make .a contribution cf £3,000 towards the cost of subways at the Elephant and Castle, where the pionopoly of the roadway by the continual procession of tramcars has become a public scandal. It will be interesting to see what pro portion of this sum is borne by the tramways account.
Mirlield should have Motorbuses. The Mirfieki District Council, whose inquiries into the possibility of running motorbuses we have already re
corded, now realizes that it has no power to inaugurate such services with the ratepayers' money. The obvious alternative is the formation of a, small private company, and, in this connection, we understand that Mr. Robert Barrowclough, Esholt Villa, Mirfield, is taking active steps.
Heanor Traders' Requirements..
The Heanor Tradesmen's Association is anxious, as we reported on the 2nd inst., to secure regular means of conveyance for passengers from the outlying districts into the centre of the town. The surveyor to the Local District Council has discussed the matter with certain officials of Commercial Car Hirers, Ltd., which is agreeable to maintain a service, subject to reasonable guarantees.
Dennis Results in Australia.
Our Sydney correspondent writes :" I hear excellent reports of the Dennis char-h-bancs that is working in the service between Glen Innes and Inverell, and which you illustrated a few weeks back [Issue of the 28th Oct.ED.]. The road is a particularly heavy one, rising 1,500 ft. in the 42 miles from Inverell to Glen limes, with an ascent, over part of the distance, of 1 in G. The car does the return journey on each of six days in the week, and is allowed W., hours for the down journey and four hours for the uphill one. It carries 10 passengers in addition to the driver, and has room for half a ton of luggage. If with this new type of Dennis car the service, proves successful, it should be the forerunner of many others in different parts of the State.