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The Coupe Co.'s Progress.
Information is to hand from which we learn that the Coupe; Co., Ltd,, of 47, Graham Street, S.W., etc., is making a special feature in the privatehire department of the letting-out of the Coupe Napier landaulets for either a dinner, theatre, etc., from 6 p.m. te 1 a.m.. far the phenomenally-low charge of Ris. The Napier motor carriages of this company are luxuriously fitted up, and the internal fittings, ineluding a speaking tube, lady's companion, card tray, etc., are excellent.
Reliance Taxicab Co.'s Affairs.
We recorded, on 11th November, the granting of an order for the compulsory winding-up of the Reliance Taxicab Co„ Ltd. Meetings of creditors and shareholders were held en 31st December. At the former gathering, Mr. Leighton Bennet. of 31, Broad St. Avenue. was nominated as liquidator, with a committee of inspection consisting of Messrs. Fredk. Jones. of TTowell and Jones, and Mr. Campbell of Stevens and Co. It appears that the business of the Reliance Co. was never carried further than the promotion ; no cabs were ever supplied or placed on the streets by the undertakin . An arrangement with the Porthos Co. provided for the payment to that 1110 Icel.' of le20,000 as deposit and £800, in addition, for each machine on its delivery to England. At the subsequent meeting of shareholders, tli e directors' policy sstis criticized v ory severely,
Atlas Steel Wheels,
We reprcduce a photograph on this page of a moterceb, which belongs to a Manchester owner, nod which i.s fitted with a neat set of cast-steel wheels made by the Atlas Resilient Road Wheels. Ltd .,Levenshulme,Manehester. It is of interest to remember that the new model of motorbus chassis which is being manufactured by the Loudon General Omnibus Co., Ltd., is fitted with similar wheels, as also are to be the Ryknield machines which are going out to Brussels shortly in large numbers.
The Atlas type of wheel is east in one piece, and its satisfactory characteristics are, no dmibt, largely due to the extreme care which is taken to ensure that the annealing proces.s, to which these wheels are subjected, shall not give rise to undue internal stress. The tire rim is forced direct on to the steel wheel rim. The spokes are made of cross, T or tabular cross-section. Detachable rims are also supplied by this maker: in this form of construe
tion the rim of the wheel is made of channel section and is suitably arranged to accommodate the securitybolt wing nuts.
Glasgow Taxicabs.
In a letter from a Scottish correspondent, we learn that the new regulations, affecting taxicabs in Glasgow, are not the result of influences brought to hear by the local tramways and owners of horse cabs. We are informed that this new schedule, a-hereby increased charges may be made for the use of taxicabs, was the result of overtures made by the owners of taxicabs, who wished to be enabled, under special circumstances, to demand a higher rate of remuneration. It must be remembered, however, that the higher rates now sanctioned are the maximum—the charges generally imposed will be those previously in force within the Glasgow area.
Credit at Bristol.
A Mr. T. W. Beer, of Bristol, was summoned under the Debtors' Act, in respect of various cab fares which be bad not paid to taxicab drivers in the employ of the Bristol Tramways Co. The evidence showed that the defendant had told several drivers he had an account with the company, whereas the prosecuting solicitor stated that any such account consisted of the defendant's having from time to time engaged cabs and afterwards told the drivers to keep an account. Had such an occurrence taken place in London, there is little doubt that the average driver would have given the " fare " in charge. The defendant was committed for trial at the January sessions.
Christmas Traffic.
Mr. G. H. Challenger, whose energetic organization of motorbus and motorcab enterprize in Bristol has frequently been the subject of notice in these columns, reports that, while Christmas day was the quietest of the whole year for the tramway system, the motorcahs, as a rule, had the busiest day of the past 12 months. One interesting service performed was that for a gentleman who, on arriving home from Sierra Leone, found that the train service would not allow him to reach Oswestry, in Shropshire, in reasonable time. Be eventually went the whole way by taxicab ; the 134 miles was covered in SI hours. Many others of the 100 cars in service were employed for single journeys of between 30 and 60 miles.