This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 Excerpt: ...districts, and is not shown on that illustrated. Stirling petrol omnibuses have been running in Scotland for a considerable time, and, it is said, with great success. In 1903 a service of these omnibuses was started in London by a syndicate, the route being from Cricklewood, through Kilburn, to Oxford Circus. The ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 Excerpt: ...districts, and is not shown on that illustrated. Stirling petrol omnibuses have been running in Scotland for a considerable time, and, it is said, with great success. In 1903 a service of these omnibuses was started in London by a syndicate, the route being from Cricklewood, through Kilburn, to Oxford Circus. The average time occupied in the double journey was one hour; a record time of 15 minutes for the single journey was, however, made on one occasion. The time taken by the horse-drawn omnibuses is abbut one hour for the single journey. After running for a few months this service was discontinued. The service between Brondesbury and Oxford Street was improved and renewed by another syndicate, and, with the exception of a fire that damaged several of the omnibuses, this service has been successfully continued up to the present time. Fig-57---Stirling 16-seated petrol omnibus. So far as the running of the vehicles is concerned, the writer has been informed, there is no fault to find. And it is to be noted that the severe competition on this short route, and the resulting low fares, render the earning of satisfactory dividends a difficult matter. The possibility of continuing and even improving the service is very satisfactory evidence, therefore, of the possibilities of petrol omnibuses. De Dietrich Petrol Omnibuses A De Dietrich petrol omnibus gave very satisfactory results at the heavy-weight trials in France in 1903, both in the preliminary fuel consumption tests and in the run to Nice. The vehicle is very strongly built in order to enable it to successfully withstand the heavy strains to which omnibuses are subjected when on service, otherwise it is practically on the same lines as the 24horse-power touring car, built by the same makers. The omnibus is...
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