Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-09-25 | Page 6 | Six-Wheel Auto Buses

Six-wheel Auto Buses. The Pacific Kieciric railway rc-er.tly bunt at irs Los Angfbs shops two wbeel motor buss winch aie the Invention Inven-tion of P.. I"). Fogeol of Oakland. Cab. j who produced th- inut'M- na:;s used at j li:'1 l'annir.a-Cai'ilh: in t-rua t ioiial cxposi- . tion. The pa.-sonee!' body is riot trailer, as it is supported on a b:l i and socket jo i nt located forward of j the i.-ar .i.vle of the engine ine'-- I I '--, thus '-o.r'hir.b:;; the I o parts in a , si-wh.-;c,l, Ilex rob' couch. An automatic st"ci-:ng lcv-i I'Onnw'Ls the mutultj or drh. - 1 lir; ax if with the hindmost axle, the 1 Inn " !:aving the same connections be-uw(- n u ! ltd and axle as i he oni I iiary jtu to mobile front hn!c. In 1 his 'ay 1 bin i:..ost wh-.-is are made to tra'-U tr.o.-e ahead, and thus tho limn. In turning m -dins for the entire coach is no gr-S-tcr than that of the lour wheels of the en- i gin.'. The first of these cars to hp put iu service went int" commission on July :p' in Arlington ivugins. a sumirh of l'.-i:slio. which has a pnpuliii ion of about. P.'ii'ii. and which has been without transport a lion facilities since the jitney buses were excluded ex-cluded fiom that city. Tho ordinance which forbid the operation of jitney buses in Fresno does not prevent tho operation of this car, as it is an electric line feeder and has become a part of tho equipment of the Fresno Traction company. com-pany. The bus will run only on streets . where there is no car service al presnnt, and will transfer passengers to the elec- , l ric system. The new car was dveu from L.os Angeles through the Mo.ia.vo desert des-ert and over the Tehachapi pass io Fresno, , m rlisianee of C4 miles, in ten hours and : thirty minutes, arriving in excellent con- , 'lition and ready for hnmedifue service. i From thex Flcctiic Railway Journal.