| Show Doom of or o n Horse Omnibus n Sealed Se led Motor Buses fuses Displacing the Old Equine Conveyance nt Tilt t the tho Rate Rato of o Five Pcr CI Week Famous Front Sent t Philosopher Becoming comum j a iI i Thio In of oi the fibs Past Modern Has lias Wiped Him Out of OJ Existence Special Correspondence i ONDON April li London Is 19 fast rant fastI L I losing honing what always has hag III been one I A of Its 1111 l is iii III tru e lOlls to Amen A t cans tho picturesque luo bus bun When tick Sea x t visitors ines n a arrive at hr In the m nt c o Jl l they the will viii have hate hit IC to look hard fur for or tills thin old fashioned rumbling and much b lu II belled conveyance cOllve with Its ItH garrulous driver mud and leisurely hornet hornes As An R a n par liar partial Ilal condensation however hoever they will willbe be hI able lo to get lIet from ruin one line point of Inti r rc est cat c t to another HH na fast fa t and perhaps n a little taster faster r than they thy would ho bo able to at lit home homp by of the new molo mo lo which before many Inan months have passed lire arc pretty sure to Io have e superseded tho ho borne horo hor o buses altogether HUSKS K IWI Almost at every turn In London traveling motor omnibuses may bo Inn seen sect heath heard and It may be ho said Mid for the la Is to 10 reek rl k with the of ut petrol Ami And though It may any yet take taku some soma little time timeto to replace the thc 1850 1830 omnibuses now In London by bl theBo motor vehicles lh th j work Is In progressing very cry rapidly and arid each day sees heen one or two new ne motor buses on the streets Up UI to the tho pre rill cat there thre arc about bollt GOO MO of lit them plying over the KO 10 mites miles of ot roads which gu guto to make mako u up the thin principal n London loudun thur thor TUB Pit OLD BUS People of or arll an l lle Lle temperament antt t It d I those these who Have 1 plenty of jime e on Tr hand Lando o ma mil look ur k with a ut certain c amount of sadness on tho th m disappearance of the thc horse hor bus bun from free the streets street EIK of dour dear dearold old nIt It U Is true that lint human hulIan Interest to 10 the bun hUR of or the tho curly days which dates hack to 1829 when tho Iho first bus hen was seen In III land hand It was dei driven en l by Iw a It man named and appropriately enough Its ils II course lay my In Leta Lct een one on London nil MII a aloon loon and aid another The buses bones were hauled by h three horses horsen abreast as In III Intine tine Ih c case rase on nil some om of the Paris today i and the thc fare Ii re for rol or a It emit Journey won was 25 cents which Included the Ihl muse uso e of or a n ne lie nev r tiler Asa A Ac a 1 substitute for or the till newspaper In ht n modern limes visitors will recall with pleasure the th driver er ct ever ready with a II Up tip hi iii hithe the oiling to point out the names lIames of public or to 10 dish up London I at ut so many words per pel mill mile WILL eURI A VOID Om The disappearance of nr these the horse horce vehicles front from t 1 London streets will w Ill certainly create n It decided void nit I fur for all considered the tho bus bins was wan II one Cite 11 of ot the time most moat typical I of Lonrlon popular Institutions Every hUM hUH taken from froll the streets thin hc n of ot 12 horses hornes thin the total number c r of or now new employed l being heinli 2200 It linn Inns been estimated that there are lire 42 I linear miles milers of lit hapy on tine lh Ih Tile removal of or t hn l number will viii t be hI an Immense Imin erne fl e h lp n nIn In affording much needed spare In the congested thoroughfares The line Introduction Ion or of the motor buses hu JI has hail not only relieved the horse torn but hilt liberated the tho drivers by h bringing their icons hours of or labor down from Crom 14 It per lieI day clay and sometimes R 17 to eight anti and 10 while white their wages have been heen proper proportionately Increased In It haft Ica been cn found fOil lid that tho old bus him drivers make mak the best bent motor hull bus chauffeurs so RO the tho sentiment that still null to the profession of bun hus hu driver need not be shocked sharked by hy thinking tho the old aid drivers are to he be en entirely entirely ure done away with MUST WRT TALK NO O MOHE lOm lOmAI At AI thin the tI saran same time there Is in a avast vast difference between tho the driver of or n motor motor mo moo tor bus hul and ono of the tho horse borne buses his talks on tho the box must be done I away aft ay with for tho the motor chauffeur sit nit Il away from trout the pas Isolated position being necessary owing to the complicated mechanism under their control which requires nil their attention The average wages wn eR of hull hiss drivers and motor chauffeurs Is III about NN N 3 vW SS Wi f IW N M N N i ii 4 i I y I i it s i I t i Idl t z t g I f 1 l lIr I I II 1 Ir II l I I 1 I II i j I I j jj I t i iI via I I Is II s I I I iwi w s sarra i b arra w i Cr t I I i I Ti I I I IM M sr c l i i MYM I II I itYl n i 1 I II t rw i t mua I rf fk y yI r I I tt t Y I t q 44 t 1 e or r 1 7 nn rC z r L r fi W i I r f c t tf a f tr I ii l lr rv e L Lp t r p f v i l I i ilien r lien L Ih rf i f tf 1 The fin fl rt Monument 1 In I nudon to b 71 1 r r I T r of Corsica L nr II ire ll Who hu I lit UN Ills r y For rill lie IIII I uC of Ills ilia Creditor pal anil ILL lly Starved to o In II till lib Ills OrI Itc of or William the E I t I I l no flO per Der we week k The life of nf the lilt old hull bun driver with wills its ItH long hours hams and und poor pom pompa pa pal wa Wl t aA looked 11 U I 1 UH as n a hardship 1 by h many persons nut not well acquainted with It II but the recent caK cane or of the driver who clime carne tutu Into a II fortune fort line of ami yet YI t continued tilt his hi work ILl at the Iho hues linos 11 II os hns proved that tha thu occupation Is IK not lIot HO tiO ar us 1111 la It generally supposed The rile rapid mode made by b thin the rim mo tor lur omnibus within thin th last year riot not only Hilly In III London but In Paris and und Berlin Merlin have hlo attracted general lie 1 II e Ill I public atten lIttell attention than tion lo to that Mutt vehicle iw act II u Il solution of ot time the street traffic problem The fhE demand for there III In London alone Is in Isso so Alt A great greal that lint large IlIr e motor com coil companies Paden have hito orders already for fill two Sears cars ahead nod and urn lire turning away It nw 1111 business hll Ten big companies COlli are III turn ing hug oat mil lIt buses n an rapidly as their works will allow mud ami no less Ices that than to worth of ot capital Is 18 already In Involved Involved In motor bit lion hua manufacture rAN MANY HIVAL Ili Many Stany of t tin no o I r nearly v nil 1111 of of ut them thein It might t ti ht be II wild t am ne rim riv rivals d als Rome building total patrol carriages others electric nod and others ti ani Tho Thin various types 11 may fitly mu bo be seen bidding tor r 01 r 1111 on most mont of the and am there ther IH If considerable discussion dicus n Inn as a s k to III s which form nf of power has hn ha I lo to I stay May According to thin tho hat Int est lit reports Iho ho steam buses bU urn aro great grea t there Munro Is In less I In III Ii I their motion tutu ami limo certainty of n t reaching their destination com more mor o assured Tho Thin ilia 01 0 by b y his thU form unit of or street amounting almost to in 1 a n veritable rein revo lution has rinsed raised luls l many Important questions among mu public puhl lc hollies bodies Though h the thin London county council huts has recent ly l I expended hundreds of or thousands ci of f pounds In III building street car lines or r tramways t run on limo tho ordinary rail in l rI I system with electric power 11 Ol I nude ground tho advent lIh nt of Use the th motor bus hit hen has hll already begun to threaten tho llio ex cz X or of Ih IIO very err lines lincH Tho tate Mate Is IR made that another ton tel I years yearn arl have huv passed the tho public will wilt ills III to 10 street UpI cars carll which 1 will be almost as OR old fashioned a as nil S horse buses huK are today Thin The great din dis disadvantage advantage of nf tho the London tramways at lit n t present Is It I thin the fuel fact that Illat they th aro are limit limited ed cd as All to 10 speed find aro made to tn crawl craw 1 along while tho motor bus hUll a 1 fair fat r Held and no nu favor and the power t to III togo go around obstruction Is permitted i lo to whiz through thin thA streets and plop along x tine the outlying suburban roads at nt t a It more mom than double that Ihal of ot the tho tit tram systems THE lm 1 At It I the Ihl minim hours In II London It hat already been hoc a found to und tint that the tram lines though working worl ln to their full ca cn capacity with will tho the utmost number nonuser of cars car a are utterly Inadequate to tu cope COile with I the Inn demands of or L When hell the Clift vast number of f passengers Passenger that dally enter not nt ctrl and leave tho Iho central district of London IH in considered a Il I fair Idea of tit line tho of lit the truffle raffle problem limb lent may inlay be he obtained I For 1111 Ire r the Ihl dell dally working population o I of or London IH in people 2907 Stir are arn on the In the central c enU n I about the Iho Hank Balik and ami noyal Horal lx Ix busts huso and other passel laN gee ger carrying vehicles pass a given giver I point lit every eveny hour during the busy hun Y limes With tilt the th t present p bus bil air arrange arrangement ref e ment great delays take e place all 1111 along dOnK Idol x the Ih linos of ot route and the board l of t f undo has hns recently r c that Hint not lint no t lent 1 than hours per WI day are aro lost host In III II t London owing to III the Ihl slow slome movements movement t of ot horse horo traffic With the Ih ton tion t of lit it t motor buses maaen throughout It Ihl I I hu l n tn a n l I Ig difference will trill he be foil fell and busy bUR still ulli II III bo be able n to 10 ge get t rOm front place tw tr tn place pia cc In III thu Ihl tIn 0 throe lime now TO OFF OtT CANS Active movements Ore now on nn III foot fout in III h 1 various quarters Un to In prevent the tine further II hes air the Ihl substitution In their place of or rant fast moving motor bust busen Thins These base bU s H HaRt east con aRt on an average about Jf 1600 1000 fiO each being heln far less I encis s that than the ctr Hr rz H t tare fl u urn 1110 no rails mils are am required 1 1 on Oil train Irani linen already having u It ser 1 vice sire It II 1 I b proposed to III place motor mote r Instead of ot cart cars ar and to 10 dispense c entirely et with w Ith the Up P electric power II oft LI sup a II I ply lily ranking each ruck ear cur Independent of lit u the III others othern As An 11 Is In I now navy Ir I II f fone one oar rat eat nn RII an n electric II ell t tIL to toa a IL I for tiny any Hn the Ih whole e line must be 10 1 for tor the lime Unie be he i lap 11 lye J lapA lyeAn An A 11 the Ihl cur car are Ire now op lip p erased In London the IIII spot l Is limited t 10 to I 10 miles per hour and I the time e journey of n 1 ii hi hour rim ref allowing for rn r stoppages III In Is only about miles I pr T rr r I tiny In III America and other cities hies whir n street anent ears earn are re operated OI cad and run hy h y electricity the Ih average days run is i y IGO or III ISO roller mile MILKS IIII S AX HOlH lotH motor bones the average nine In ht London Is It U H miles sullen per hour hoar and amid In in 11 f outlying districts where traffic Is in less lea ell congested this thin I Is considerably Increased The Tho o earning a o of oath each motor bus bug in ml London Loudon are from trout SO SOto 11 to O per pt day ar lire era carried 1 nn up top toil as an well veil ilK ns Inside tho g Continued on Vitro puce pt ge 18 IS y Jr v U DOOM M Of HORS OMNIBUS S SEALED I Continued front from pose page 17 H 7 i or of each cach motor bun hili belne about 60 pors ns When It l Is that the of at the horse bus bun only anly 10 per lIer tiny day anti that nearly marh 27 da days 8 time lime In hr tenure hour toil lost euch cach day dy In London owing to tn delays In hor horsy horol e t hull It no longer remains remain a n c mystery the limo horae hOise bus bue U h l fore foredoomed 1 doomed to go 1 4 t Considering Con tho tiro wonderful as demonstrated by tho iho motor molar buses bulle e I on the London It IH II i C remarkable that America should fail to take a 1 vital Interest In title this very up to dato form torm of err passenger enger traffic As 8 the motor bus bull seems to possess lO con considerable consa sa over oer the tho ordinary electric street car H und anti ua i and London are motor mal or omnibuses in 11 to other forms forme of or street it Is la II time I time mo New NewYork I York Chicago mid and other big blA lIve five cities should begin begirt to tn look Into the thet t matter r MAYNARD EVANS |
