| Show THE LONDON BUS SPACE ALLOWANCE FOR BACK BACH omnibus service in london to Is excellent and the rate ot of fare are to la ridiculously low the london general 0 omnibus company which controls most ol of the omnibuses omni buses in IB london last year declared a dividend ot of 10 per beut some borne omnibuses omni buses have three horses abreast and are licensed to carry forty two passengers twenty inside and twenty two outside it is part of a emans duty to watch omnibuses omni buses and see that they do nat carry more than the licensed number and they perform this duty with considerable sid erable zeal xeal each passenger to is allowed sixteen inches of space and as a rule every londoner w will insist on his sixteen inches the rate oi of omnibus fare to Is some thing like a penny two cents a mile op on some lines and less than that on OB others you can ride from the albert memorial in Hy hyde park eastward to regent circus nearly two miles tor for two cents but there Is also a had bail penny bus from charling crow cross to and over westminster bridge you can ride for one cent in tact fact that sum is the only tare fare bli charged arged on this line the vehicle carries I 1 lust ten passengers so that the company receives ten cen cents talor lor each trip the buses start full from each term terminus leus and seldom pick up pas sen gerson on the way omnibus drivers receive a week excellent wages for men of their class it has often been said that the best way to see london its streets buildings and its people from au an outdoor point of view ja is to get on the top of an omnibus omnibus drivers driven are a good natured lolly jolly set of fellows and by no means do they lack intelligence they see a very great deal of human nature from their elevated position in life and they learn much it if you get on a box seat next to the driver and you desire information or entertainment on the way you will find the driver very willing to accommodate you but polite as ashaia lid is you need not fear that you offer an insult sult it if you offer a tip in tact fact he expects expect sit it hean be augments aue ments his salary to a fair extent in this way he saves choice seats for the regular riders and they remember him occasionally cor home Romel journal burnal |
