Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-21
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$40 per week. The life OF the old bus
driver with It's long hours and poor
pay was looked upon as hardship by
many persons not well acquainted with
II, but the recent case of the driver who
came into fortune OF $4,000 and yet
continued his work "at the lines" has
proved that the occupation Is not so ar
duous as Is generally supposed.
The rapid conquests made by the mo-
tor omnibus within the last year not
only In London. but in Paris and Berlin
have attracted general public atten-
ton to that vehicle az solution of
the street traffic problem. The demand
FOR these vehicles in London alone is
so great that several large motor COM
ranies have orders already for two
years ahead, and are turning away
business. Ten big companies are turn
ing out motor buses as rapidly as their
works viii allow, and no less than $780,
100000 worth OF capital is already in
VolVed in motor bus manufacture.
MANY RIVAL CONCERNS.
Many of these conoerns--or nearly
all OF them, It might be said--are riy-
ais some building petrol carriages.
others electric and others steam The
various types may be seen bidding sor
passengers on most Of the streets: and
there IL considerable discussion as TO
which form " motive power has
come 10 stay" According to the lat
= est reports. the steam buses are great
| favorites; there Is less vibration IN
| their motion and the certainty Of
reaching their destination seems more
| assured.
The wonderful progress made BY
| TINS form or street Transportation
amounting almost To veritabe revo-
lution--has raised many important
| questions among public bodies. Though
the London county council has recent
| ~ expended hundreds Of thousands OF
pounds I'm building street car llnes--or
lramways run on the ordinary rail
system with electric power unde,-
| ground, the advent of the motor bus
| has already begun to threaten the OK
istence of these very lines. The state
ment is made that before another ten
| years have passed the public will dis
dam to patronize street cars, which
| VIII be almost az "old fashioned" as
morse buses are today. The great dis
advantage OF the London tramways at
| present IL the fact that they are limit
ed az to speed, and are made TO crawl
along. while the motor bus. "a fair
Held and no favor"--and the power 10
go around obstructions-ls permitted
~ "nn ,.nloush lhe streets and along
the outlying suburban roads AT a
speed more than double that OF the
"a'" SSs'e'is
lhh TRAM LINES
AZ me rush hours IN London II has
an tauS zen IVuno that me trdm lines
euousn WprhIng 10 their fun ca
P"oS w ne UTMOST NUMBER OF cars
w. iHsuequate To cope with
VIZ ueiuanuS OF passenger business.
men me vast number Of passengers
ti,at uallE enter and leave the central
uIstrlcts OF London Is considered a
lair luea OF the magnitude of the
uanic problem may be obtained. For
instance the daily working population
OF London Is 100000 people. 2,gO7,-
Sb6 are ION the move" In the central
afea-about The Bank and Royal Ex-
change-1i4 buses and other passen-
ger carrying vehicles pass a given
point every hour during the husv
times, with the present bus ARA nee-
ments great delays take place an along
the lines OF route; and the board Of
tade has recently estimated that NOT
less than 800 hours per day are lost I'm
London owing to the slow movements
OF horse traffic with the introduc.
tion Of motor buses throughout ths
metropolis a zig difference will no fci,.
from, nlaco ,o ,,,a WI DE ape To get
time now occupied.
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'i''Hp VT oIhEET CARS,
Active movements ore NOW, nm ro,, n,
various quarters 10 prevent tho fnr,bnr
building of istreet railway tines' a,,,,
the substitution in their nlaco or eos,
moving motor buses. These ,bnse,
being far less expenslve ,ban tbc 49, 800,