The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-14
Nney Bus Interesting
Folks of Many Cities
Future for This Type Of Transportation Predicted by
John \. WHY'S. Maker of Overland Cars.
LINES %>pHINGING TIP ALL OVER THE COUNTRY

"',e be-, .vs ,Nertei by street railway
To- ...lri.rg 'rc Development OF the
y..s, rus.. rut it will never he able to
..rpe.s tIl' ucW and popular means
o, Interpretations says John y. WHY'S.
,..Ie. roy trc Wilys-Overland COM
rtr,. 90 o., course of an interview on
he 'ltn,, situation at his winter home
p.sad,.J. cal
.rIc iuY'. 900 this country is just
.RHLeriug to the possibilities aud adj
want, ges o. motor transportation. In
London the electric lines known over
here aS trans are owned and operated
y The London county Council. This
NV 10 extremely Jealous Of its abilities
nd Aas branch. Il out into numerous
p4terali~t.. schemes. As soon as the
motor hu. I". "a factor In transpor-
,a'ion riH, nr ten Years x the council
began cNtr'lug every effort within its
rea, power to suppress motor buses In
.hf interest of the huge investments In
uhlch that nody had involved the tax
paye-s tr '." obstruction Of electric
street railways.
The public. however. rallied to the de-
,r-. OF the never and more popular
means ~ transportation. and tod ~.
r1tVi Outstanding tho fact that the
."S pct street railways are facing cer-
cain bankruptcy - = result OF motor
competition. the people stand by the
rotor buses and refuse to see them IN
'ustly dealt with.
I'm England the jitney business Is no
.,-gcr confined to the cit es. There rave
teen dazens OF bus services established
fetvecn smaller towns. out OF London
'rcs run IN all directions carrying pas
sergcrs into the country to points which
have meyer before been available to the
rank and Me.
1T Is true that q great protest ha.
gone up from the exclusive elements
witch heretofore has practically mo-
ropoliZcd these rural districts. but the
authorities have been true TO the motto.
"he greatest goo for the greatest num-
hsr.'
At the beginning nf the war a ire
rerdous movement was on foot TO ma
t|onal.ze motor bus Transportation. and
ronp.te more and more with steam rail-
VANS. which IN their suburban passenger
trsfic already are being hard hit by bus
competition. In historic old oxford the
trans have entirely disappeared from
the streets.
In London il has been demonstrated
'-NT tue NIlfNAfNf nus fAI NIAIlpDl dlNdlN-
ne dangerous speeds. SO completely out
strip the electric street car in the trans
portetlor OF passengers AS TO make the
after unattractive to the public. The
.'-eet car gets tied up every time a
river Of any other sort OF a vehicle
r.'s on the track. These DELAYS make
Dr schedules extremely slow and I'M
certain.
ON the other hand. despite the fact
'H' he bus Itself weigh from 1000 to
5000 pounds. IL accelerates quickly. runs
sroInd obstacles and delivers and picks
" Is passengers nest to the curb.
Eut the foreigners have en-
'ot"d IN" advantages which America has
p - door IN the form II puss. hilities
~ lIEni car. or jitncy bus transpor-
's.01. for the reason that prices at
Vr.h automobiles sell owe there and
'He cost Of upkcep put the light ear
cyt ~ competition About the cheapest
'r1' car ftted FOR 'titney' work abroad
would cost tine operator s1..5u Case
eve ,ostS fully double In London what
does 'N this country IN a Nholcsdl
~. because IN addition 20 the cost o.
deportation from the distant coun-
" ., 800 which il T. produced there j. a
's ~ { cents a gallon upon Casolene
..,l 10 pleasure ears and 2 cents a
- on for that usci ~ ms. omn-
.~s and for commercial purposes.
'pIt the important point which prom
'sr, heap and satisfactory trauspOrta-
''. > tU' American public IL the won
r. ' STRIDES which have been made IN
,untry IN the construction Of good.
ott. e4hl. automobiles Il only abou'
: the pricc at whiHh they can be pro-
'.Hed abroad. This means more 20 the
i'iey' business than might At first be