... prior to considering it the board satisfied itself that the directors of the Road Car Companv agreed with the policy that horse omnibus so far as the traffic of was concerned was obsolete and useless, and that in any valuation goodwill roust not bo taken ...

... running in the City than tea year* ago, and they nade fewer journeys, for motor omnibuses were wider, and were shorter than horse omnibus with pair of horses, travelled more quidrlv. and carried more by nearly percent. The interests of the omnibus owners and ...

... amongst themselves nod to take general action to meet competition from outside sources. (Hear, hear.) The decision of the horse omnibus companies to rapidly adopt motor traction was somewhat of contradiction to trie attitude which they had hitherto adopted ...

... drive the wrong side of the refuge cause a collision, for the defence it was urged that the road being elippeiy, and a horse omnibus naving drawn in front of the motor, collision must have been caused even though the brakes were put on quickly, as the ...

... small space for reply. . i . . the letter above referred it seems last to recognised the Horse Onmibiis Companies lhat the horse omnibus to discarded m lavonr the Motor Bus. notwithstanding rtntomcnt tto Sttb Au-ust last of the London I.me rat On.nibaa Company ...

... road, Upper Tooting.— The comwlainaut said that on Tues- day evening he travelled from tho City to Tooting upon a four- horse omnibus. When near Balham Railway Statioa he noticed a trap in which the prisoner and two other m*n were riding, being driven at ...

... receipts of over £23,000. On the roads covered by both horse and motor omnibuses short distance passengers preferred a horse omnibus and long distance passengers took motor. The company's proportion of horse omnibuses to motors being largo tliey had naturally ...

... was fined 10s. and 12s. 6d. costs. Flunking was said to have increased his speed in passing another motor* ’bus and a horse omnibus, and narrowly escaped collision Os ford-street. Me denied accusation. Mr. Kennedy pointed out that had gone on the off ...

... near prospect of improvement soon the public shall differentiate between illmanaged and wisely conducted concerns. The horse omnibus achieves a restricted mileage in a day s working, but the motor omnibus travels a great distance, as I have already shown ...

... expenses of the motors had been reduced. had also bean criticised for not separating the motor omnibus receipts from the horse omnibus ruosipU, but that was difficult matter. Broadly speaking, however, ha could say that tha moot careful calmlatloo showed ...

... same years h© has, in the shape of low fares, enjoyed the fruits of competition between the rival methods. In place the horse omnibus and the indescribable, already incredible, fumes th« old ** Underground,” he has tubes, the motor omnibus, electric trams ...

... vehicle of Ihe future. The cost reconstruction had prevented ° from showing profit, but believed they it as profitable the horse omnibus had been in tte pM*. private work done by the .“°™ than one-half of their business. This had teen built up daring fifty ...