The story of rapid transit . <D bo 03o 1) -4-» C/3 <D s Steam Carriage Company, was started in 1832,and Hancocks next carriage was built to itsorder. The fourth, he ran daily for twenty-four 166 THE STORV OF RAPID TRANSIT weeks between Finsbury Square and although thousands of passengers were car-ried by these vehicles, yet commercial successwas not very promising for town service at thetime, and extended practise and experience wererequired to make what, even with good roads,would have proved attractive and successfulvehicles. Frequent mishaps occurred, and it is. Steam
The story of rapid transit . <D bo 03o 1) -4-» C/3 <D s Steam Carriage Company, was started in 1832,and Hancocks next carriage was built to itsorder. The fourth, he ran daily for twenty-four 166 THE STORV OF RAPID TRANSIT weeks between Finsbury Square and although thousands of passengers were car-ried by these vehicles, yet commercial successwas not very promising for town service at thetime, and extended practise and experience wererequired to make what, even with good roads,would have proved attractive and successfulvehicles. Frequent mishaps occurred, and it is. Steam Road Coach, 1833. to be feared that the comfort of the vehicles wasnot even up to the standard of the time. Thepassengers were all in front of the machinery,but with powerful and unbalanced engines, andwith the rough chain-gear, the vibration was con-siderable. One, for example, had cylinders noless than nine inches in diameter, and theseengines had no fly-wheels. Yet, after all, thesethings were matters for improvement, whichwould have naturally followed demand for thecoaches, and for improved tools and methods ofbuilding. When Summers and Ogle were examined be- MOTOR CARRIAGES 167 fore the Select Committee of the House of Com-mons in 1831, they stated that with one of thetwo steam-carriages of their construction, theyhad frequently made thirty miles an hour. Itwas certainly a daring thing these men did inusing steam pressures of over 200 Ibs. per squareinch, in those days of imperfect boilers. The coaches built by Hill about 1840 wouldcarry nine passengers and a driver, conduc
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