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The Motor car journal
4 octobre 1902
Ed. Londres
THE DE DIETRICH PUBLIC
SERVICE OMNIBUS.
THE De Dietrich Company have at present two omnibuses which run
between Luneville and Blamont, France, a distance of 17.4 miles,
each making two round trips per day. The service has been
working satisfactorily since the 27th January last, and is
stated to show a considerable profit. This type of omnibus can
carry twelve persons in the interior and two on the front seat
beside the conductor, as well as 440 lbs. of baggage on the
roof, the average speed being twelve miles an hour and the
maximum speed eighteen miles on a level road. The weight of the
vehicle in running order is 3,630 lbs. The figures for the
consumption are as follows :- Petrol, 1 gal. per 9 miles ; oil,
1 gal. per 200 miles; water, 1 gal. per 16 miles. The petrol
reservoir contains 112 gal., and the water reservoir 84 gal.,
this allowing a sufficient reserve for an entire day. The
following are the principal data for this type of omnibus. The
motor, which is of the horizontal two-cylinder type, giving 12
horse-power, is connected with the countershaft by a belt
working on a fast and loose pulley, and the speed-changing is
carried out by a gear-shifting device and chain transmission.
The maximum width of the vehicle is 7 ft.; the total length 13
ft.: and the distance between the axies 7 ft. 2in.
According to the official report of the consumption trial which
was organised by the Auto-Velo in February last, a De Dietrich
omnibus of the type illustrated consumed in the trip of thirty-six
miles from Paris to Longjumeau and back 3.36 gal. of petrol.
The gross weight of the vehicle was 6,360 lbs., including a load
of 2,332 lbs. The omnibus made the trip in 3 h. 36 min.,
including a stop of fifteen minutes at Longjumeau. The
consumption of petrol per ton-mile was 0,031 gal. These figures
with regard to the efficiency of the vehicle are even better
than those stated above by the De Dietrich Company. During the
competition of heavy-weight vehicles which was organised by La
France Automobile, the De Dietrich vehicles gave a remarkable
example of efficiency and endurance. The route was from Paris to
Nice, and was covered by the vehicles in successive stages, the
trip lasting eleven days. All the cars entered by the De
Dietrich Company arrived at Nice in very good condition, after
having made the run of 660 miles without having to stop for
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