Doubtless many of our readers have seen a motor car spinning along our thoroughfares over the last few days, and as one of our representatives has had the privilege of a ride on this particular one, it may be as well to record its appearance in our midst, much to the astonishment of drivers and horses.
This particular car belongs to the Daimler Motor Car company and it is this company who, in the course of a few weeks, anticipate running their motor buses between Callowland and Bushey station.
The speed attainable on this kind of car is 16 miles per hour, but the proposed buses will be geared to a maximum of ten miles and a minimum of three miles; ten miles an hour, we think, is quite sufficient speed in a busy town like Watford with its narrow strets.
[From the Watford Observer of April 2, 1898]
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