London Omnibus

Supreme over all London's buses, coaches, trams, suburban & underground railways is the London Passenger Transport Board of seven. Created in 1933, it is a Government bureau in charge of coordinating all London transport lines within 30 miles of Charing Cross, has power over salaries, equipment, elimination of unneeded competition, establishment of new routes, etc., but leaves the actual management in private hands. Since the companies under its control gain cheap credit, stability, and profits proportionate to their value, the Board has been universally welcomed.

Constantly striving for new efficiency, it has lately been scanning the fuel costs of its 6,000 buses and coaches, 850 of which use Diesel engines. Last week, on the basis of these tests, it announced it would buy no more gasoline-driven vehicles, would make all future contracts for oil-burning, diesel-engined equipment, which it found much less expensive to operate.

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