NEW COACH FOR MORRINSVILLE LINE,

Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 95, 28 March 1885, Page 2

NEW COACH FOR MORRINSVILLE LINE,

The new coach j»st put on the Morrinsville line by Messrs Bradley ami Co., is a vehicle which will leave no room for grumbling on the part of the travelling public. It has been speoially built, regardless of expense, for the comfortable .conveyance of passengers to and from 'Morriusville. This coach measures inside 6ft in length', 4ft 6in in Breadth, sft 4in high, and is intended to carry eight inside passengers comfortably, or ten with close sitting. The front seat, 5t 6in wide, is built to take three passengers'in addition to thetWver." 'Amove-* able sb'at r '4ft' 6in ' wide 'ha9>lso been arranged on the roof, wliich'Will seat foitr'niore, if ne.ed'ed } but this latter is not intended, for^'pneral use.* The wheels are Sl't 'Bin and' 4ft Bin reppen : tively, and tho coach is, mounted on springs e*tra' widet, with' eKt'ra .naiiibei' of leaves, and.uf »l«&tK]artUty obtainable

The. \^^iifi>^ii^t^^%fAf*f^^^^: kauri ' ioa^H6\i( : UkA\M^)iM'jo^ ,*ide beiiigf lined \vith kfluH-and^nin.ov^ h igh \y vnijmih ed , : > jy i tb gi 11.1 1 . cornices ; roop,^ marbled, with* gilt moulding iifargin^;^ The seats are upholstered jn hanclsi/wkfv Brussels carpeting, whilst linoleum covers; - tl»e floor. A reading lamp is fixed in ; siile. Of'the eight sash lights four are made to open and shut, so that passengers can, -regulate -same, to- suit 'tlie 'weaFJmrr^ The c^lic'li is painte^i "on? tthe- - outside in Chinese, ?ed,.cln;bjrie- yellp.w and flake white/ piekecl out' with' bhrpine^ anT vermillioh: ~T)>e r le^teriiigrboiDg4rt gilt, tastefully shaded. The whole get up of tj>e vehicle reflects^ the greatest credit op theVlocal /bbilder, Mr Georgw ) Devey, has 1 ' built mfd upholstered/ it single Imnded r Mr .Devey, however, is an Experienced 'hanH'-at such work, having been employed for a number of years at the London and North Western Railway Carnage works, 'and also' by Messrs Brown and Marshall, private and railway carriage builders, Birmingham; Wo certainly consider Messrs Bradley and Co. deserving of praise foF the enterprise displayed on their part, in providing such a comfortable conveyance, and have no doubt they will be- well rewarded for their pluck.