Chapter VII

The Shrewsbury and Talbot cabs--The Court hansom--The
Parlour four-seat hansom--Electric cabs introduced--The
“taxameter”--Empty cabs--Number of cabs in London--Cab
fares--Two-horse cabs 267

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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SHILLIBEER’S FIRST OMNIBUS 13

SHILLIBEER’S THIRD OMNIBUS 19

GURNEY’S STEAM CARRIAGE 37

THE “AUTOPSY” STEAM OMNIBUS 39

THE “ERA” STEAM OMNIBUS 40

THE “AUTOMATON” STEAM OMNIBUS 44

ADAMS’S EQUIROTAL OMNIBUS 61

A KNIFE-BOARD OMNIBUS 65

OMNIBUS BUILT BY ROCK AND GOWAR 69

TILLING’S FOUR-HORSE “TIMES” 75

RICHMOND CONVEYANCE COMPANY OMNIBUS 91

RICHMOND CONVEYANCE COMPANY OMNIBUS. END VIEW 93

THE FIRST VEHICLE TO CROSS HOLBORN VIADUCT 98

THE LONDON ROAD CAR COMPANY’S FIRST OMNIBUS 103

A ROAD CAR COMPANY OMNIBUS, 1901 107

A METROPOLITAN RAILWAY “UMBRELLA” OMNIBUS, 1901 109

A RED “FAVORITE.” 1901 110

HACKNEY-COACH. ABOUT 1680 189

HACKNEY-COACH. ABOUT 1800 194

LONDON CAB OF 1823, WITH CURTAIN DRAWN 207

THE “COFFIN-CAB” 210

BOULNOIS’S CAB 214

THE FIRST HANSOM 217

AN IMPROVED HANSOM 219

FRANCIS MOORE’S VEHICLE 221

THE FIRST FOUR-WHEELED CAB 225

THE TRIBUS. BACK VIEW 229

THE TRIBUS. SIDE VIEW 230

JOHN COCKRAM 261

PARLOUR’S HANSOM 269

ELECTRIC CAB 272