AN ENGLISH STEAM COACH OF 1827 AND A NEW YORK TAXICAB OF I909. 



The Steam coach constructed in 1827 by Sir Goldsworthy Gurney was the prototype of 

 several others which enteretl ujK)n regular and successful service In-tween various English 

 cities, and which arc said to have maintained an average sju-ed of alxiut 12 miles and a maxi- 

 mum si>eed of a little over 20 miles an hour. The alK)ve figure repr<Mlu( cd from a contemfK)- 

 rarj' litnograph shows the carriage that otieratcd Ix-tween Ltjntlon and Hath. It weighed alx)ut 

 2 Ions and tarried six inside and 12 out.side passengers. 



