Carriages & coaches : their history & their evolution (1912)
Straus, Ralph, 1882-1950 · London : Martin Secker · leaf 256
epers, jealous of thissuccess, set up another, and, to obtain the preference, hereduced the fare to half-price, at that time a guinea. Inorder to defeat this manoeuvre, the first proprietor madea still greater reduction, so that, at last, the receipts didnot cover the expenses. But the two rivals… … CO ^r .5 § ^ ^ THE AGE OF TRANSITION 217 But not even such a temptation seems to have madethese long coaches a success. The other innovation, though properly belonging toa slightly later date, was the patent coach invented bythe Reverend William Milton. He explained hiscoach in a letter to Sir John…
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