STEEL BROS.

Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14822, 13 November 1913, Page 12

STEEL BROS.

Stand a few yards from a Steel ralli 'cart, and cast your eye over tho whole vehicle. "Built like a bicycle," doesn't adequately describe it; tho ychiclo has tho fine lines of a racing yacht; speed, silent running, durability, reliability are its essentials; it is the poetry of motion. - "The motor has come and the horse must go," say some people, and it has been proved recently that tho march of th© motor has in many instances crowded the horse off the streets, but Mr Steel can tell a different tale. "Our firm," b© told a reporter, "was established in 1878, and it's kept on going ever since. We've dono very good business this year, and th© motorcar has not affected us half s_ much as anyone would think." The reason, of course, was to be found in th© fine range of vehicles that Steel Bros, wero showing in their large permanent building. These wero a few features of the ralli cart:—"Painted blue, lined out yellow, best" leather cushions, patent Champion seat slide, Sarven, wheels, rubber tyros, "Ceilings axle, Dennett springs, silver-mounted lamps." Harness this ralli cart to a smart pony, and drive it down Colombo street, alongside a modern motorcar. It is eighteen chances to ono that the pedestrian will look at the Ralli cart, but glance at the motor, and you'd probably catch the comment of approval, "Smart turn-out, that!" as you walk by. The ralli dog cart, painted green and black, and picked out black, and fine lined green, was another triumph for the Addington firm. The pony governess cart, painted red and brown, and fitted with rubber tyres, and the governess car, with its elliptic springs and solid fittings, wero vehicles that showed faithful workmanship nnd good taste on the part of the builders. A spindle tray gig, with duck cushions', painted red and black, and lined black, was another handsome vehicle, whilo the two light spring drays, to carry one ton and three-fifths ton respectively, wero vehicles of a handsomo yet a useful type. There was also noticeable a Whitechapel cart, painted green, picked out black and fine lined green, with patent Mail axles and lamps. Altogether, the exhibit was ono of the most iuteresting on the Show Grounds, for it reflects the industrial progress of Canterbury, is a tribute to the enterprise of the firm, and the skill of its workmen.