In the Appeal Court, Lords Justices Rigby, Vaughan-Williams and Stirling held that the Council had no power to run the omnibuses, and dismissed the appeal with costs. An injunction was granted restraining the London County Council from continuing the omnibuses, the operation of the injunction being, however, suspended, provided that notice of an appeal to the House of Lords was given within a month. After this decision the proprietors offered to take over the London County Council omnibuses and run them at the same fares and times, but the offer was declined and the appeal was carried to the House of Lords. At the time of writing the appeal has not been heard. To the London County Council belongs the credit of having started all-night omnibuses, which were a great boon to many scores of workers in Fleet Street and Covent Garden. It may, however, be taken for granted that the venture was not a profitable one. A new omnibus, called “the corridor ’bus,” was placed on the Putney and Liverpool Street road in 1900, by Mr. William Berg. From the outside the vehicle appears to be similar to the ordinary omnibus, but the inside seats are arranged crossways and some of the passengers sit back to back. The windows are fitted with blinds--a much-needed innovation. I have heard that one of the smaller omnibus companies intends to adopt “the corridor ’bus.” One of the keenest struggles between rival omnibus companies that has been witnessed for some years began in May last. It originated in the following way:--some twelve years ago the London General Omnibus Company opened a line of omnibuses from Kilburn to the Redcliffe Arms, Fulham Road. These omnibuses, which were painted blue, tapped Harrow Road, Westbourne Grove, Notting Hill Gate, Kensington High Street, and Earl’s Court, and, before long, the line became one of the best patronised in London. But about a week before Whit Monday the London Road Car Company started a service of twenty-five orange-coloured omnibuses from Putney to Brondesbury, which traversed the entire route of the blue ’buses. The London General Omnibus Company immediately extended the journey of some of its “blues,” making them run from Brondesbury to Putney, and its drivers at once began to oppose their “orange” rivals. The London Road Car Company then displayed in its omnibuses a “No Monopoly” protest, stating that a determined attempt was being made to run its cars off the road, and appealing to the public to “rally round the flag.” A few weeks later a leaflet, headed “No Surrender!” was distributed in the districts through which the “oranges” and “blues” passed. It bore an illustration of a smart, well-patronised Putney and Brondesbury Road Car being followed by an almost empty knife-board omnibus. Beneath this amusing, but somewhat misleading, illustration were the following lines:--