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PEVERELL ROAD CAR COMPANY Ltd

The Peverell Road Car Company Ltd was formed in October 1909.  The chairman was Mr J E C Boolds and the directors were Mr T Thorne Barnes BSc; Mr F R Charlick CC; Mr G P Gard; Mr K A Ling; Mr W H Mountstephen; and Mr W J Smith CC.  Mr C H Stanbury was the secretary.  The registered office and garage was at Outland Mills, at the junction of Tavistock Road with Lyndhurst Road.   Mr Stanbury was the corn miller at the mills in 1890.

One of the vehicles belonging to the Peverell Road Car Company Ltd

Requests for £1 shares had to be submitted to the Company's bankers, the Capital and Counties Bank, Fore Street, Devonport, along with the initial sum of five shillings per share, by Monday November 22nd 1909.

The Company ran two two chain-driven Leyland open top cars and two saloons, a Maudslay and a Milnes-Daimler, on their service from Tor Lane through Milehouse and Stoke, to Fore Street, Devonport.  This was in direct competition with the Devonport & District Tramways.  The vehicles were painted in a livery of green and white and their maximum permitted speed was 12mph.

After numerous accidents and frequent breakdowns, the service ceased early in 1911 and the company was wound up in June that year.

 

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