Pickfords Oppose Bid for W.D. Haulage
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QTRONG opposition was put forward
by the British Transport Commission at Bristol, last week, when Rusher Bros., Salisbury, tried to vary their 13-vehicle B licences so that they could carry military stores and equipment within 50
Mr. T. D. Coi.pe, for Rusher Bros., said the concern already had a contract
A vehicle working for the Royal Army
Service Corps and operated a vehicle on special A licence. Their B licences
had various conditions arid it was proposed to tidy them up, as Rusher Bros, had recently been prosecuted for carrying unspecified traffic. • Mr. Reginald Rusher said in evidence that all his vehicles were tippers and he had no intention of entering the general haulage field or starting a parcels service.
For the B.T.C., Mr. J. Amphlett said they were concerned about Rusher Bros.' Plan to extend into the carriage of military stores. Between September 1 1958, and March 16, 1959, B.R.S (Pickfords), Ltd., had supplied 163 vehicles to 13ulford Military Camp.
Mr. S. W. Nelson, Western Licensing Authority, said he realized the danger.
However, he would 'grant common conditions for the vehicles, with an extension for three of them covering War Department goods within 50 miles. Six vehicles would also he allowed to carry agricultural goods within 25 miles.
RAIL WILL "LICK THE PANTS" OFF HAULIERS
THE railways are going to "lick the pants" off road haulage when their modernization scheme. gets into its stride, according to Mr. T. H. Summerson, chairman of British ,Railways' North Eastern Area board.
Addressing Darlington Rotary Club he said the railways had been handicapped by having to use old equipment when their competitors were buying new vehicles, but now the tide was turning.
Road transport would 'not stand a chance against railway competition for long-distance traffic, he forecast. This " plum " would soon be recaptured, leaving hauliers to do their proper work —collection and delivery 'together with short hauls.
However, hauliers should not be despondent when they saw their traffic being taken away, he suggested. Instead, they should realize where their real usefulness lay and concentrate on it.
BRIDGE TO REPLACE CROSSING
ATHREE-SPAN bridge carrying Station Road. Ellesmere Port, over the Hooten-Helsby railway, is to be erected by Cheshire County Council. The Minister a Transport has made a grant of £100,125 towards its estimated total cost of £133,500.
At this point the railway separates industrial and residential areas, at present directly connected only by a level crossing and a narrow vehicular subway.