MUNICIPAL PURCHASES AND PROPOSALS
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SOUTHPORT Town Council is to buy a 2-ton tipping wagon.
BATH Town Council is to purchase a new ambulance at an estimated cost of £650.
BENFLEET Urban District Council is to buy a new fire-engine at a cost of £1,012.
The SWANSEA authority is buying a prison van. costing £325 from Messrs. Jackett Bros. '
The fire brigade and lighting committee of BURY Corporation is to obtain tenders for a new fire-engine.
Tractors, Ltd., of London, is supplying a Rushton-Roadless tractor to SOUTHWARK Borough Council at a cost of £434.
The transport committee of
Corporation has asked the borough engineer to obtain particulars of lowloading refuse collectors.
ABERDEEN Town Council has contracted to buy seven Crossley chassis at
ts:Ist of £853 each, and a like number of Cowieson coach bodies at £500 each.
The works committee of SmErnwicx Corporation is in favour of ordering from Messrs. Winchurch Bros., of Birmingham, a 30-cwt. lorry with gritting attachment, costing £308.
ExETER Corporation is inviting ten-fl for the supply of 10 double-deck
buses. Separate tenders for chassis and bodies must be submitted, but tenders for bodies must include the cost of mounting on the chassis. Further particulars can be obtained from the engineer and general manager, and tenders have to be delivered by March 13th. The tramways committee of BOLTON Corporation has authorized the purchase of a van.
MoREcAmBE Corporation is considering the question of purchasing additional buses.
BIRKENHEAD Corporation is buying from J.. Blake and Co., Ltd., a 15-cwt. van costing £196.
The health committee of BotTON Corporation recommends the purchase of a light tipping lorry.
The health committee of MORECAMBE Corporation is to obtain quotations for the provision of gully-emptiers.
The transport committee of YoRK Corporation recommends acceptance of the tender of Clough, Smith and Co., Ltd., for the supply of three trolleybuses at a cost of 11,457 each.
The watch committee of SHREWSBURY Corporation recommends the purchase of a fire-engine at an estimated cost of £950 and a police utility motor at an estimated cost of .f.300.
The transport committee of SHEFFIELD Corporation has authorized the purchase from E. E. Pickford and Co., Ltd., of a Daimler Fluid Flywheel chassis carrying a 52-seater body.
'The BnitssELs municipality is asking for tenders for the supply of a motor fire-escape and a pumping engine. Copies of the specification are obtainable from the Corps des Sapeurs-Poinpiers, 52, Place du Jeu de Bathe, Brussels, and tenders.nnist be delivered by March 27th. An A BC. oil-engined is chassis is to be bought by BTRMINGHAm Corporation.
The watch committee of CHELTENHAM Corporation is con'sidering the purchase of a fire-tender.
MANCHESTER Corporation has secured sanction to borrow £82,000 for the purchase of 50 motorbuses.
The Lanes Road Roller Co. is supplying a 35-ewt. petrol-driven roller to STOKE-ON-TRENT Corporation.
LLANDRINDOD WELLS Urban District Council i making tests with a view to deciding whether or not to buy additional refuse collectors.
The highways committee of NORTHFLEET Urban District Council is to obtain quotations for the supply of a refuse-collection vehicle.
The electricity committee of YORK Corporation has authorized the purchase of a Rushton tractor and an Eagle 5-ton trailer at a cost of £479.
The highways committee of CHELTENHAM Corporation has asked the borough engineer to obtain tenders for the supply of two tractors at a cost of about £250 each.
The works committee of POPLAR Borough Council considers that five petrol-driven low-loading refuse collectors, to cost approximately £3,000, should be purchased.
The works committee of POPLAR Borough Council recommends the purchase of a Karrier sweeper at an estimated cost of £650 and a Karrier gullyemptier at a cost of £1,172.