Small Concession for Kings
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KINGS AND CO. LTD., roadmaking contractor of Glasgow, was refused a grant for two low-loaders at a continued hearing in Glasgow on Tuesday, but was allowed some latitude on the company's existing B-licence condition. The question of using dump trucks was deferred until the Licensing Authority had had the opportunity to inspect the existing practice in this section of the industry.
A new B licence was requested for two articulated vehicles, low-loaders. It was claimed that the existing low-loader on sites could handle plant in its limited free time for other contracts, but low-loader operators objected. B.R.S. (Pickfords) and Gavin Wilkie strongly objected. claiming that a grant would take work from them. Schedules were produced showing that low-loaders were available and that a growing number of plant operators had put low-loaders into use on B licence. The Authority, Mr. W. F. Quin, rejected this part of the application.
Kings and Co. asked for a B-licence variation to read: "Civil engineering road and building materials and plant within Scotland ". Instead, Mr. Quin granted a revised condition: "Road and building materials, and excavation and demolition materials in Scotland ".
The third part of the application covered seven dump trucks of 60 tons on B licence. A. and W. Hemphill Ltd. and Robert Pollock Ltd. objected and contended there was a growing tendency to use dump trucks for work which had previously been done by tippers. The tipper fleet in the Glasgow area was being affected by this practice, they said. Mr. Quin reserved his decision here to allow study of that background and the allOcation of this use of dump trucks.