Grimsby Expects Profit: Amalgamation Soon?
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FOR the first time since 1947, Grimsby Transport Department may make a profit this year. Recent fare increases have had a "remarkable effect" on revenue, Cllr. J. P. Murphy, chairman, told the transport committee. Last month, revenue was £3,300 more than in the corresponding period last year.
The loss for 1955-56 was provisionally estimated at £6,800, he said, but £11,000 had been put in to meet that eventuality, and the position was now a good deal healthier.
The introduction of one-man buses and a general reorganization of schedules had increased revenue and cut expenses. The one-man buses had been outstandingly successful and their use might soon be extended to further routes. New services were also envisaged.
ClIr. Murphy said that, given good will and common sense on both sides, he could see no reason why amalgamation with the Cleethorpes undertaking should not be accomplished in a short time.
The committee agreed that if both councils approved the principle of amalgamation, seven proposals should be adopted providing for the joint promotion of a Bill to constitute a Grimsby and Cleethorpes Joint Passenger Transport Board.
One of these was that the Board would comprise 10 members from Grimsby and six from Cleethorpes. This was a modification of the original proposal, to give Cleethorpes greater representation. "Frankly, we are being generous, but we are the larger authority and can afford to be generous in this matter," Dlr. Murphy commented.
He said that arecent meeting with Cleethorpes had been amicable and constructive, and the reports of the managers of both undertakings indicated that if they amalgamated many thousands of pounds could be saved over the years. He felt sure that amalgamation would enable many more direct and cheaper services to he run.
ROAD BURSARY SCHEME
rAA BURSARY scheme, designed to assist overseas engineers and traffic officers in taking a year's advanced training course in highway and traffic engineering in the United Kingdom, is to be introduced by the London office of the International Road Federation. The maximum value of each bursary will be 1500.
HIGHER FARES IN YORKSHIRE?
RISING costs and the fuel tax are blamed by Mr. J. Cameron, manager of the York Pullman Bus Co., for an application to the Yorkshire Licensing Authority for permission to modify fares on their services to Holme-onSpalding-Moor and Thorganby.
Mr. Cameron said that if the fuel tax had been abolished or decreased in the last Budget his company would not have had to apply for higher fares.