Purchases and Proposals.
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BARNSLEY Watch I Committee has asked a sub-committee to consider the purchase of a new motorvan.
The tramways committee of the LEEDS Corporation has authorized the institution of an experimental through motorbus service to Shadwell.
Lnuos Corporation has accepted the tender of Barford and Perkins, Ltd., at 1840, for the supply of a threewheeled petrol-driven road roller.
BURTON-ON-TRENT Corporation has authorized the purchase for the electricity department of a Morris-Commercial 30-cwt. lorry at a cost of £337'.
A new motor ambulance is to be purchased for KIDDERMINSTER by public subscription and presented to the town council, which has already accepted the offer of the gift.
CHESTER-FIELD Corporation recommends the purchase of six motor vehicles and a gully emptier in connection with a scheme for the reorganization of its refuse-collecting system.
The tramways committee of the Basseroliti Corporation has renewed the contract for another year with the Dunlop Rubber, Co., Ltd., for the supply of rubber tyres for motorbuses on a mileage basis. .
The tramways committee of the Baarisonn Corporation has authorized the general manager to link up the trolley-bus services between Clayton and Oakenshaw so as to provide a through route over the two sections.
The tramways committee -of the Basmsonn Corporation has accepted the following tenders for spare motorbus engines :—Associated Daimler Co., Ltd., one engine at 1215; Oswald Tillotson, Ltd., one Leyland engine at 1280. Hismpxos: Urban District Council is to obtain quotations for the supply of a motor fire-engine.
REDDITCH Urban District Council recommends the purchase of a Bean motor lorry at a cost of £386.
The chief constable of LEEDS has made an inspection of a 51-seater double-deck Leyland Titan motorbus.
The trathways committee of the PLYMOUTH Corporation is considering the purchase of double-deck motorbuses of the six-wheeled type.
LEEDS Corporation has accepted the tender of Appleyard_of Leeds, Ltd., at £304, for the supply of a 30-cwt. MorrisCommercial tipping lorry.
The tramways committee of the GLASGOW Corporation has accepted the tender of the Equipment and Engineering, Co., Ltd., for the supply of a petrolengine starter.
The tramways committee of the PORTSMOUTH Corporation has decided to purchase six double-sleek motorbuses of the six-wheeled type, *lit single-deck motorbuses and three vehicles of the runabout type.
The tram-ways committee of the BIRREWHEAD Corporation recommends acceptance of the tender of the Mersey Motor Co. of Birkenhead, for the supply of 10 Leyland Titan doubledeck motorbuses at £16,750.
The tramWays committee of the DIRKET.IIIIKAD Corporation has passed revised plans for the erection 'of' motorbus garage in Plnmer Street at an . estimated cost of £11,000, it being propoged to carry out the work by direct labour so far as the excavations and drainage are concerned.
SHEFFIELD Corporation has recently purchased a Bean 30-cwt. lorry for refuse collection.
BIRKENHEAD Corporation is being asked to appoint a special committee to consider the whole question of mechanical road transport.
The .licensing committee of the WelsiNG'Urban District Council has decided to grant no further bus licences to drivers or conductors under the age of 21.
The electricity committee of the LEEDS Corporation has accepted the tender of the Yorkshire Patent Steam Wagon Co., at £600, for the supply of a cable wagon.
The tramways committee of the BIRKENIIRAD Corporation has accepted the tender of Henley's Tyre and Rubber Cm, Ltd., for the supply of motorbus tyres for one year.
The works committee of the Redo= Borough Council recommends acceptance of the tender of the Chloride Electrical Storage Co., Ltd., at .£.1181 for the renewal of three batteries of electric vehicles.
LEEDS Watch Committee and some members of the corporation gas committee arc considering the installation of automatic traffic signals, and in this connection have arranged to visit towns where such devices have been installed.
The tramways department of the BELFAST Corporation is inviting tenders for the supply of two passenger chassis and two 32-seater bodies for fitting to them. Further information can be obtained from the general manager of the corporation tramways, Sandy Row, Belfast, and tenders have to be delivered not later than January 31st.