Municipal Purchases
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and Proposals
Whltehaven Town Council is to buy a 2-ton petrol roller.
Middlesex County Council is buying a Dennis
motor mower.
Chester Corporation requires a lorry for the highways department. Windsor Rural District Council is to buy a Cesspool emptier at a coat of about £750.
Gloucestershire Highways Committee is to spend £8,000 on the purchase of eight steam rollers.
Ramsbottom Urban District Council is applying !or sanction to borrow £2,614 for the par. chase of two untie-deck buses.
Banstead Urban District Council requires tenders for the supply of a 750-gallon cesspool emptier; the closing date is January 1. Swansea Corporation is to purchase a Dennis gAilly-emptier. The corporation is also buying a Karrier tower wagon from Messrs. J. and P. Beran.
Middlesex County Council has authorized the purchase of a lorry for the :Edmonton Institution, at a cost of about £240, and an ambulance for West Middlesex IlospitaL molester Town Council requires tenders for the supply of a 2-ton, three-way-tipping lorry, a 3-ton vehicle with 600-gallon gaily emptying apparatnt—interchangeable with a general-purpose body, and two 15 cubic-yd. moving-floor refuse collectors; the closing date is 'December 22,
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Ennerdale Rural District Council is buying a Leyland Cub refuse collector. Hammer Electricity Committee is buying a Dyson cable and transformer trailer.
Brighton Corporation is to purchase a 10-cwt. electric vehicle for the electricity department. Southport Corporation is buying five Leyland oil-engined double-deckers, with hydraulic transmission.
Sheffield Corporation has ordered 14 Leyland Titan oilers, equipped with the company's torque converter.
Blackpool Transport Committee is buying 12 Burlingham single-deck bus bodies, and 12 Roe runabout bodies.
Wimbledon Corporation has accepted the tender of L. F. Dove, Ltd., for the supply of a Morris-Commercial 2-ton refuse collector. Newport Corporation is considering making application for sanction to borrow 252.000 for the purchase of 14 36-seater buses and 16 double-deckers.
Gravesend Borough Council is inviting tenders for the supply of four 10-cubic-yd. refuse collectors, five 7-cubic-yd. machines haying to be taken in part payment. Tenders have to be delivered by January 4.
Torquay Corporation invites tenders for the supply of a 500-gallon combined cesspool and gully-emptier, with an alternative tender for a vehicle of 800-gallons capacity. Tenders must be received by January 4. Glasgow Parks Committee is to puronase a lorry.
Exeter Corporation is to purchase a lorry for the fire brigade.
Douglas (I.o.M.) Transport Committee is buying two Leyland one-man.operated buses. Tynemouth Watch Committee is to -obtain tenders for the supply of a police utility van. West Sussex County Council is to purchase a van for the weights and measures department. Burton-on-Trent Watch Committee has authorised the purchase •cf a Merryweather trailer pump.
Glasgow Health Committee has accepted the tender of Ritchies, Ltd., at B318, for the supply of a lorry. itairow-in-Furness Corporation has accepted the tender f R. W. Symons, Ltd., for the supply of a Bedford chassis. Goulsdon Urban District Council has accepted the tender of Croydon Automobile Co., Ltd„ for the supply of a Thornycroit lorry. Glasgow Assistance Committee has accepted the tender of Messrs. George and Jobling for the supply of .a Fordson 2-ton lorry. Southwark Borough Council recommends the purchase of a Laces road-sweeping machine and two Dennis moving-floor refuse collectors.
Stoke Newington Borough Council has obtained sanction to borrow £5.000 'for the provision of motors for refuse collection, in place of horsed vehicles.
Glasgow Corporation has accepted the tender of Claud Rarailton (Motors), Ltd. to supply a food-transport vehicle which will be equipped with 2.2 containers.