DELAY IN FREEING TOLL BRIDGES: CONGESTION GROWS.
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Northern road users generally are chafing at the delay in reaching some definite decision regarding the freeing of the High Level and Redheugh bridges, over the River Tyne. A new town is to be established at the Teams, on the Gateshead side of the river, the site of the Government's trading estate; and both bridges are in the immediate neighbourhood. •
For the abolition of the High Level toll, the L.N.E. Railway Co. is stated to be asking £250,000, whilst. for the abolition of the Redheugh toll the figure mentioned is £118,000.
When the House of Commons meets, Mr. Tom Magnay, M.P. for Gateshead, proposes to bring the matter before Parliament, should nothing have been done by that time.
It is stated on the authority of the Mayor of Gateshead (Aid. J. White) that a meeting of Newcastle and Gateshead Joint Bridge Committee is to be held shortly to consider the position. The chairman of Newcastle Town Improvement Committee (Coun. J. G. Nixon) declares that progress in town planning is being held up.
• The situation is not improved by the delay of the Minister of Transportin issuing his decision with regard to the projected Tyne Tunnel towards the mouth of the river.. Meanwhile, congestion of road traffic is becoming. much more serious, owing to the better industrial position. As a start is to be made alniost immediately in building the new town, the urgency of more adequate transport facilities hasbecome a matter of grave concern.
Shipping Guide for Hauliers.
The following is the number of ships arriving at the London docks, wharves and jetties named, from August 21-29 inclusive :—Docks: King George V, 6; Royal Albert, 6; Royal Victoria, 3; Surrey Commercial, 8; West India., 2; East India, 3; South West India, 3; Tilbury, 9; Tilbury Stage, 5; 6; Royal, 3. Wharves :—Hays, 6; Middleton's, 1. Tilbury Jetty, 4. Regent's Canal, 1.
Technical Evidence Fails in Tyre . Prosecution.
In spite of technical evidence used by the defence, Doncaster Borough Bench, on Monday, fined Mr. John Waddel Rogers, motor driver, of Elliott Street, Edinburgh, £1 for using a heavy lorry with a defective tyre. His employers-, Mr. Andrew Morgan and Mr. Henry W. Morgan, haulage contractors, trading as Cowan and Co., Glasgow, were each fined £5 for permitting the offence.
Mr. F. L. Croft, prosecuting, said that on May 18 two police patrols saw a heavy goods vehicle travelling towards Doncaster. They noticed the condition of the front near-side tyre, which had a cut extending, with a short break, for 16 ins along the wall.
The cut was deep and was in a particularly dangerous position, because it was at the point of maximum pressure, I22 Mr. A. G. Perret, assistant technical director of the Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., giving evidence on the defendants' behalf, said that the tyre was not Cut as the police officers had suggested, but was damaged through rubbing against kerb edges and, as a result of the chafing, some of the rubber was rubbed off. None of the casing had been damaged. He understood that there were 10 tyres on the lorry and they would be capable of withstanding a stress of 20 tons.
The chairman said "In spite of the technical evidence, which has been very interesting, the Bench thinks this tyre had reached the danger point."
E36,000 Parcels Depot for U
A contract has been let and work will soon be started on the erection of a new parcels depot at Gallowgate, Newcastle on-Tyne, for United Automobile Serv ices, Ltd. The cost will be £36,000. The site comprises 880 sq. yds., with a frontage of about 100 ft. In addition to the parcels depot there will be a garage for 50 vehicles, with shops equipped for overhauling, maintenance, etc.
Death of Mr. P. Wheeler, of A.E.C.
We regret to learn of the death, on August 12, of Mr. Percy Wheeler, for 15 years a director of the Associated Equipment Co., Ltd. Mr. Wheeler was over 70 years of age. He was elected at the ninth annual general meeting of the company and was a. director of Associated Acceptances, Ltd., and the Associated Daimler Co., Ltd.
New Sales Manager for Yokes.
MR. A. W. CULVER has been appointed sales manager of Vokes, Ltd. For 17 years he was with the Cities Service Oil Co., Ltd., latterly occupying there the position of sales manager, and his knowledge of oils and fuels should be of considerable value to his new company.
MUST CUSTOMERS APPROACH OTHER HAULIERS?
Questions as to rates were raised at a recent sitting of the Eastern Licensing Authority Sir Haviland Hiley. The application under consideration was for an additional vehicle for Mr. E. Rose, of Tilney St. Lawrence. Mr. A. H. Wild, for the applicant, said that the ground of the application was increased work between Wisbech and Hanley for old customers. Figures were put in to show the extent of the increased business. • Questioned by Mr. Eades, for the objectors, the applicant denied that he had been guilty of rate-cutting, Mr. Dennis. one of the applicant's customers, said that other hauliers in the district were unable to give the required service, whilst Mr. Bray, another customer, gave evidence to the effect that the appli cant was reliable and did the work regularly.
Sir Ha.vila,nd Hiley said that, apart from rates, he did not consider that the firms which had offered evidence in support of the application had made any serious attempt to employ other hauliers in the district. Until he had more convincing evidence as to the alleged shortage of haulage facilities in that area he was not prepared to increase the applicant's fleet.
Big Increase in Voices Production Capacity.
Rapid progress in the supply of filters, silencers and other apparatus for special purposes has been made by .Yokes, Ltd., 95-105, Lower Richmond Road, Putney, London, S.W.15. The company recently issued a brochure in which it is mentioned that the company has been so inundated with Government contracts and orders from private concerns that factory additions have had to be made to enable the output to be increased by over 400 per cent.