Yorkshire Rates Schedule for Bricks Approved
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LIQR the carriage of common -bricks
by road transport, a schedule of rates submitted by the road Panel of the Yorkshire Road-Rail Regional Committee, has been approved Dy the North-east Regional Transport Commissioner for immediate operation in the area.
The schedule was prepared at the Commissioner's request, as a matter of urgency. Referring to this point in their explanatory statement, the Yorkshire Road Panel says that the establishment of fair and workable rates was urgently necessary to ensure facilitks for the transport of bricks to sites of national importance, " where difficulty has been experienced in securing necessary transport facilities at• rates existent in the past." A schedule of fair rates. the statement adds, was also desirable for the protection of brick manufacturers.
Progression Charges Differ
This is the third Yorkshire schedule of haulage rates to be -put into operation on a regional basis, the first covering coal and coke and the second sand and gravel. Because of differences in the weight of the materials, slight differences have been made in the•progression charges per ton mile (i.e., one mile outward andone mile inward, or two running miles) as between the respective schedules, and an adjustment was necessary as between coal and coke, because of the lighter weight of the latter.
An additional factor which has had to be taken into account in qe case of brick haulage is that whereas coal, coke, sand and gravel are usually hopper-loaded, bricks are hand-loaded, with a consequent increase in standing time during loading. Therefore, whilst the terminal charge to coVer the loading and discharge of hopper-loaded coal, coke, sand and gravel is 6d. per ton, based on an average standing time of 40 minutes, that in respect of bricks
. is is. per ton, based on an average standing time of 81 minutes, where the bricks are thrown on and.Off the vehicle or tipped. If the bricks have to be stacked on and off the vehicle an extra charge of 4s. 6d. per thousand bricks is made. The progression charge for bricks is 34d. per lead mile.
The schedule provides only one set of rates—for vehicles carrying loads of from 4-6 tons, an average being struck between the two classes normally used for tip work. The avejage taken was
• between the vehicle of 24 tons unladen -weight carrying a peak load of 5 tons, amounting to 1,250 bricks, and the 3-4-ton u.l.w. vehicle carrying a normal load of 6 tons, amounting to 1,500 bricks.
The costs basis on which the average was struck is:Standing charges: 24ton vehicle, 42d. per hour; 3-4-ton vehicle, 48d. per hour. Total running costs (net): 24-ton vehicle (5-ton load), 3d. per ton lead mile; 3-4-ton vehicle (6-ton load), 34d. per ton lead
mile. For short-haul and weightage, additions are made, beginning at Is. 3d. per ton for the first lead mile, and scaling down by Id. per ton at every lead mile until the nil point is reached at 16 lead miles. Thereafter, deductions under this head begin at Id. per ton 'or 17 lead miles and increase by. Id. at every lead mile, until a deduction of Is. 3d. per ton is made at 31 lead miles, after which the amount of deduction remains constant at that figure.
The resultant scale of charges per ton lead mile to the transport user begins at 2s. 64d. for the first lead mile and ascends in stages of 24d. per ton at each additional lead mile until 8s. 9141., per ton is reached at 31 lead miles. Thereafter, the scale rises in stages of 34d. per ton at each further lead mile, the charge at 40 lead miles being Us. 5d, per ton. The addition of 34d. per ton is continued beyond this figure for any subsequent number of lead miles.
Alternative Scale of Charges The schedule includes an alternative scale of charges per 1,000 bricks. This begins at 10s. 2d. per 1,000 for the first lead mile and ascends in stages of 10d. at each subsequent lead mile until 35s. 2d. per 1,000 is reached at 31 lead miles. Thereafter, the scale rises in stages of 1s. 2d. at every subsequent lead mile.
The 'Yorkshire Road' Panel states that the schedule is subject to amendment to cover any general increases in costs of vehitle operation. The schedule was worked out by a sub-committee of the Panel, with Mr. W. J. Lowe, secretary of the Yorkshire Area of A.R.O., as secretary. -To obtain information on operating conditions Mr. Lowe acted as mate on a lorry carrying bricks and assisted in the work of loading and unloading.