Halley' s Industrial Motors.
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Formation of a Company in London to Act as Sole Concessionnaire for all Parts of the World.
Halley's motors continue to make fresh converts to commercial motoring, and to convince others, who already own one or more machines of that make, that a great monetary saving attends their employment for any kind of delivery work. The company's business has been do• veloped to such an extent during the past few years that the directors have decided to relieve the works, and the administration offices, at Yoker, of all responsibility connected with the sales department. The formation of a new company, to be known generally as the BURT. Co., Ltd., but officially designated the British United Read Traction Co., Ltd., of London, with headquarters at ;36, Causton Street, Vauxhall Bridge Road, the existing London depot for Halley's motors, will be welcomed because it will tend towards increased efficiency in the execution of all business transactions concerning 'both the sale and repair of Halley's, vehicles. The whole of the business of the new company will be directed from the headquarters, at Causton Street, and conducted either from that depot, or from the Manchester depafat 1-8, Bridgewater Viaduct,
It is not to be expected that either of these depots will have at its disposal all the special types of machine tools that are required for the manufacture of the various details that go to make up a Halley motor, because there is really no need for the incurrence of such an expense. The modern machine tools with which the Yoker factory is equipped insure that any detail part may easily be fitted in place of a worn-out or broken part with a minimum of labour. and practically no extra machining or fitting. Although not called upon to manufacture the parts for replacement, the manager of a provincial &pat, especially if it includes a repair department, is at times required to cope with some very curious repairs, probably occasioned by accidents of an extraordinary nature, and, therefore. what such a depot lacks in the way of machinery and general equipment must be set off by the ingenuity and personal experience of the responsible manager and the workmen under him. In this respect, Halley's motors are well handled, both in London and Manchester. At the London premises, four views of which depOt, with a description of the resources at its command, were repro
duced in our issue of the 16th December last, Mr. G. McN. Sharp will continue to be the sales manager, whilst, at Manchester, Mr. J. G. Pearson will act in a similar capacity. Both these gentlemen have had experience in the works at Yoker, near Glasgow, and are "up to" every point on the various Halley models. An exterior view of the Manchester depot is given at the foot of this page, and, we believe, all sales for Lancashire and the north of England and Wales are to be conducted front the office of this depert, whilst repairs, overhauls and maintenance may be carried out on the premises. A full stock of spare parts and materials for repairs is held at this depot, and local owners of Halley machines need never have their vehicles held up pending the arrival of replace parts from Yoker. All kinds of repaiis, to Halley vehicles only, from the fitting of a new fan belt to the complete overhaul of a chassis, can be undertaken on the Bridgewater premises. Maintenance contracts can also be arranged for those users who like to know exactly what the machines will cost them each year.
Halley's Manchester branch has had a most-successful year, in spite of the keen competition of other large and influential builders and dealers in Lancashire. Amongst a few of the more-important users of these machines in Lancashire and Yorkshire are: Messrs. Henry Faulder and Co., of Stockport; Messrs. J. S. Duerden and Sons, Burnley; Jas. Duckworth, Ltd.' Rochdale; Messrs. Jopson, Bardsley and Jopson, Dye Works, Nelson; the Rotherham Corporation Tramways; Messrs. Geo. Ridgeway and Sons, Millers, Stoke; Messrs Jas. Smith and Sons, Dewsbury ; Messrs. Warrington and Sons, Stoke; the Bridge Garage, Briggate, Leeds ; the Runcorn and Widnes Cooperative Society, Ltd., and the Eccles Co-operative Society, Ltd.
The v that appears to he finding the greatest favour in the Lancashire district is the two-ton. chain-driven model, but it must be remembered that Halley's build vehicles for 10-cwt. up to six-ton loads, and of the heaviest machines quite a number have recently been delivered to purchasers in the Colonies. Two are in course of construction for a buyer in Australia.