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New. Two-level Garage for 262 Buses
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ANEW bus garage at Greenland Road, Darnall, is expected to he fully operational by the end of the month. The building was formally opened by the Lord Mayor of Sheffield, Ald. J. W. Holland, J.P., last Friday.
The site developed by Sheffield Transport Department occupies .'slightly more than eight acres. It is graded on two levels, with the higher used as an open parking site accommodating 90. buses. The main garage has undercover parking facilities for a further 172 buses.
There. are three parking hays, each of 98-ft. span and 308 ft. long, and a workshop bay housing 17 pits, stores, offices and locker rooms. The administrative block includes ticket and time offices and a canteen.
The building has a portal Castella steel frame on piled and beamed foundations. Six 5,000-gal. fuel tanks are provided at ,high level. They have four metering columns and remotecontrol gauges, supplied by the Wayne Tank and Pump Co., Ltd., Bracknell. In addition there are two 1,000-gal. engine-oil tanks, and eight 300-gal. tanks for miscellaneous oils and paraffin.
A Dawson Mark It through-type bus washer for double-deck vehicles up to 8 ft. wide has been installed. The undertaking has also provided a Laycock 12-ton bus lift, believed to be the first of this capacity. It will be used in conjunction with a Wickman industrial steam cleaner for chassis washing.
LINCOLN BUS PROBLEMS TO BE EXAMINED
ASPECIAL meeting of Lincoln Finance Committee is to be called shortly to discuss the position of the city's
transport department. This assurance was given last week to the city council after they had heard a report from the general manager, Mr. H. Jones.
Cllr. W. J. Bell said that with an accumulated deficit of £50,000 and further losses still taking place, the council would have to take some action. They might consider the reintroduction of workers' weekly tickets, off-peak shopping tickets and cheap returns for uphill and downhill journeys.
In his report. Mr. Jones said traffic was still declining, and the only remedy was a fare increase—but this would be followed_ by immediate passenger resist ance. with a further loss of revenue. .
RIGGER PETROLEUM VESSELS
LARGER vessels for the transport of La petroleum spirit in road vehicles, other than tankors, will be permissible from next Tuesday. Under the PetroleumSpirit (Conveyance by Road) Regulations, 1957, metal vessels for all types of petroleum spirit must not exceed 50 gal.
Under the Petroleum-Spirit (Conveyance by Road) Regulations, 1958, coming into operation on July .1, it will be permissible to use vessels of up to 90 gal. to convey petroleum mixtures containing not more than 75 per cent, of petroleum.