Three-Tipper Bid Turned Down
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A N application by Bourton Transport, r-1. Ltd., of Bourton on the -Water, Gloucester, to add three tippers (14 tons 5 cwt.) to their present fleet, was turned down by Mr. S. W. Nelson, the Western Licensing Authority, at Bristol on Monday when British Railways and eight independent operators objected, claiming that any additional vehicles in the area would be surplus to requirements.
The application was made by Mr. David B. Russell, of Little Rissington.
Glos. -On his behalf it was said that,
although this was a new application, he was not entirely a newcomer, being already a director of the Russell Transport Co. The applicant intended to form a new company with his brother.
Their present vehicles were already fully employed and additional vehicles were required for the transport of bulk grain, feeding stuffs, fertilizers and bulk cement within a radius of 120 miles. The applicant explained that his vehicles col lected fertilizers from Ebbw Vale, Corby, Hull, and sometimes from Liverpool, and he produced a letter from a cement company saying they would use the new vehicles asked for when necessary.
Answering Mr. A. J. F. Wrottesley, for British Railways, witness said the real reason for the application was that busi ness was increasing and his brother wished to come into the haulage business.
That was why the new company was formed. He had persistently tried to "tire vehicles from operators in the area,
including some of the objectors, but had great .difficulty in getting the necessary transport. British Road Services were very erratic and time-wasting, he said.
Mr. 1. D, R. Jenkins, for the independent objectors: Does Bourton Transport, Ltd., really exist?—Yes.
What will happen t0. it if the licence is not granted?—We will see.
Mr. J. J. Bibby, of Bibby and Co., Ltd., Worcester, a subsidiary of Rank's the millers, said they had been using Russell's Transport for about a year and if the new application were granted they would take advantage of applicant's services because they needed more blower vehicles for the transport of bulk grain from farms.
When it was pointed out that the application did not refer to blower vehicles, witness said if he had realized this he would not have supported the application.
• Another witness who supported the application was Mr. F. D. Baxter, of the Cotswold Lime Co., Ltd., who said they had great difficulty in hiring 'a sufficient number of vehicles to take bulk lime to the lime spreaders in the field. Witness added that Mr. Russell was a director of his company.
After evidence had been given of the tonnage of bulk feeding stuffs and fertilizers carried by the railways in the area the application was refused, Mr. Nelson declaring that there was no evidence of need.