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Hanson saga continues
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Licensing Authority Mr. H. Robson returnd to the Yorkshire traffic area this week to ontinue hearing the application by R. Hanson rod Sons Ltd. of Wakefield for a new A cence to put all its 268 vehicles on one cence, which had been adjourned (CM Janury 10). Also being considered was the grant f a Contract A-to-B switch of 75 vehicles P hi c h had been remitted to the LA by the ransport Tribunal last October.
Following the revocation of this licence, fter submission from the 25 objectors, Hanon applied to the Divisional Court to quash le order. However, it was found that the LA ad not implemented the revocation and costs fere awarded against the objectors (CM anuary 17 and 31).
The Tribunal then amended its former ordr, stating that the LA should allow the previus grant to continue until the completion of re re-hearing to receive the National Coal oard's customer evidence and thereafter he aould make such order as he thought fit (CM anuary 24).
On Monday Mr. J. M. Bosomworth, for HC, reported that the applicant had gone ack on its agreement to produce logsheets. Ir. Robson said his staff had extracted some iformation from the sheets and although he 'as not prepared to give the complete details the objectors, he would answer questions n specific points.
Mr. R. M. Yorke, for Hanson, said if the ojectors would reimburse the Tribunal reearing costs and undertake that only inforration relevant to this inquiry would be ought, then inspection would be permitted. He said the fleet had been increased by wen since the adjournment. It was still 17 -ion but all licences would be taken up by larch 31.
Mr. W. H. Taylor, Barnsley area transport 'wager, NCB, continued his evidence that re licence change would give him greater exibility. He could no longer guarantee to mploy contract vehicles full time. He said anson had never failed to supply the vehicles 3 required.
He agreed that if the vehicles were auiorized for commodities other than coal and ir a wider radius this could be a sadvantage but he felt Hanson would fulfil s long-standing commitments to the Board. e also agreed with Mr. Bosomworth that nce Hanson had been awarded one contract is meant that the NCB felt the haulier had ifficient vehicles for the next 12 months and ie rate had been accepted.
For a new plant in Leeds to feed M62 and 1 other contracts, his company would reJire Hanson to move 1,000 tons a day of )gregates from Scunthorpe and Middle 3ak, Derbyshire from May onwards, dropng to 500 tons in 1970 and returning to .000 tons during the following three years, lid Mr. T. B. Llewellyn, traffic manager, erbyshire Stone Sales Ltd. Neither the railays nor focal tipper associations could cope ith this additional tonnage although their resent traffic would be unaffected.
If he had to operate C-licensed vehicles at anson's rate, he would make a loss, said Mr. ewellyn. However, he had seen Hanson :hides returning empty from Scunthorpe and he would take advantage of the cheaper return rate.
Manchester area road transport manager of NCB, Mr. J. Gaskell, said only seven of the objectors were in easy reach of his road haulage depots and had tippers. Four of these already carried coke from Yorkshire into Lancashire for him and the other three had been invited to tender for the year commencing April 1 next.
At peak periods he had used all vehicles available from the hauliers whose tenders had been accepted. In answer to Mr. J. A. Backhouse for Lancashire private hauliers objecting, Mr. Gaskell said he would be prepared to support these four hauliers for additional conditions or vehicles, provided the rates were right and vehicles were needed. Colliery closures had reduced his needs but his own vehicles had dropped from 670 to 580 in the year. There was a drop from 250 to 200 vehicles required from hauliers this winter.
At peak times he would like to take advantage of Hanson's vehicles which had delivered into Lancashire, for local deliveries of coal.
In reply to Mr. J. F. Wrottesley for BR, Mr. Gaskell said he was not aware of any deliberate policy in the past for the NCB not to support hauliers at traffic courts.
Mr. F. H. Walker, commercial assistant, ICI Mond division, said his forecast of salt carrying at the first inquiry (CM March 8. 1968) had been fulfilled; 1,368,000 tons having been sold, 50 per cent in the summer months. Next year would be up by a further 25 per cent.
Due to production troubles the roadstone figure had not been reached but it would be up considerably this year. He felt 20 addi
tional vehicles would be required.
His company was actively considering a quota system in relation to the sale of salt to try to eliminate the peaks and troughs, said Mr. Walker.
Because of the shortage of local hauliers, his company had three times asked Hanson to quote for the carriage of fly ash but on the last 'occasion Hanson declined to quote because of non-availability under its present licences, said Mr. A. Boardman, contracts manager, Stephenson Clarke (Pulverized Fly Ash Development) Ltd., nominated selling agents for the North West Power Stations. This year's requirements would be 50 per cent more than 1968, he said.
On Wednesday Mr. Backhouse referred to logsheets of journeys made by the applicant's vehicles carrying iron ore from Birkenhead docks to Irlam near Manchester as return loads following deliveries to Carrington, north of Manchester.
In cross examination, Mr. W. Crosland, Hanson group transport manager, who said it was his responsibility to see that licence conditions were observed, said he understood return loads to be those going back into Yorkshire and conceded that these instances could not be considered thus nor were they within its licence normal user. Mr. Robson then said he would make the logsheet details extracted by his staff available to the objectors.
Mr. Yorke told the LA that Hanson was prepared to reduce the radius for the 51 commodities being applied for on the new normal user from "Great Britain" to "within 150 miles".