New Ballast Regulations ?
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OBJECTIONS to the revised regulations concerning the transport of sand and ballast have been so numerous that new regulations may be issued. This statement was made by Mr. Humphrey Cooke, hon. secretary of the Mid-Cornwall Sub-area of A.R.O., at last week's meeting of the Association's Devon and Cornwall Area committee.
Two points that Mr. Cooke considered dangerous were the leaving to the discretion of inspectors of a decision whether or not the body of a vehicle was strong enough for its load, and the testing of the quantity of a load by a brim measure.
Mr. R. W. Sewill, A.R.O., national director, addreSsed the meeting on the subject of wages and rates. He stressed the fact that the stabilized rates should be minima, except extraordinary circumstances. He added the belief that the railways had undergone a great change of heart and that they no longer felt that all traffic was theirs by divine right.
Mr. C. Hodgson reported that the Cornish Federation of Chambers of Commerce had passed a resolution in connection with the movement for a bridge across the River Tamar.
Mr. K. G. Foster, chairman, said his impression was that the Ministry of Transwort would consider the idea of a bridge in the vicinity of St. Budeaux, coupled with a new road from Saltash to Liskeard, It was decided that, if possible, a deputation should -e.'ait upon the Minister in connection with the Tamar bridge plan.