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QTRONG: assurances that it does not i.-.'intend to increase road rates to the level of railway charges should be obtained from the British Transport Commission, states a :committee. of Leeds Chamber of Commerce. The committee, which has been investigating the draft proposals on which the B.T.C. is to base its charges scheme for merchandise, remarks that it seems to be implicit in the Commission's scheme that the scales for road and rail traffic would he almost identical.
GENERAL MANAGER, KNOW .. THYSELF:
AGENERAL manager of a bus company must have strict control
over any emotion that might lead him astray in his judgments. He must train his mind to remember fundamentals and to forget unimportant details, and he must know himself.
This advice was given by Mr, W. G. CroslandTaylor, MC., M.Inst.T., general manager of Crosville Motor Services, Ltd., when he addressed the Merseyside district of the Institute of Transport, last week.
" One must have a clear idea of what . to submit to higher. authority and what can he decided on the spot," he said. A general manager must never submit anything that his board was likely to turn down—that is to say, anything for which he had not a cast-iron case.
"A hoard loses confidence very easily, and, conversely, a man whose board trusts him implicitly is in a very happy position, because he can trust them to support him in turn when he really wants their help," Mr. CroslandTaylor added.
CALL FOR PROFITS INQUIRY
ACALL for an inquiry into the costs and profits of manufacturers of commercial vehicles and components was made in a resolution adopted by Sheffield Trades and Labour Grinnell recently. The :council was protesting against Sheffield Corporation's proposals to:increase bus and tram fares. Allegi.hg that companies manufacturing conimereial Vehicles and :cornpatients were making fabulous profits, Mr. E. Patterson cited one concern as having. increased its profit by over 200 pe'rYeent. between 1946 and 1948.
41.0,7FT. JIBS. ON MOBILE CRANES SOME:A Lel/la-ad 'six -wheeled heavydittY 'expert vehicles built by Leyland Motors are being' -equipped with jib cranes up to 90-ft. high,for oil coat-parties and the Ministry Of Suppiy..
The machines have been supplied by Thomas Smith and Sons (Rodley),
This company has modified the chassig and fitted them with a welded tubular
steel jib which revolves with its own power house on a live ring mounted above thern rear bogie of the chassis. Built in six sections, the cranes can be offered in lengths varying from .30-ft. up to 90 ft. Known as the Smith M.E. crane, the outfit is based on a Leyland Super Hippo export chassis, model EH.41.. It incorporates a separate Leyland 7.4litre industrial oil power unit, developing 75 b.h.p. for continuous duty and up to 100 b.h.p. for brief periods.
FEWER COACHES GO TO SCARBOROUGH
A DECREASE of 2,351 in coach Pt visits to Scarborough last season, compared with the previous period, caused discussion at a recent meeting of Scarborough Chamber of Trade. Aid. G. Pinder, chairman of Scarborough Publicity Committee said that Scarborough was not exceptional in having a decrease in coach traffic; other resorts told the same story. On the other hand, there had been a great increase in the number of people travelling on railway day excursions.
LATE RETURN: OPERATOR FINED
AFINE of £3, with £4 13s. costs, was imposed on De Luxe Buses, Ltd., Affierstone, for failing to send to the Ministry of Transport a statistical return for the year ended December 31, 1948, It was required by June 30, 1949, but was not sent until December 31, two days after the summons was served.
It was stated for the defence that delay was occasioned by the illness of the managing director and by the fact that the balance sheet from the accountants was not received until July 21.