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Four More Tippers Sought: One Granted
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ONLY one of the four tippers which J. Lee (Haulage), Ltd., Newcastle upon Tyne, sought to have added to their A licence was granted, last Friday, by Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, Northern Licensing Authority. The applicants—part of the J. W. Capstaff group of nine companies— required a normal user of "goods for theLimmer and Trinidad Lake Asphalt Co. and return loads." Mr. R. Johnston. secretary of J. Lee (Haulage), Ltd., said the vehicles were required to deal with increased traffic in red stone from Biddleston Quarry. Whilst they sub-contracted 15 tipping vehicles from associated companies, J. Lee had only one tipper on their licence. Referring to British Railways, who were among the objectors, Mr. Johnston said they were already carrying substantial quantities of the commodity to the railhead at Rothbury for conveyance by rail. The two road objectors, R. Elliott, Morpeth, and R. T. Hewitt, Ltd.. Morpeth, were not carrying out of the quarry, but he gave them an assurance that, if granted, the application would not mean that four vehicles would be in competition with them. Cross-examined by Mr. I. Robey, representing all the objectors, Mr. Johnston said that before it became a Capstaff group company, J. 'Lee (Haulage), Ltd., operated many more tippers, but had since replaced them by platform and articulated vehicles. Mr. Robey: " And to that extent they changed the nature of their operations?" Mr. Johnston replied that they had tried the " attics " with side boards, but they were not suitable, because of their size, and the Limmer company did not like them. They had exhausted the tipper potentiality of all their associated companies. They used certain sub-contractors, but found that most local concerns were not prepared to operate tippers over long distances. Mr. Elliott said that his company bad 14 tippers and, whilst he was licensed to do long-distance tipping work, he did not profess to be a long-distance haulier, There was plenty of local work to be done from the quarry. His fleet was well employed, but he estimated that he had six vehicle-days a week available. He had not worked for the Limmer company for three years and would not accept the assurance given by Mr. Johnston. Mr. A. Hewitt said that his company had six tippers and he agreed that the work position was bad. He had never been asked by Lee's to help out with the red stone and considered there were plenty of local vehicles available for the work.