Municipal Purchases and Proposals
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BARRO 5V-IN-FI7RNESS Corporation has purchased, at a cost of £1,230, a Crossley single-deck bus.
The works committee of DEPTFORD Borough Council is to obtain tenders for the supply of a lorry.
LANCASTER Corporation is buying a Pagefield lorry and five containers for refuse collection, at a cost of £2,452.
The transport committee of WARRINGTON Corporation has obtained sanction to borrow 114,389 for the purchase of
nine buses. • The watch committee of STOKE-0MTRENT Corporation has asked the chief officer to obtain tenders for the supply of a trailer pump.
The health committee of ILFORD Corporation favours the expenditure of 11,581 on the purchase of two S.D. Freighters for refuse collection.
MANCHESTER Corporation's transport committee has received sanction from the Ministry of Transport to borrow £50,000 for the purchase of buses.
HULL Corporation is buying from the Paragon (Hull) Motor Co., Ltd., two Morris-Commercial 2-ton forwardcontrol chassis, with hand-operated hydraulic tipping gear, at a cost of 1260 each. The cabs and bodies are to be constructed in the department's workshops at an approximate cost of £65 for each outfit. The health committee of MANCHESTER Corporation is to obtain tenders for the supply of an ambulance.
The transport committee of SHEFFIELD Corporation recommends the purchase of two Leyland single-deck buses.
BOLTON Corporation is buying 10 Leyland Titan chassis, to be equipped with Charles Roberts 48-seater lowheight bodies.
The transport committee of BAP.ROWnr-Finuuss Corporation has obtained sanction for a loan of £31,827, for a period of eight years, for the purchase of Is buses.
BIRKENHEAD Corporation is buying from Messrs. Hughes and Watts two motor mowers at a cost of £78, and from Messrs. Emmerson and Son a Ransomc quintuple mower at £162.
The health committee of SoternwAstie Borough Council recommends acceptance of the tender of Alford and Alder, Ltd., at £295, for a 15-cwt. van equipped with two detachable and interchangeable boxes, for use in connection with disinfecting work.
The transport committee of Rutz Corporation has decided that bus tyres be purchased on a mileage basis (B.E.P. rates), to be divided so far as possible in the proportion of two-thirds to the Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., and one-third to the Firestone Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd. COATHRIDOE Town Council is to buy a refuse-collection vehicle.
PANTEG Urban District Council LS considering the purchase of a lorry for the fire brigade.
BURY Corporation has received sanction to borrow £927 for the purchase of a gully cleanser.
LEATRERHEAD and District Joint Fire Brigade Committee is to purchase a second motor fire-engine with escape at a cost not exceeding £1,400.
• The transport committee of BeectrPOOL Town Council is to replace its runabouts, which have seen much service, by four 26-seater saloon buses with sunshine heads.
The public-cleansing committee of STEPNEY Borough Council recommends that tenders be obtained for the supply of three 1,000-gallon street-sweeping and watering machines.
BEDDINGTON AND WALLINGTON Urban District Council requires tenders for the supply of a 2-ton lorry -with mechanically operated end-tipping body. Tenders have to be delivered by noon on May 23rd.
Besroan Rural District Council requires tenders for the supply of two 2-ton low-loading refuse-collection vehicles. The cleansing superintendent can supply further details and tenders have to be delivered by hilly 23rd.