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BIRCH ELIMINATION SCHEME APPROVED
Aspredicted in last week's issue of The Commercial Motor, the scheme whereby Birch Bros., Ltd., one of the oldest transport concerns in the country, Was to give up its seasonal coastal services in favour of Keith and Boyle (London), Ltd., and a group of London independent operators, was approved by . the Metropolitan Traffic Commissioner, last Thursday. Certain minor modifications were, owing to strenuous opposition by other independent operators, introduced. Keith and Boyle's pick-up at Fonthill Road, Finsbury Park, and the pickingup points of the United Service Transport Co., Ltd., at Shepherd's Bush and Battersea were refused, but, otherwise, the territorial rearrangement of North London, among the big seasonal operators tapping that area, is now an accomplished fact. An annual saving in waste mileage of 150,000 is expected. Keith and Boyle's application for a licence for tours from King's Cross to Southend has been granted as an express licence, with one morning and an occasional afternoon service.
FROM LOSS TO PROFIT AT KEIGHLEY.
DURING the year ended September 31 last, Keighley-West Yorkshire Services, Ltd., earned a net profit of £12,188, to be divided equally betOeen Keighley Corporation and the West Yorkshire Road Car Co., Ltd. Before providing for depreciation, the profit amounted to R26,724. Interest on loans amounted to £884, income tax to £3,751, and amount transferred to depreciation fund £9,899. The balance sheet showed total assets of £54,023. Commenting on the accounts, Mr. A. W. Tack said, at a meeting of the council..' When we compare the dismal financial returns of the old corporation tramways and trolleybuses
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with the figures before us now, we see an absolute vindirAtion of the value of private enterprise in the management of business and industry."
APPEALS AGAINST LICENCE TRANSFER.
AEMBERS of Yorkshire Motor IVICoach Owners, Ltd., and Mr. Samuel Ledgard, Leeds, have lodged appeals against the transfer by the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners of excursion and tortr licences from Messrs. A. E. Keeling and Sons, Leeds, to the West Yorkshire Road Car Co., Ltd.
LEEDS TO SPEND £151,200 ON TRANSPORT.
CA131TAL expenditure of £151,200 by Leeds Corporation to meet transport needs arising from the city's huge slum-clearance and rehousing scheme, which is estimated to cost nearly £12,000,000, is foreshadowed by Alderman Dobbs.
! LONDON TROLLEYBLIS SCHEME IN THE COMMONS.
iThi,T Tuesday, a Select Committee of kfthe House of Commons, presided over by Sir Henry Cautley, commenced to consider the London Passenger. Transport Bill, which seeks power, amongst other matters, to convert 49/ miles of tramways to trolleybus working, and to introduce trolleybuses on another 14 miles of route. During the past session, the Board obtained power to convert 87 miles of tramways to trolleybus working. The cost of the new scheme is £890,000.
WRONG GROUNDS OF APPEAL : CASE FAILS
THE Minister of Transport has announced his decision on the appeal of Mr. F. A. Sutcliffe (Vale Bus Service) against the time-table conditions on a service from Cragg Vale to Hebden Bridge. The appellant argued that this service, and that provided by Messrs. Walton and Helliwell, over the same route, should be operated by rota. The Minister states that, in the absence of an appeal against the conditions of the licence granted to Messrs. Walton and Helliwell, he cannot make an effective Order on the Commissioners in the sense desired by the appellant. Nevertheless, he deemed it desirable to review the merits of the case, and he accepts the conclusion of Mr.J. S. Oxley, the inspector, that the Yorkshire Commissioner's decision was justified. The appeal was dismissed, the appellant being called upon to pay the costs.
B.O.C. FOR IRISH BOARD.
MEGOTIATIONS for the taking over I "4 by the proposed new transport board for Northern Ireland of the undertaking of the Belfast Omnibus Co., Ltd., are nearing completion. The B.O.C. operates approximately 180 vehicles over 684 miles of route. The company, which has an issued capital of £144,930, was registered in 1927, and purchased the businesses of 39 independent operators in Northern Ireland.