MUNICIPAL PURCHASES and PROPOSALS
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MANCHESTER Corporation's electricity committee has decided to purchase a 10-ewt. van.
The watch committee of LEEDS Corporation has kothorized the purchase of an ambulance costing about £410.
The highways committee of SDRREY County Council has authorized the purchase of a Morris-Commercial 2-ton lorry.
The health committee of DURHAM) County Council has authorized the purchase of a motor vehicle at a cost not exceeding £300.
The health committee of LEEDS Corporation has accepted the tender of Burnett and Reyner, Ltd., for the supply of an ambulance.
The watch committee of WOT.YER1 HAMPTON Corporation is buying from Messrs. Bradburn and Wedge a Morris de luxe ambulance.
The transport committee of Dean>. STONE Corporation is obtaining tenders, to be delivered by August 21, for the supply of two oil-engined double-deck buses.
The electricity committee of WAKEFIELD Corporation, haying had a report as to the need for replacing a 30-cwt. lorry, has referred the question of trans$ort to a sub-committee.
The watch Committee of SOUTHSITIELDS Corporation is to obtain a portable escape at a cost of £565, a motor Pomp at £950, a trailer pump costing 4216 and a chassis at 1346. CHINGFORD Urban District Council is buying a new Leyland fire-engine.
DERBY Corporation is buying 20 Guy trolley-bus chassis and Brush bodies for mounting on them.
JEDBURGH Town Council has decided to substitute a motor vehicle for the present horse-drawn dust carts.
The health committee of GLASGOW Corporation is to obtain tenders for the supply of a vehicle for the Gartlock mental institution.
_ The Ministry of Health has sanctioned the borrowing of 11,000 by ERIERN BARNET District Council for the purchase of a now fire-engine.
EASTBOURNE Corporation has authorized the general manager of the bus undertaking to obtain quotations for the supply of a double-saloon bus.
The highways 'committee of ISLE OV ELY County Council has accepted the tender of Cass and Co., Ely, for the supply of three Commer tipping lorries.
FRIERN BARNET District Council is to consider the question of providing its own ambulance service. Hitherto, the council has had an agreement with the Finchley authority for the supply of ambulance facilities.
It is possible that a large order may Shortly be placed by AYR County Council for motor vehicles for dust collection. A special sub-committee has been appointed to go into the whole question of purchasing motors for the scavenging services.
Worksop's Latest Fire-engine.
The Borough of Worksop has recently purchased an interesting Dennis 250400-gallon fire-engine of the inside, or wagonette, type. The four-speed gearbox, with right-hand control, incorporates a special power take-off, giving an enclosed drive to the Dennis patent multi-stage turbine pump, mounted immediately above it, and necessitating the dividing of the driver's seat into halves. This arrangement, of course, leaves the rear part of the frame perfectly clear, so that the rear entrance to the inside-type body is unimpeded.
Four men can -he accommodated on each of the longitudinal seats forming hose boxes, as well as storage for stand
pipes and other. gear. Behind the driver's seat is a reel carrying 120 ft. of hose. The leads to and from the pump are arranged so that there is a suction
and a main delivery on 'each side. On the off side a the machine thee steel brackets support a 30-ft. ladder.
Second Men on Trailers.
The County Councils Association has decided that, inasmuch as section 17 of the Road Traffic Act necessitates the employment of attendants for tsailers drawn by locomotives, in the -interests of public safety it is logical that the attendants should render the most effective service. The Association again requests that a regulation should be made under section 34 requiring the provision of a communication cord.
A few days ago Lord Harewood opened at Rotherham the new Herringthorpe Valley Road, which provides an alternative route from Sheffield to Doncaster. The new highway cost £90,690.
Gas Experiments at Glasgow.
In the annual report of Glasgow Corporation's gas department, it is stated'. that the chemical department had been successful in producing a suitable fuel for use in the municipal buses and that important developments might result from the preliminary trials. The problem of carrying cylinders of cornpressed gas and renewing them at wayside stations was still being studied.
Rates for Wolverhampton Haulage.
The highways committee of Wolverhampton Corporation recommends that the following be engaged for motor haulage, as required, at the rates mentioned :—Mr. W. Arrowsmith, one 1-2-tonner, 3s. 6d. per hour ; Mr. G. Shelley, One 1-2-tonner, 3s. 6d. per hour ; Mr. L. Richards, one motor not exceeding 1 ton, 3s, per hour.