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NEW GARAGE OPENED AT HALIFAX
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Several Important Transport Officials Present
LAST Friday, Alderman Rufus Stirk, 0.B.E., .LP., Mayor of Halifax, opened the corporation's new Elm Wood bus depot. The premises cover nearly an acre and the roof is supported by only four columns, so that the maximum amount of space is provided for
manoeuvring vehicles. It would have involved great expense to have made the roof an entire span without pillars, but, even so, the roof girders reach a span of 120 ft.
The entrance is wide enough to admit four buses abreast, whilst three vehicles can be refilled simultaneously with petrol and oil, each of the petrol tanks having a capacity of 10,000 gallons. While fuelling is carried out, the interiors of the vehicles are Vacuum cleaned, after which the buses •pass to the wash, from which stance they run over the inspection pits. A turntable is provided in the centre of the garage to facilitate the work of manceuvring buses..
petrol pumps, etc., were supplied by Oil Installations (1928), Ltd., Victoria Read, London, N.W.10.
The -importance of providing central bus stations was emphasized by Mr. J. Ferndale; chairman of the Yorkshire
Traffic Commissioners, speaking at it luncheon which followed the ceremony.
Other speakers were Messrs. G. Gledhill, Member of Parliament for Halifax; A. H. Gledhill, chairman of Halifax Tramways Committee ; L. Mackinnon, Glasgow Corporation transport manager ; E. M. Rosedale, director of the British Electrical Federation and chairman of the Yorkshire Traction Co., Ltd ; C. S. Selway, passenger manager of the London and North Eastern Railway Co. and chairman of the Joint Committee ; C. Furness, of Blackpool; Alderman T. Hey ; and Mr. J. Beckett, general secretary of the Municipal Tramways wed Transport Association.