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A Fillip to Road-Canal Transport
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HISTORICAL significance attaches to the introduction at York by T. F. Wood and Co.. Ltd., warehousemen and canal carriers, of Mayrath electric screw conveyors to unload grain barges directly into road vehicles. Although the city is in the heart of an agricultural area, there is no record since Roman times of grain being shipped up the 38 miles of the Ouse from the port of Hull.
Tests with the conveyors. which are made by Gordon Felber and Co., Ltd., Spirella House, Oxford Circus, London. W.1, showed that it was possible to unload grain at the rate of 40 tons an hour. It is planned to handle 20,000 tons in the first year's working of the new service, which will bring a substantial increase in river traffic to York without having to build costly permanent wharf installations.
During the trials, an Albion 14-ton bulk-grain carrier with Tamplin-type bodywork was supplied by Wilfred Appleyard, Ltd., and was loaded in 20 minutes. One conveyor lifted grain from the barge into a hopper on the wharf, whilst the other transferred it from the hopper into the vehicle. It is envisaged that grain may be taken from a barge across the wharfside into a warehouse for bagging, and a bulk-grain store is to be erected.
Not only does the Mayrath equipment make the loading of vehicles from canal transport cheap, but no dock landing charges are entailed. A 14-ton vehicle can deliver four loads a day within 20 miles of York, an area to which only one load a day could be carried from Hull.
A B.M.C. and an A.E.C. 10-tonner are also being operated now to distribute grain around York, where in recent years there has been a growth of the broiler industry.
The scheme was initiated by Mr. S. Greaves, managing director of William Gilyott and Co., Ltd., and of T. F. Wood and Co., Ltd., who were taken over l)y Gilyott two years ago. The companies are part of the Transport Development Group. The idea was not only to expedite grain supplies to the centre of Yorkshire, but also to relieve congestion at Hull at times when grain supplies are heavy.