B.R.S. Take Traffic from Railways
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IT seemed strange that the British 1 Transport Commission should allow one part of their organization to take traffic from another. This comment was made by Mr. S. W. Nelson, Western Licensing Authority, at Taunton last week, when Messrs. Tolley and Smale, Bideford, sought to vary the conditions of their B licence for two vehicles.
Applicants wished to increase the radius for the haulage of general goods from 40 to 60 miles, and Mr. B. Tolley said that this was so that return loads could be carried from Plymouth and other places beyond 40 miles.
Some of these loads would be fertilizers from Fison's. Ltd., and Mr. Tolley told Mr. R. A. Webb, for the Commission, that the work, already being undertaken by a vehicle based at Instow. was sub-contracted from British Road Services.
Mr. N. A. McKnight, British Railways licensing representative, said that the railways were distributing thousands of tons of Fison's traffic. Six vehicles and three trailers were based at Bideford for distribution from the railhead.
The Authority commented that the applicants were suffering because they were not legally represented. There was no case for a grant as sought, but there might be one to enable return loads to be-carried for B.R.S. It was too much to expect the applicants to call the objectors as witnesses.
Mr. Webb explained that there was no B.R.S. witness from Plymouth because he was on holiday and it had not been known that he would be needed.
A variation to allow return loads to be carried for B.R.S. within 60 miles was granted. Mr. Nelson recommended the applicants to take advice.