New Depot for Big Haulage Fleet
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XTENSIVE modem garage premises -■ built near Newbridge by Road arvices (Caledonian), Ltd., Dumies, a company formed by the archase of vehicles from British Road :rvices, were opened by Mr. W. F. uin, Scottish Licensing Authority, st week.
The company have over 100 vehicles Id employ about 330 people at depots Dumfries, Stranraer, Glasgow, bington, Moffat, Lockerbie, London Id Preston. The new building covers aout 32,000 sq. ft. and is equipped ith up-to-date machinery, Since its ection, the company have been able , undertake all maintenance under one of and have vacated premises in fferent parts of the town.
A policy of standardization has been !opted. and 50 new lorries added to fleet are all Albions or Leylands. addition to a network of services in the Dumfries area, the concern run regular trunk services. Two operate daily between Glasgow and Preston, three from Dumfries to Glasgow, five from Dumfries to Preston, and one from Dumfries to London. Eleven contract vehicles are also run.
Much work is done for the Scottish Milk Marketing Board, carrying milk to creameries. A fleet for the carriage of meat between the south of Scotland and London is based at Lockerbie.
Mr. T. Atkin, head of the company, said that he hoped there would be complete co-operation between the company and B.R.S., because there was room for both. Mr. J. B. Hastie, Scottish divisional manager of B.R.S., complimented the concern on their enterprise and endorsed earlier remarks about the desirability of co-operation between private enterprise and nationalized industry.