PACT ON CUSTOMERS LEADS TO GRANT FOR STONEMOOR
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rOLLOWING discussions, all objections to an application by Stonemoor Transport Ltd., of Leeds, for eight new B licences had been withdrawn, said Mr. P. Kenny for the company when its application came before Yorkshire deputy LA, Mr. M. Gosnay, in Leeds on Tuesday.
Mr. Kenny said that originally the company had sought a licence for four four-wheeled tippers and four six-wheeled tippers conditioned, "Road and building and excavating materials within a radius of 50 miles of Leeds Post Office". The application attracted quite a number of objections from both the Leeds and Sheffield areas. Following negotiations at the road-rail negotiating committee the objectors had agreed to withdraw if the licence was restricted to six named customers and the company wished to amend its application accordingly.
Mr. M. W. D. Flather, general manager of Stonemoor Transport, said it was proposed to base the vehicles in the Sheffield area. The company was operating six of the vehicles under short-term B licence and was in dire need of the additional two vehicles.
The vehicles were mainly working in connection with the construction of the Yorkshire motorway and were carrying stone for building purposes, tarred stone for roadmaking, and slag and hardcore for motorway foundations.
Mr. Gosnay said he believed the company had been advertising for people to "semi-invest" in it. Mr. Flather replied that this was so and that the drivers participated in a profit-sharing scheme. This enabled the company to obtain and keep good drivers but they were not part-owners of the vehicles.
Mr. Kenny said he had advised the company that these vehicles would not be a proper basis for a joint ownership scheme.
Mr. T. Russell, divisional transport manager of Tarmac Roadstone Ltd., said his company would be commencing a large motorway contract in the Barnsley area in a month's time. It was employing the existing six vehicles at the present moment but it could find regular work for the two additional vehicles.
Mr. A. Patterson, a representative of Sheffield Tippers, said there was an extreme shortage of tippers in the Sheffield area. His firm hired approximately 40 tippers a day which were used mainly on motorway construction work.
Its present commitments were some 3,500 tons a day and it was falling short of this by about a third. Due to the shortage of vehicles he had employed the six vehicles on short-licence substantially.
Granting the application, Mr. Gosnay said he was satisfied a case had been made out in the terms of the agreement with the objector and he restricted the licence to work for Alan S. Denniss Ltd, Hoveringham, Stone Ltd., Tarmac Ltd., Sheffield Tippers, Derbyshire Stonesales Ltd., and Eyan Quarries Ltd.