Leeds Carriers_ Say Road Is For Produce Best
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LEEDS and District General Carriers, which represents local hauliers whose work includes the carrying of vegetables and fruit to and from Leeds Kirkgate Wholesale Market, has been asked to supply farther details in support of its request for a revision of cuts in members'. petrol rations.
As we previously reported, the request was made in a memorandum submitted to the Transport Commissioner for the Northeastern Region, with the support of the Kirkgate Market Wholesale Produce Merchants' • Association. One of the main submissions was that whilst the petrol cuts had resulted in the transfer of a considerable amount of Leeds produce
traffic from road to rail, the railways were not handling the traffic quickly enough, with resultant loss through deterioration and late delivery.' The Commigsioner's 'more to the carriers' organization for more information has special reference to the issue as to whether the traffic should go by rail or road.
The carriers,,make the point that, to a considerable extent, the rail,ways are handicapped in dealing with this class of traffic by the fact that, in many cases, the produce growers are „located miles away from the nearest railhead. They emphasize that they do not seek to obtain new business, but to carry traffic which they have been handling successfully for nearly 30 years.