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Paperwork in prospect
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WITH the entry , of the Manx Traffic Commissioners into the scene, coach operators in the Island appear likely to find themselves saddled with additional record keeping. In view of some of the questions the Commissioners found it necessary to raise, this prospect is perhaps not surprising.
When applications were put forward for express facilities linking various resorts with the steamers at Douglas, Lt.-Col. C. Kniveton, the chairman, said that some of them appeared to be no more than glorified taxi services. Whilst certain of them must be allowed to operate, proper protection must be given to the regular stage carriage operators who ran throughout the year. When future applications arose Col. Kniveton said that the coach operators probably would be asked to produce detailed figures regarding the number of passengers carried on their vehicles.
In granting applications for express services to Douglas Pier Terminal, the Commissioners limited the licences to the carriage of pm-booked passengers on Friday and Saturday mornings and Saturday afternoons.
Giving approval to a schedule of excursions and tours fares, Col. Kniveton said the Commissioners would not tolerate any departure, and appropriate action would be taken where any price-cutting was proved.
Following the announcement in respect of the part-grant of the Isle of Man Road Services Ltd., application for Douglas Ramsey licences, Mr. William Lambden, general manager of the company, said that unless they were able to obtain increased revenue from the holidaymakers, as they hoped to do by re-routeing buses along Douglas Promenade, they might encounter serious difficulties. If they could not pick up extra passengers, he told the Commissioners, it would be necessary for them to come back with applications for drastic economies on the Island's winter services, as they had no ratepayers or government to relieve them.