P.M.T. Seeks Overall Increase T HE Potteries Motor Traction Co., Ltd.,
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seeks permission from the West Midland Licensing Authority for an overall increase in fares. It is proposed that lid. tickets remain for
journeys up to mile, that fares up to 5id. inclusive rise by id., 6d.-ltd. tickets by Id. and fares from Is. by 2d.
Several operators have applied to the Eastern Licensing Authority for permission to revise fares. Among them are Colchester Transport Department, which wishes to alter charges on nine routes, and Luton Transport Department and the United Counties Omnibus Co., Ltd., which have lodged a joint application to vary fares on 13 routes.
The Scottish Licensing Authority has received an application from Edinburgh Transport Department to alter fares on 33 services and has granted increases to five smaller operators.
Wilts and Dorset Motor Services, Ltd., has applied to the Western Licensing Authority to put up highervalue tickets by amounts ranging from ld.-5d. In January, the company was granted sanction to raise fares between Id. and 51d. inclusive. It also seeks to abolish workmen's concession rates.
The North Western Licensing Authority reserved his decision when he recently heard Wigan Transport Department's application to advance charges. At the same hearing, applications from joint operators with the department were also submitted. It is estimated that at current scales, £42,832 will be lost this year.
St. Helens Transport Department and joint operators, including the Wigan, Warri-ngton and Widnes municipal undertakings and the Crosville, Ribble and Lancashire United companies, recently presented a case for higher fares to the North Western Licensing Authority. It was also proposed to introduce cheap-day return tickets, ranging in value from 5d. to Is. 4d.
Suggestions put to the Authority, who reserved his decision, were that fares between 2id. and 41d. inclusive be raised by Id, and those of 5d. and upwards by Id. Workmen's fares should be at single rates plus Id., with a 21d. minimum.
A catalogue of fan belts in 70 standard sizes has been published by the Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., Erdington, Birmingham, 24. the rate of accidents in which passengers are involved," he asserts.
"1 am of the opinion Plat any safe and efficient method of operation which requires the use of less manpower should be adopted as a means of combating rising costs and labour shortages," the Commissioner continues.
In the year ended June 30, 1951, motorbuses, trolley buses and trams in Sydney lost fA.1,371,571 and the motorbuses and trams in Newcastle LA.188,673. Newcastle vehicles carried more people than in the previous 12 months, but those in Sydney handled fewer. The increase in Newcastle fell short of expectations, however. Reasons for the disappointing traffic in the two cities included greater use of private cars and taxicabs, shortage of manpower and the effect of advances in fares.
NEW ROAD-SIGN COMPANY FORMED
Pl.A SEPARATE subsidiary company has been formed by the Cheshire Engineering Co., Ltd., to take sole responsibility for the manufacture of Webslight road signs and their distribution throughout the world. A report on-these signs appeared in "The Commercial Motor" on May 16.
The new company is called Webslight, Ltd., and its address is Alliance House, Caxton Street, London, S.W.1.