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Manchester Buying New Bus Fleet.
The transport committee of Manchester Corporation is asking for tenders for the supply of 35 double-deckbus chassis equipped with oil engines, or, alternatively, petrol engines, and 56seater all-metal double-saloon bodies for mounting on them. Further particulars may be obtained from the general manager, Corporation Transport Department, 55, Piccadilly, Manchester, and tenders have to be delivered by 10 a.m. on January 9, 1934.
Weak Bridges: Important Welsh Move.
Glamorgan Roads and Bridges Committee has decided to convene a meeting of all local authorities and canal and railway companies owning bridges that are thought to be too weak to carry heavy traffic. The object of the conference is to formulate a scheme for overcoming the obstacles that such bridges present to heavy traffic.
The scheme will be presented to the Ministry of Transport in January.
Monopoly Issue Raised.
Some 90 yards of route outside Glasgow Corporation's boundary was the subject of a strong contest at a sitting of the Southern Scotland Traffic Com
missioners. The municipal authority sought permission to operate from Radnor Park to Carmyle, and was opposed by Lanarkshire Traction Co.
For the latter it was stated that the corporation had a complete monopoly inside its boundary and it would be unfair to allow the authority to compete with others outside the municipal area.
The corporation was subsidizing unprofitable services at the expense of ratepayers, for the benefit of persons residing outside the area. The Commissioners reserved their decision.
Liverpool Pays Up.
Liverpool Corporation made a payment of £1,404 to Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., in respect of the operation of the Bootle routes by the company on behalf of the corporation, this sum being the loss during September. The average earnings on the routes in question were 8d. per mile, and the authority bad to make them up to Is. Proved Economy of Oilers.
Merthyr Corporation's bus committee has received from Mr. T. H. Thompson, the manager, a report showing comparative costs of fuel in running a vehicle with a Gardner five-cylindered oil engine and a petrol-bus for 7,400 busmiles on the Cardiff-Merthyr route. The figures are: Cost of petrol (8 m.p.g.), 925 gallons at nid, a gallon, £45 5s. 4d. ; cost of oil fuel at 41d. per gallon (16.17 m.p.g.), £9 1s. The economy equals £434 17s. per bus per annum. As five buses work the route, the annual saving would-be over £2,100. It has been decided to change to oil-engined buses. Cleansing Costs at Blackpool.
The report of the cleansing department of Blackpool Corporation shows that, in the year ended March 31., 1933, 32,057 tons of household and trade refuse were eollected, the net cost being £14,980. The net cost per ton at. 9s. 4.1d. shows an increase of 3.5d. per tbn over the figure for the previous year, but the costs per 1,000 premises and per 1,000 population show a decrease. The refuse per 1,000 resident population was 316 tone per annum, and per 1,000 premises 899 tons per annum. The net cost per ton for refuse disposal was 5s. 9d.
The cost of street cleansing amounted to £13,001. The Kander sweepers, of which the corporation has two, dealt with 601 loads, totalling 001 tons. During the year 4,136 tons of sweepings were collected from the streets, and 723 tons of blown sand and seaweed removed.
During the year 92,988 gullies were cleansed and resealed at a cost per gully of 4.1d. Two Dennis vehicles and a Lister Auto-Truck are engaged on this work.
The fleet of the department comprises 25 vehicles, 11 of which are electries. In addition to the makes mentioned, the corporation owns Vulcan, Leyland, Laffiy and S.D. Freighter machines.
Lanea. Motor Licences.
As from Monday, December 18, the motor taxation department of Lanes County Council will be transferred from the County Sessions House, Lancaster Road, Preston, to the county offices of the council at Marchand Street, Preston.