Railways Cannot Carry Own Coke
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THE Yorkshire Licensing Authority, 11Maj. F. S. Eastwood, has granted an additional condition on short-term It licence to Peter Slater, Ltd., for 27 vehicles to carry goods for Cawood Wharton and Co., Ltd., in Yorkshire, Lancashire, the Midlands and occasionally Derbyshire. British Railways had asked Cawood Wharton to transport 1,600 tons of gas coke from Tees-side to their engine works at Darwen, Lancs.
The first consignment was transported by rail in hopper wagons, but it was found on arrival that there were no facilities for bulk disposal and the wagons had to be unloaded by hand.
Slater's 27 vehicles were formerly on contract to John Heaton, Ltd., but were put on short-term licence late last year after agreement had been reached at a meeting of the road and rail negotiating committee. It was agreed that the lorries could carry goods for John Heaton, Ltd., coal for the National Coal Board from Yorkshire collieries to stocking grounds, pyrites from the Ministry of Supply, Widnes, to the West Riding and salt from Imperial Chemical Industries, Widnes, to Yorkshire councils.