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IN appeals against decisions of the 1North-Western Traffic Commissioners, heard in Manchester last week, it was urged upon the Ministry of Transport inspector that the two appellants were the only coach operators from the area whose period-return fares facilities did not include the October illuminations at Blackpool.
Over 50 operators were allowed this facility, but it was refused to the appellants—South Manchester Coachways, Ltd., Upper Brook Street, Chorlton-on-/teledlock, Manchester, and Mr. J. Sharp, Stockport Road, Longsight, Manchester.
The inquiry was closed after the 1.,M,S. Railway counsel, Mr. Philip Kershaw, had stated the reasons why these operators had been opposed, LOW FARES—LOW PAY?
THAT a reduction of bus fares might bring about a depreciation in the wages of drivers and conductors, was the plea put forward by Ald. J. M. Cusack, C.C., secretary of the Cumberland branch of the Transport and General Workers Union, at the October meeting of Workington Town Council. A committee had recommended that Cumberland Motor Services, Ltd., be requested to review
the short-distance -fares in • the borough.
U.S. IGNORES TROLLEYBUSES_ A MERICA does not take trolleyPt buses seriously, and is not likely to do so. 1Isat. at any rate, is the view of Councillor T. J. Gooding, chairman of Leicester City Transport,
who returned to Leicester, last Sunday, after a trip to the U.S.A., to study urban transport, before completing his report on Leicester's transport in the future.
His report, which. is expected to advise the abandonment of the trams, will be placed before the next meeting of Leicester City Council.
TWO MORE STATIONS MOOTED.
TWO more northern towns are considering the provision of bus stations. Wakefield Corporation has instructed the architect to prepare a scheme for the construction of a bus station or stations in the city, whilst Pontefract Corporation has approved a scheme for the provision of a station adjoining Headlands Road.
FANTAIL OPERATOR IN COURT
cOR having permitted the alleged operation of an unauthorized fantail tour, James Smith and Co. (Wigan), Ltd., was fined £5, with £19 5s. 6d. costs, at Bournemouth. Police Court, last week. L. HI Pollard, -Dean Park Road, Bournemouth, the driver, was fined 42 for using the vehicle.
The company operates extended lours from Lancashire to the SouthEastern Area, but is not licensed to run local tours from 'Bournemouth to Southampton. The prosecution alleged that the price marked on the work ticket was £5, but that 27 passengers were carried at a fare of 6s. 6d. each, amounting to £8 18s. 9d.
The defence was that the contractcarriage regulations had not been infringed, because the person who had organized the visit from a Bournemouth hotel to Southampton Docks received no remuneration for doing so, the party was not advertised, and no passengers had been picked up or set down en route.
In another case at the same court, in which Thomas McLain (Curtis Motor Tours), Dickinson Street, Manchester, was summoned for permitting the use of an express carriage when he was not licensed to ran any services in the South-Eastern Area, the defendant was acquitted On 'paYment of 4s. costs.
McLain said that he liad applied every year for a backing in the SouthEastern Area, and confusion seemed to have arisen as a result of the absorption of part of the Southern Area into the South-Eastern-Area.
NEWCASTLE TRAMS GOING.
NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE City Council has adopted the transport committee's recommendation to supersede the trams by buses on another four sections of the transport services. Trolleybuses will be operated on three routes and petrol Vehicles on the remaining service.
NORTHERN TOWNS' BUSES PROFITABLE
AFEW stragglers among. municipaltransport reports for the year ended March 31 last still remain, and some of them are reviewed below :— nan Lf NOT° N. In ihe 3-ear ended March 31 last, Thirlington Corporation's transport department -brought in a revenue of £69,514, against £65,110 a rear
earlier. Expenditure rose from £61,356 to -.R66141. The profit declined front £3,754 to £3.373. The number of passengers carried rote from 15,120,000 to 16,164,000.
PRESTON,
Preston Corporation's transport department brought in £128,336 and working expenses totalled £98,087. The gross profit amounted to about £30,000 and the net profit to £5 813. Nearly 26,000,000 passengers were carried i and ode! 2,000,000 miles were covered.
NEW CASTLE-ON-TV NE.
During the year ended March 51 last, Neweastle-on-Tyne Corporation's motorbus
system brought In an income of £207,034 against which had to be set working expenses oi £159,544, leaving a gross surplus of 447,490. After meeting interest. redemption and other charges, a net surplus at £28,015 was made OR the motorbuses. ,
The trolleybuses brought in 494,292 and cost
.853,068 to run. The gross surplus of £41,224 was converted to a net profit of £35.842. The trains earned a net profit of 431.325, which was obtained from a gross surplus of £79,419. The tramways income and expenditure were respectively £378,203 and £298,784. The motorbuses carried 26,575,490 passengers over 3.911.769 miles, the trolleybuses 15,968;612 passengers over 1,165,270 miles, and thc trams 73,032,609 people over 5,594,744 miles.
BLACKPOOL.
Blackpool Corporation had a good year In the 12 months ended March 31 last, when the trams earned a net profit of 426,356 and the butes £19,781. Against the tramways' total income of £330,903 had to be set total working expenses of £212,354. The operating cost of the buses, at £114,524, compared with total income of £154,209.
The trams carried 47,796,947 passengers over 4,274,670 miles and the buses 23,505,280 passengers over ,360,298 miles.
FUTURE OF LEICESTER SYSTEM
"LEICESTER must have mobile lateuses, and not trolleybuses, to replace the trams," says Mr. Ben England, general manager of the city's transport department, in his longawaited report which deals with the future of the city's passenger-transport services.
It contains an attack on the propaganda methods instituted on behalf of trolleybuses by the corporation electricity department. Mr. England writes: "There are limits of reasoning in all things, and I would respectfully suggest that these limits in this matter have been exceeded,"