ARE BOSTON-LONDON SERVICES PRACTICABLE?
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in the present circumstances, it is impossible to run a service from Boston to London, as certain operators are seeking to do, and, at the same time, observe the speed limit and the hours regulations. A rearrangement of duties would be necessary.
This claim was made by the prosecuting solicitor at Boston Police Court, last Friday, when fines were imposed on an operator and his driver for hours offences. The solicitor added that in no other part of the East Midland Area was so much trouble of this kind occasioned to the Licensing Authority.
Mersey Tunnel Traffic Increases.
In the year ended March 31, 1937, 3,421,954 toll-paying vehicles passed through Mersey Tunnel, as compared with 3,164,623 the previous year. In the former figure, 897,861 goods vehicles and trailers are included, as against 845,634 in the previous year.
Chester By-pass a Step Nearer.
A further step has now been taken towards the realization of the scheme to build a ring road around the city of Chester. The Minister of Transport has made a grant towards the cost, estimated at over £180,000, of constructing a part of the road, two miles long, on the north-east side of the city.
By relieving traffic congestion in the narrow streets, the ring road will help to preserve the character and amenities of Chester.
Importance of New Highland Ferry.
Establishing an important link with the north-west of Scotland, Oban and the south, the new motor ferry across Loch Etive at Bonawe, Argyllshire, opened on April 10. It has accommodation for four vehicles. Tolls charged are 50 per cent, less than at Connel Ferry railway and road bridge, five miles west of Bonawe.
Incidentally, there is a possibility of a reduction in motor charges on Connel Ferry bridge.
70 British Trolleybuses for Canton.
Advance particulars are now available of the 70 Leyland trolleybuses included in the recent Sino-British contract, signed by Mr. Tseng Yang-fu on behalf of the Canton authorities. The type of four-wheeled chassis chosen has a wheelbase of 16 ft. 6 ins., giving a turning circle of 53 ft. It follows standard Leyland practice, but is fitted with an extended front end to suit a front-entrance single-deck body, which, it is understood, will be of composite construction. Power from the G.E.C. 80 h.p. series-wound driving motor, mounted amidships in the chassis, will be transmitted through .t.in–cliameter worm centres. The service brakes will be operated on the compressed-air system, whilst separate operating cylinders will be arranged for actuating the brake shoes on each wheel.