No Tipper Shortage: Grant Refused
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REFUSING an application for the 1 N.. addition to a vehicle of 3.1 tons to a B licence, Mr. W. F. Quin, Scottish Licensing Authority, at Glasgow last week said that evidence fell far below that necessary to indicate a shortage.
Mr. 'W. B. B. Paul, Dumbarton, the applicant, claimed that there was a shortage of tippers in the Dumbarton area to handle quarry materials and meet road and building requirements. It was claimed that unsuccessful efforts had been made to hire vehicles for additional work.
Objection was lodged by Andrew Johnstone, Ltd., Helensburgh, represented by Mr. R. Mackenzie, who questioned the number of occasions that they had been asked to Supply vehicles. Mr. Mackenzie submitted that his clients had been asked only once, and supplied a vehicle on that occasion.
In refusing the application, Mr. Quin said that Mr. Paul had made no recent efforts to hire from the objectors. They were not asked to make a case.
NO GOING BACK
AMARKET trader had removed the reverse gear from his three-wheeled van so that he could drive it with his class G licence, Sheffield magistrates were told last week. But he did not know that the licence covered vehicles up to 8 cwt., whereas his van weighed 9 cwt.
Reginald Goddard, Edmond Close, Broadway. Sheffield, pleaded guilty to driving without supervision and was fined I. He was also fined 10s. for not displaying L-plates, and pleaded guilty to driving with inefficient brakes, for which he was fined a further £2.
DRIFT TO AMERICA
BETWEEN 1954-56, the number of 1-1 members of four leading engineering institutions who emigrated to North America was equal to more than 9 per ccnt, of the net increase in their membership. This was revealed in figures prepared by a Government social survey for the Engineers' Guild.
The Guild's inference is that the survival of the engineering profession in its traditional form was threatened because the standard of living in this country was too low. Engineers' earnings should be higher.
SOCCER SPECIALS WITHDRAWN
SPECIAL bus services for Glasgow Saturday football matches have been discontinued. The transport department have withdrawn the experimental services, which started on September 5,
because they lost money. In future specials will he operated only when a gate of 50,000 is expected.
FRENCH PUMP PLANT WITH capital to be held jointly by VY C.A.V., Ltd., and the French D.B.A. group, Roto Diesel, S.A., are being formed to produce distributor-type injection pumps in a new factory at Blois, France.
"Split-torque" Drive Development DEVELOPMENT concerning hydrostatic transmission would be centred upon the " split-torque " system, Mr. J. G. Giles, deputy director of the Motor Industry Research Association, told the Midland Section of the Institute of Transport last week.
With the hydrostatic gearbox evolved by M.I.R.A., about a third of the torque was transmitted through the hydrostatic section of the system and the remainder through mechanical gearing. Overall efficiency loss was correspondingly reduced, he said.
Referring to resonant vibration in bodywork, Mr. Giles agreed that noise was transmitted through the structure of the vehicle and that damping at roof level provided a cure. "A little goo in the right place" was often more effective than treatment of an entire section. Every noise-vibration problem created individual difficulties, he added.
Asked about any advantages gas turbines might offer in vehicle applications, Mr. Giles said that the inefficiency of such units on part load would probably remain.
HEAVY ORDERS FOR ATKINSON
CONFIDENCE created by the general industrial improvement had stimulated home-market orders until they were the best for some years, said Mr. W. G. Allen, chairman, at the annual meeting of Atkinson Lorries (Holdings), Ltd.
He was speaking two days before the Election. and added that a percentage of the orders would become firm only as a
result of a Tory victory. "It Seems ludicrous that the prosperity of any industry must depend on the vagaries of the political situation," he commented.
Turnover was being maintained, and might be increased. It could be limited, temporarily, only by the ability to maintain supplies of major units and " overenthusiastic " competition.
Mr. Allen referred to the fire at the Preston offices which had delayed the development of a number of specialized vehicles. He said that the subsidiaries overseas were continuing to progress, and that a further sales and service subsidiary would open shortly in Scotland.
NO OIL PAINTING?
A"PRETTY picture" was how Mr. D. N. O'Sullivan, Hull stipendiary magistrate, last week described an articulated vehicle said to have defective tyres and inefficient silencer, speedometer and brakes. It belonged to Barchards Transport, Ltd., Hull, who paid fines totalling
£25, whilst the driver paid £5. Both defendants pleadeirguilty.
FORD PROFIT RISES 50% GROUP net income of the Ford Motor Co., Ltd., was nearly 50 per cent. higher in the first half of this year than in the six months to June 30, 1958. The relative figures are £9.3m. and £6.9m. Sales of vehicles rose from 228,773 to 238.982. Exports were, however, lower
116,671, compared with 117,602. n20
Municipal Opportunities
Esher Urban District Councii require a sweeper. Watford Corporation have ordered a Lewin sweeper.
Barnstaple Borough Council are to buy a 7-tonner.
Staffs County Council are to acquire a B.M.C. 3-tonner.
Londonderry Borouah Council wish to main a Karrier refuse collector.
Downturn Rural District Council are to purchase Karrier refuse collector.
Dewsbury Highways Committee invite tenders for the supply of a Land-Rover.
WoreeAer City Council are to obtain a Karriei 2-ton tipper from P. H. Wakefield, Ltd.
Dagenham Boratigh Council are advised to obtain a Thames 5-tonner from Percy Hendy, Ltd.
Rotherham Transport Committee invite tenders for supply of three double-deck motorbuses.
Wallah Urban District Council are to buy a Bedford 3-tanner from Shakers ot Sheffield, Lid.
Smallburgh Rural District Council are to purchase two Karrier refuse collectors and two cesspool cmptiers.
Ilford Borough Council are recommended to acquire four Karrier refuse collectors from Ray Powell, Ltd.
Bountemouth Health Committee recommend that Westover Garage, Ltd., supply two Morris-Wadham ambulances. The highways committee wish to Purchase a Bedford 1.5-cwt. van from Lee Motors Works (Bournemouth), Ltd.
Sheffield Watch Committee seek to obtain a Morris 30-cwt. lorry from Kennings. Ltd. The water Committee wish to buy a cemmer
van from Deighton Motor Co.. Ltd., and a Morris 2-ton tipper from Kennings, Ltd.
Bolton Housing Committee wish to purchase a Thames 5-cwt. van from Gordoos (Bolton), Ltd. The markets commitee invite tenders for supply of 5-6-cwt. van. _ The transport committee seek quotations for the SuPplY of a 2-3-ton tipper. Southern Bros., Ltd.. are to supply the corporation with an Austin 5-cwt. van.
Manchester Baths Committee wish to acquire a Morris 20-cwt. van from Kennings. Ltd. The health committee seek to purchase a Morris JB and an LDI van from the Colmore Depot. Ltd. This company are to supply the city council with four 113s for police requirements, and Lookers, Ltd., are to deliver an Austin van.
Railways Build Big Cement Depot
PiA LARGE warehouse, for use by the Cement Marketing Co., Ltd., as a railhead depot to cater for their expanding business in the West of England, has been built by British Railways at Bristol. It is 117 ft. long, 46 ft. wide and 16 ft. to the eaves.
To ease the movement of hand and stacking trucks, the floor, built up to the level of two rail unloading bays, is laid with a gradual fall towards the end of the building, where the loading of lorries will be carried out under a continuous canopy through three openings fitted with steel roller shutters.
Accommodation is available for some 400 tons of the company's bagged products, and it is expected that approximately 100,000 tons of railborne cement will be dealt with annually.
To facilitate the handling of bulk cement, the Cement Marketing Co. have erected a 200-ton silo at their own expense. Loading of pressurized vehicles will be by gravity feed, with automatic cut-out operated in conjunction with a weighbridge immediately underneath the silo.
£22 10s. TO PAINT A BUS WHEREAS it used to take it least 18 days and cost £109 to paint a bus, the job now required less than four days and involved only £22 10s. Portsmouth Transport Committee have been told this by Harold Whitehead and Partners, Ltd., time-study consultants, but were also informed that such economies could not be expected in other sections of their bus-maintenance works.
There had been too many men in the paintshop. Six painters had now left and three brush hands were going. Their release would save £4,600 a year.
A detailed work-study plan for the maintenance section could save £25,000 a year, said the consultants, but cost £7,200-£9,000 in fees to complete. The only way to raise the standard of living of low-paid workers, in the face of a seemingly consistent decline in passenger traffic, was to link their wages with effort.
"SEPARATE VEHICLES AND PEDESTRIANS" "THE separation of vehicular from pedes1. trian traffic should be encouraged in London wherever possible, observed the town planning committee of London County Council in a review of the capital's. development plan last week. This scheme came into operation in 1955 and has to be looked at every five years.
Concern was expressed at the growth in the amount of office accommodation in London. This resulted in road congestion because people had to live farther out and travel long distances to work.
DUNLOP SALES £4m. UP
GROUP sales of Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., at £127m., were Vim. higher in the first half of this year than in the second half of 1958. The half year's group net profit has risen from £2.64m. in the first six months of 1958 to £3.15m,