MUNICIPAL SUCCESS WITH OILERS
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nNE of the first reports to come to X./hand in respect of municipal bus operations in the year ended March 31 last is from Rawtenstall Corporation, the buses of which were worked at a
gross profit of £39,136. Revenue totalled £81,255 and operating expenses £47,119. Interest and sinkingfund charges, etc., accounted for £11,032, income tax for £4,633 and depreciation for £1,860, which, together with certain other items, reduced the surplus to £13,933.
The Corporation runs 39 Leyland vehicles, including 12 oilers, which have covered 765,000 miles and which have proved to be most economical, in spite of somewhat heavier maintenance costs. In considering this point, it must be remembered that all the routes in the town are hilly.
PIONEER SERVICE SOLD.
THE bus service operated since 1927 by Messrs. A. MacIntyre and Sons, Fort William to Inverness, has been sold to David MacBrayne, Ltd., Glasgow. Messrs. MacIntyre were the pioneers on that route and operated smaller services in the Fort William and Spean Bridge areas. With the approval of the Traffic Commissioners, the MacI3rayne concern will be in a position to run a service from Inverness to Glasgow by the west route, as the company already has a service from Fort William to Glasgow.
WARRINGTON REFUSED CONSENT.
ON Monday, an application before• the North-Western Traffic Com
missioners by Warrington Corporatiou for consent to extend a bus service from the borough boundary at Sankey Bridges to a point 700 yds. further along the main Liverpool road was refused on the ground that there was no evidence of immediate need for exten
sion. The application VMS strongly opposed by Crosville Motor Services, Ltd., Warrington Rural District Council, and others.
CO-ORDINATION ON BLACKPOOL ROUTES
THE granting of day-return fares on express services between Yorkshire and Blackpool is one of the points of the decisions of the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners after reviewing the Yorkshire-Blackpool services.
They have also introduced a large measure of co-ordination into the combine 'companies' " pool " services: This provides for feeder services from various parts of Yorkshire, linking up with the main routes, and will mean a considerable saving in mileage.
Representations from operators concerned will be heard by the Commissioners at a special sitting on May 24.
NEW REAR-ENGINED BUS. rLAIMED to be the first of its type
in the country, a rear-engined 40seater bus, designed by Mr. L. G. Wyndham Shire, the chief engineer, has been placed in service by the Birmingharn and Midland Motor Omnibus Co., Ltd,, on the BirminghamLangley route. The 40 h.p. power. unit, gearbox and transmission system are mounted behind the rear axle. The vehicle has been built at the operating . company's works.