Expansion Trends in Haulage
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Large S.E. Tipper Request
By far the largest application appears in the South Eastern issue of "As and Ds." A Chatham firm, P. Currie and Co., who are civil engineers and commercial vehicle and plant hirers, ask for a new B licence authorizing them to operate 25 tippers. The normal user they seek is "Building and road-making and excavated materials and plant, within 30 miles of Chatham Railway Station." The radius requested covers the major part of Kent, including Maidstone and Canterbury. It extends into Surrey, including Croydon, and also takes in south-east London to' within 2 miles of the •City centre.
Another South Eastern application of interest: Osborne and Son, of Paddock Wood. They want to switch four vehicles from a B to an A licence.
Specifically requesting return loading facilities are Hall Transport (Willenhall). A to A
Ltd. In a large contract " switch " they ask the West Midland Authority to specify their nine contract vehicles in a new B licence.
Contract and C " switches " are listed as follows: Contract A to A lic.: Northern: J. Pierce, Manchester. Yorkshire: Goodall Brothers, Halifax. West Midland: Maiden and Ellis Transport, Ltd., Newcastle. Western: E. J. Brain, Clutton (Somerset). Contract A to B lie.: West Midland: Hall Transport (Willenhall), Ltd., Willen hall. Western: D. Row and Sons, Ltd., Ludgvan (Cornwall). Metropolitan: J. Perkins Transport, Ltd., Hounslow.
C //c. to B lie.: Northern: -W. R. Monkhouse and Son. Ltd., Penrith.
North Western: H. Harwood, Ltd., Darwen. South Wales: C. W. Davies, Aberdare. South Eastern: A. Carpenter, Southampton.