BOUQUET FOR MIDWALES OPERATORS A LTHOUGH operators in Montgorneryshire and district
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had been occupied in opening up services in sparsely populated areas, it was to their credit that they had given the Commissioners very little bother, said Mr. W. Chamberlain, North-Western Area chairman, at Chester last week.
An application, which was granted, was made by Mid-Wales Motorways, Ltd. (represented by Mr. Charles H. Parrish), to take over the services of various operators whose businesses are being merged in the company. This combination Would, they felt, help not only the operators, but the public, said Mr. Chamberlain.
Pull details of the merger were reported in The Commercial Motor on March 26 last.
NO CARDIFF TRAMS IN FIVE TEARS.
IT was stated at last week's meeting of Cardiff City Council that within five years the council would undertake the wholesale abandonment of the trams and consider trolleybuses or oilers as a uniform system of transport.
The proposed replacement of the Wood Street route trams was conditional upon a more detailed report.
LONDON BILL PROCEEDS.
LONDON TRANSPORT'S Bill to authorize the complete replacement of trams by trolleybuses has proceeded' a stage further. Last week a select committee of the House of Lords, whichis considering the measure, decided in favour.of a new route for the turning of trolleybuses at Victoria, and authorized a short extension of the route along Whitechapel High Street and Commercial Road into Aldgate High Street for purposes of turning.
NEW PACT FOR LONDON BUSMEN
I MPROVED conditions for London busmen are provided by a new agreement between London Transport and the Transport and General Workers Union, which was ratified, on Tuesday, by the Union's executive council.
Money previously paid as a bonus for freedom from accidents is consolidated in wages. Drivers will begin at 82s. 6d. for a full week's work, rising to 90s. a week in 18 months. The newly appointed driver will be guaranteed a 48hour week, instead of 40 hours. Conductors' wages will rise from 78s. to 84s. weekly in 18 months. Certain additional payments will be made.
Working time will net exceed eight hours daily (instead of 8i hours on weekdays and nine hours on Sundays and public holidays, as hitherto). Procedure in connection with schedules is altered and various other concessions are made.
The central bus committee, which has been temporarily suspended by the executive, is pursuing an active unofficial campaign.
I.o.W. GAINS SPECIAL TREATMENT. OWING to geographical conditions of the Isle of Wight, the SouthEastern Traffic Commissioners make, concessions to operators which they would never entertain on the mainland. This fact was revealed by Sir Henry Piggott, chairman, when Messrs. Shatter, of Brightstone, applied for permission to take over the licence of Msrs. J. L. Summers, of Newport.
:11r. H. Barnes, for the applicants, protested against the attempt of the objectors to prevent them from improving their excursion services, whereas rail and bus services were able to progress in accordance with commercial practice or public demand. Whilst not agreeing to certain restrictions proposed by the objectors, the Commissioners made it clear that the abuse of excursion licences must not become prevalent. If excursions were run regularly, the Commissioners would have to review the position, as they were satisfied that the scheduled services were adequate.
63 SERVICES DO NOT PAY. QIXTY-THREE of the 94 services operated by Southdown Motor Services, Ltd., are unrenaunerative, said Mr. S. E. Garcke, chairman, at the company's 23rd ordinary general meeting, on Monday.
COLCHESTER TO SELL?
IT is reported that the Eastern National Omnibus Co„ Ltd., has offered to take over Colchester Corporation's bus undertaking, under an agreement on the lines of that in force between Bristol Tramways and Carriage Co., Ltd., and Gloucester Corporation.
MAIDSTONE OFFER REFUSED. rOLLOWING the recent strike of employees of Maidstone and District Motor Services, Ltd., the company offered the men a new agreement, the terms of which included an increase of id. per hour in the wages of conductors and garage hands receiving less than is. per hour, and higher overtime pay on Sundays. These proposals have been rejected.
FIFE TRAMS TO GO.
THE Dunfermline and West Fife district tramways system will be replaced on July 5 by buses. The tramways were bought two years ago from the Dunfermline and District Traction Co. by the Scottish Motor Traction Co., Ltd., for £284,000. In addition, £11,824 falls to be divided equally between Dunfermline Town Council and Fife County Council as part payment towards the cost of reinstating the roads.
MAKE UP YOUR MIND, SAYS COMMISSIONER
ALARGE operator who takes over a small man's services should not appear before the Commissioners until he makes up his 'mind what he intends to do. with them, said Mr. W. Chamberlain, chairman of the North-Western Traffic Commissioners, at Chester, last week. He was dealing with the case in which Cros3.--ille Motor Services, Ltd., proposed a modification requiring passengers to change vehicles on a service
from Llay to Wrexham. • Mr. Chamberlain, expressing opposition to shuttle services, added that, if feeders to main-road routes on services previously operated by small men were proposed, the project should be brought forward when the services were taken over.
A representative of the company made it clear that it was not the Crosvine policy to develop main services and to add feeders, The application was refused.
BRADFORD IS TROLLEYBUSCONSCIOUS.
WrETIIER Bradford Corporation's plassenger transport department— which operates motorbuses, trolleybuses and trains—is considering the conversion of all its motorbus services to trolleybus working was the purport of a question asked at a meeting of Bradford City Council last week.
In reply, Alderman W. Hodgson, chairman of the transport committee, said that the department was gradually changing over tram routes to trolleybus operation.'When trolleybuses were running out to Shipley and Bingley, in place of the existing tram services, the committee would certainly consider the possibility of turning the Heaton motorbus route into a trolleybus service, and possibly other routes later.