MUNICIPAL PURCHASES and PROPOSALS
Page 45
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
• Cr.nvsnox Urban District Council is to buy a lorry at an estimated cost of £285.
The WORTHING authority is buying a Barford and Perkins 2i-ton roller, costing £233.
MERTHYR TYDFIL is buying from Messrs. John Lewis a Morris-Commercial 2-ton lorry. .
GILLINGHAM Town Council is making provision in estimates for the purchase of a new ambulance.
The gas committee of Prymorrrn Corporation is to obtain tenders for the supply of a 30-cwt. lorry.
The parks committee of SOUTHPORT Corporation has authorized the purchase of a Fordson tractor at a cost of 1220.
The transport committee of BIRMINGHAM Corporation has decided to purchase five six-wheeled 56-seater trolleybuses.
BLACKPOOL Corporation is to buy seven Leyland chassis, subject to the maximum amount being allowed for certain old vehicles.
CARLISLE Corporation is spending £690 on purchasing from Dias and Co., Carlisle, an Austin 20 h.p. ambulance, to be equipped with a Carter twostretcher outfit.
PORTSMOUTH Corporation is buying 20 Crossley six-cylinder oil-engined bus chassis at a cost of .11,075 each and 20 English Electric double-deck bodies at 1690 each.
The highways committee of WORTHInn Corporation has accepted the tenders of Messrs. Wades and Messrs. Caffyns each for the supply of a MorrisCommercial 30-cwt. lorry at a cost of £216 per vehicle.
The motorbus department of SOUTHPORT Corporation invites tenders for the supply of six four-wheeled bus chassis and six 51-seater double-deck bus bodies, or, alternatively, for six four-wheeled 51-seater buses complete. Further particulars may be obtained from the tramways manager, Eastbank Street, Southport, and tenders have to be delivered to the town clerk not later than April 28th. PONTYPRIDD Urban District Council has decided to buy a double-deck trolleybus.
Gwent Motors, Ltd., is supplying NEWPORT (Mon.) Corporation with a ton lorry, The Western Motor Co., Ltd., is supplying GLASGOW Corporation with a 2ton tipping lorry.
The health committee of GRAVESEND Corporation is to consider the question of buying an ambulance.
R. Billinghrun, Ltd., is supplying two Ford 30-cwt. chassis, costing £194 each, to WOLVERHAMPTON Corporation.
The watch committee of BLACKPOOL Corporation recommends the purchase of a small rescue van for the fire brigade.
The surveyor to HAMPTON Urban District Council is to obtain particulars of various types of motor mowing machine.
It is suggested that the cleansing committee of BRADFORD Corporation should purchase motor vehicles at a cost of 11,440.
The watch committee Of SCARBOROUGH Corporation is to consider, at the June meeting, the question of buying an additional tire-escape.
WOLVERHAMPTON Corporation has decided to purchase a Sunbeam doubledeck six-wheeled trolley-bus which has been on hire for some months.
BITRNIMY Corporation is buying from Oswald Tillotson, Ltd., a Morris-Commercial 30-cwt. lorry at £213, after making allowance for an obsolete motor.
ROCKFORD Rural District Council has received sanction from Essex County Council to borrow 1300 for the purchase of fire-fighting apparatus for the parish of Hockley.
Mr. F. G. Searle is supplying Worm:tura Corporation with a Ford 30-cwt. chassis and is mounting on it an existing foam tank for fire-fighting purposes. The cost is £195.
The transport committee of CARDIFF Corporation has decided to purchase for £865 a Thornycroft forward-control B.C.-type double-deck bus, which has been in use for demonstration purposes.
BOURNEMOUTH Corporation has ordered six A.E.C. Regent double-deck buses, whilst the municipalities of DUNDEE and HALIFAX are buying five and three vehicles respectively of the same type.
The public assistance committee of GLASGOW Corporation has authorized the purchase of two Austin 20 h.p. chassis upon which ambulance bodies are to be built to meet departmental requirements.
LINCOLN Corporation is buying two Thornycroft chassis, and locally built 32-seater bodies for them will be supplied by the )3racebridge Bus and Motor Works and W. Rainforth and SOD, Ltd., respectively.
The parks committee of HULL Corporation has accepted the tenders of Rayment and Sharp, Ltd., for the supply of two Ransome 36-in, water-cooled motor mowing machines at £244 each, and a 30-in. outfit at 1163, and of Dales(Bridlington), Ltd., for a Ransome 24In. air-cooled mower at X.57.