Municipal Purchases and 'Proposals
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Darlington Corporation requires eight fourwheeled trolleybuses.
Leeds Corporation is recommended to buy 45 double-deck buses costing £60,000-£70,000.
West Hartlepool Town Council is buying another two Daimler bus chassis with Roe bodies.
Carlisle treasurer's department requires a collecting van, and tenders for its supply have to be delivered by January 4.
West Riding of Yorkshire Mental Hospitals Board requires a 12-15-cwt, van; the closing date for tenders is January 11.
. Glasgow Education Committee has accepted the tender at Messrs. Cameron and Campbell for the supply el a Morris van.
man-Amster Highways Committee requires tenders for the supply of a Commer 2-3-ton tipping lorry; the closing date for tenders is January. 9.
, Manchester Cleansing Committee is in • the ,market for two Commer 2-ton tipping lorries
• with power-operated three-way gear; tenders close on January 4.
Stockport Borough Council requires a 30-cwt, lorry for its gas department. Particulars may be obtained from the engineer and manager, Portwood Gas Works, Stockport, and tenders have to be delivered by January 14.
Esher Urban District Council is inviting . tenders for the supply of two 2-ton ,end-tipping lorries. and a 20-26-cwt. end-tipper of either Ford or Morris-Commercial make. Full particulars may he obtained from the surveyor, Council Offices, Esher, and tenders must be received by January 11, Glasgow Fire Brigade Committee has decided to purchase, within the next three years, two light pimps, six heavy pumps, an emergency tender and a general-purpose van, estimated to cost about .£14,580, Provision is to be made in next year's estimates for the two light pumps, tender and fan, costing some 44,140, Aberdeen Transport Committee is to seek tenders for the supply of the following:— . Sixteen double-decker chassis and 54-56-seater . metal bodies, 12 single-decker chassis and 35.39-seater metal or composite bodies. 'the specifications call for direet-injection oil engines, fluid transmission and preselective gearboxes. The cost is expected to be about £50,000. Hash:mere Urban District Council is to buy a 10-ton steam roller.
Great Yarmouth Corporation has indented for fire Leyland Titan oil-engined buses.
Halifax Watch Committee requires an ambulance; the closing date for lenders is January 6.
Barrow-in-Furness Corporation is buying two Leyland Titan oilers with hydraulic transmission.
Leatturneaa Urban District Council has deferred the question of the purchase of an ambulance.
Gosport Borough Council requires a 25-50-cwt. motor roller for sports-ground use; tenders close on January 4.
' Barking Corporation has accepted the tender, at £261, of W. J. Reynolds Motors; Ltd., for the supply of a lorry. Warrington Twin Council requires a 2-ton low-loading refuse collector. and, tenders for its supply have to be delivered by January 11.
Farnborough Urban District Council is in the market for a 2-ton tipping lorry, the closing date for the receipt of tenders being January 15.
Southend Corporation is invitingtenders for the supply of four 56-seater oil-engined Voubledeck buses. The general manager and engineer, 95, London R(IFITI, Southend-on-Sea, can supply fuller details, and tenders have to be delivered by January 25.
Birmingham Salvage Department requires four 54-4-ton electric vehicles and three 3-ton petrol, driven machines. Details may be obtained from the general manager, Salvage Department, 161, Corporation Street, Birmingham, and the closing date for tenders is January 13.
Merioneth County Council requires tenders for the supply of three 30-cwt, petrol lorries and a 2-tonncr, as well as for four road rollers. The county surveyor, County Offices, Dolgelly, can supply fuller details, and tenders have to be delivered by January 5.
Wolverhampton Corporation has placed a further order with Sunbeam Commercial Vehicles, Ltd., for four-wheeled double-saloon troileybuses. The ehassis selected is the Sunbeam-B.T.H. MF2 type, with the standard Sun beam-Lockheed hydraulic braking system. nil is the eighth repeat order placed by thiE municipality for Sunbeam vehicles of this pattern.