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High Rail Rate Influences Grant

20th February 1959
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HAVE to accept the evidence given by Colodense that the railway rate een Bristol and Leeds is nearly Os. higher per ton than the road rate, this is one of the matters which on 9(3) of the Transport Act, 1953, )wcrs me to take into account," said S. W. Nelson, Western Licensing :ority, at Bristol on Tuesday, when ;ranted Reliance Motor Transport Is), pd., Bitton, near Bristol, an . vehicle of 31 tons on A licence.

le company had applied for two vehicles to carry general goods tally between Bristol and Leeds. Leir gross receipts in the 10 months d December, 1956, amounted to 09. For the year 1957 they totalled .95, and in 1958, £20,844. During periods hiring charges had risen £1,746 to £2,442 and .3.027. The cants submitted that their hiring es were now so high that it was ;sary for them to increase their fleet, [hat the businesses of old-established mers had increased.

pporting the application, Mr. N. er, of Colthurst and Harding, Ltd., Bristol, said they paid Reliance £2,839 last year, compared with £1,816 in 1956. Their traffic carried by British Road Services and the railways would not be affected by a grant.

Mr. M. Monks, of Colodense, Ltd., said his company's business had increased by about 25 per cent. last year. Amounts paid to Reliance had risen from £378 in 1956 to £583 last year. They did not use the railway service to Leeds because the charges were too high. The rail rate for a ton was 156s., whereas the road rate was 87s. 6d.

Mr. Edwin Smith, of British Railways, said they could give delivery next day to Leeds, but he could not enter an argument on rates.

Mr. Leslie Jenkins, on behalf of B.R.S., said they had licensed facilities which were not fully employed, and two idle vehicles which could be licensed.

Mr. Nelson said the applicants had been operating the trunk route for a number of years and had built up their business on service. B.R.S. and the railways would not suffer.


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