Ribble Joins In: Middlesbrough's First Increase
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CURTHER increases, this time of stage-carriage single fares, are being sought, by Ribble Motor Services, 1 Ad.. "Vie extra 71d. per gallon fuel , tax and the wages' advance recently
awarded! . Forster Tribunal together involve an 'additional expendit tire of ov'er'L250;060 Pefatinum," said Mr.' H: BiktoibleY; '.gerieral 'it-tanager. this Week: IV the 'comPany's plans are' carried 'out,and there are no further changes`in 'operating 'costs, it "is autiCiPated'that the present high loses on stage-carriage services will be reduced to about f43,584 per annum,"
he added. .7.
" Id. Fare up to lid.?
Tile. Id. single fare still retained by up by 1d: if 'the application is granted. Single fares up to arid including 214., will go up by 1d., aid those ,of 3d. and Over by Id. On the 4d. and 50. stages, 7d. and 9d. return tickets would be made available so that, in effect, dll journeys will cost id.
Existing 5d. fares would become 6d., but a 10d. return ticket 'would enable -retnrif 'passengers Co avoid increased costs. Single fares over 6d. would 'be incfeased. by Id.; 'but in every case return tickets would-be available at the same cost as at 'Present.
Workmen's tickets will also be raised' by 1d. per single journey, if the application succeeds, but the effect• on contract rates will be less. On some town services, where single fares have already been increased, the only change proposed is that affecting the minimum adult single fare.
Granting Middlesbrough Corporatichi Permission to raise charges, the Northern Licensing Authority last week complimented the undertaking on staving off fare increases for so long. Most fares will now go up by 1d., although only 50 per cent, of ld. fares and under 20 per cent, of the Ild. ones will rise. Workmen's fares will advance by Id.
It was stated at the hearing that the undertaking was incurring a deficit at a rate of 416,000 per year, but it was expected that the new rates would augment revenue by 465,000 a year. A surplus of 48,000 could be expected in 1953-1954.
New Glasgow Proposals Glasgow Corporation's revised proposals for increasing fares have now been published. The undertaking suggests that existing Id.-3d. concession fares on routes not served by trams be replaced by 2d.-4d. tickets also covering from one to four stages, as the existing fares do. Other fares would go up by Id., and in some cases 1he stage length possible with the ticket would be reduced by one, if the application succeeded. Higher children's, weekly and night-service fares are also proposed.
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Ltd., has applied for permission to bring charges into line with those of South Shields Corporation in the municipal area, where new rates have ricently. been granted.
Stalybridge, Hyde, Mossley ' and DukinfieldJoint Transport Board is also applying for new fares. Operating costs have risen by 411,000 a year since . the Budget, and it is now suggested that additions of 1d.-11d. be made to exist' ing single fares from 11d.-10d., with the Object of "bringing about a more equal percentage' increase throughout the fares range compared with fares in July, 1951." Workmen's fares would be based on the new single rates, if the • application succeeds. The Board last applied for higher charges in February " this year, and the new rates were
introduced in April.
• NEW SOUTH AFRICAN C. AND U. ORDER •
BY amended regulations published in the Cape Provincial Gazette, South Africa, passengers in public service
• vehicles are entitled to 1 ft. 3 ins, of seat room. For the purpose of loading,
• an adult shall weigh 150 lb. and a schoolchild 100 lb., including. personal effects. Loading must notexceed the weight limit specified by the tyre manu
facturers. . .
A new regulation forbids the carriage of loads which Project more than 6 ft. from the rear of the vehicle or which trail -Upon the ' ground. Rear-view mirrors are now compulsory.. Windscreens must be 'kept -clean 'and all vehicles must be fitted with at least one automatic wiper.
CARDIFF TO SELL IT has been decided by Cardiff Trans' port Committee to continue negotiations for the disposal of trolleybus equipment and 20 new chassis. It the matter has not been concluded by December 31, an extension of trolleybus services to Ely will be considered.
Compressed Air Discharges Flour
QUIPMENT, 'originally designed for the discharge* of pulverized coal has been installed in a Leyland eightwheeler being delivered to the Matarazzo flour-milling concern, SO Paula, Brazil. The vehicle has three large hoppers to carry flour, wbich is expelled by. means of compressed air.. H. Tollernache and Co., Ltd:, Barnsley, 'built the equipment. The three ' 8-ft.-diameter tanks have machined joints and are 1pCrfcctly ground on the inside. ,Litheote lining is used to Prevent contact between the flour and the metal. Worm-conveyor loading -may be effected through manholes. The conveyor runs along the top of the vehicle-and the. flour is delivered through slidegate oPenings. The three tanks can be filled simultaneously in less than 10 minutes.
For unloading, 3-in, diameter hoses are connected from the delivery pipes to the flour-storage bin of the bakery. A Reavell rotary compressor driven by a power take-off provides the necessary flow of air for discharge at a pressure of 15 lb. per sq in., and the entire load can be dispensedin 30 minutes.
A separator. is 'included in the air circuit to prevent oil contamination, and a filter on the compressor inlet obviates dust or • dirt. The chassis itself, with its two steerable-front axles and double. drive rear'bogie, is an unusual type for operation in Brazil, It is an export forward-control machine.
BELFAST TO BE SPLIT?
THE general'manager of Belfast Transport .Department; Mr.. I. Mackie, has recommended that the city's transport area be split, into two divisions with four regional inspectors. His suggestion has been approved by the transport committee and is to be passed to the corporation for approval.
He pointed out that the traffic section had not been altered for many years, and that changes were necessary with the introduction of more mobile types of vehicle.
-B.R.S. Drops 3.3m. Tons and £588,000
c0 far this year, compared with last L) year, British Road Services have lost 33m, tons of traffic and £588,000 of revolve. Mileage is lower by 36.6m.
In the first 40 weeks of this year, 32.4m. tons were carried, compared with 35.7m. tons in the corresponding period of 1951 Mileage has likewise dropped from 583.1m. in the first 40 weeks of last year to 546.5m. this year.
Revenue in the first 44 weeks of this year amounted to £64.6m., compared with £65.2m. last year. The latest figures (for the four weeks to November 2) show a decline from £6.5m. in 1951 to £6.2m. this year.
In the four-week-period to November 2, revenue from the British Transport Commission's provincial and Scottish road passenger transport interests amounted to £3.4m. (£3.1m. last year) and in the first 44 weeks of the year to £41m. (E37.3m.).
London Transport's receipts in the four-week-period totalled £5.2m. (£4.6m. last year) and in the 44-week-period £56.4m. (f50,3m.).
OBITUARY
WE regret to record the deaths of MR. A. H. GLASSPOLE and MR. ALFRM GEORGE DALE.
Mr. Glasspole was the sales engineer of °worrier Cars, Ltd., with which company he had been associated for over 26 years. After some time as Chief draughtsman and technical representative, he became sales engineer in 1934 following his investigations into operating conditions in the Middle East, notably on the 1,500-mile oil pipeline of the Iraq Petroleum Co.—a big user of Rootes products.
At one time he Was chairman of the commercial vehicle technical committee set up by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders; a member of the joint technical committee of commercial vehicle, tyre and wheel manufacturers; a member of the automobile industrial committee associated with the British Standards Institution; and a representative of light commercial vehicle manufacturers on the panel which periodically met the Ministry of Transport on matters relating to the Construction and Use Regulations.
Mr. Dale, who was 69, was the founder and managing director of Longton Transport, ,Ltd., Longton. He was also managing director of Motor Sales (Longton), Ltd., commercialvehicle distributor.
• RATES FOR SCHOOL MEALS
RRATES for the transport of school N. meals were quoted to the Scottish Deputy Licensing Authority during two hearings last week. Mr. R. Ferguson, a director of Auchterarder Motors, Auchterarcier, said that he had put in a tender to carry meals within a 15mile radius of the town and had quoted 11d, a mile, an increase of 5/7d. upon the figure for the previous year. Mr. S. Stout, of Abcrnyte, quoted Is. a mile to carry meals from Errol to schools in the Carte of Cowrie, and Mr. A. W. Scott, of Errol, 1s. 6d. a mile.
SLTNTER BRO. APPLY AGAIN
A REHEARING of applications by rThMessrs. Sunter Bros., Northallerton. to run services from Topcliffe and Leerning R.A.F. camps to' London, Liverpool, Newcastle and Glasgow, took place before the Yorkshire Licensing Authority recently. The applicants had previously been refused licences and had appealed to the Minister of Transport, who ordered the second hearing.
Mr. T. H. Campbell-Wardlaw, for Messrs. Sinner Bros., said: "It is a matter of common knowledge that even after the application of Messrs. Sunter was refused, a large number of operators continued to carry R.A.F. men from Leerning and the conveyance of these personnel by motor coaches has been the subject of court proceedings.
The airmen themselves, when the application of Sunters was refused, did not avail themselves of alternative facilities offered in the way of existing road and rail services, but went out of their way to get other p.s.v. operators with no road service licences to continue to provide the services."
Objections were lodged by the Railway Executive, United Automobile Services, Ltd., Mr. G. Abbott, of Leeming, and Mr. W. Simpson, of Ripon. The hearing was adjourned until next month.
£2.2m. OUTSTANDING
COMPENSATION for nationalization outstanding at October 31 amounted to about £2.2m., the Minister of Transport stated on Monday. This sum was expected to be paid in the near future. The total of the British 'Transport Commission's outstanding liability could not be determined.
PETITION TO PARLIAMENT
APETITION of protest against denationalization was presented in the House of Commons by Mr. Popplewell on Monday. it came from members of the Transport and General Workers' Union employed on Tyneside and Tees-side by the Road Haulage Executive.
Consideration of the revised Transport Bill has been referred by the executive council of the National Association of. Furniture Warehousemen and Removers to the transport legislation. committee, which met on Wednesday.
• Clearing House Owner Fined
T"owner of a clearing house, Reginald George Prosser, 9, Piper's Row, Wolverhampton, was fined a total of 120, plus advocate's fee and costs, at Dudley, on Monday, for instigating the conveyance of goods by Parkhead Transport, Ltd., Dudley, beyond 25 miles without a Permit.
Mr. M. T. A. Matthews, prosecuting, said that the case arose out of summonses against Parkhcad Transport, Ltd., for exceeding the 25-mile limit. He suggested that the company might not have infringed the law had it not been for Prosser, who arranged for goods to be carried to Capenhurst, Cheshire.
The defendant said that he understood he had no authority to demand to inspect the licences of drivers who came to him for work. Mr. Matthews said that it was the duty of a clearinghouse manager to ask the driver for his permit. Prosser stated that he asked the driver of Parkhead Transport, Ltd., if it were in order to carry the goods and he was assured that it was.
I26,539 DEAD MILES WITH NEW STATION
THE building of a new bus station al Worthing, proposed in West Sussex County Council's development plan, would entail 126,589 dead miles a year by vehicles of Southdown Motor Services, Ltd., and thus add to the cost of travel. This was submitted to an inspector of the Ministry of Housing, last week, when, an inquiry into the plan was held. The company, represented by Mr. Gerald •Thesiger, Q.C., objected.
He stated that the company had garages for the stage-carriages, a coach station for express services and a "
reservoir" in Library Place for reliefs. It would be a mistake to concentrate the three types of service into one central station.
Mr. G. W. Kempton, Worthing borough engineer, submitted that traffic difficulties created by the existing garages were greater than any which might arise from a new coach station. Any action to remove some of the traffic from the segfront should be taken in the interests of public safety.
OPERATORS TO INVESTIGATE IRREGULARITIES
WEST MIDLAND coach operators VI' at a meeting in Birmingham on Tuesday, decided to set up county committees to investigate the operation of regular services in the guise of contract Work.Members-of ehe Road Passenger and Transport Association established the committees, which will function in Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Herefordshire and Birmingham.
If the committees fail to reach satisfactory conclusions, the cases will be considered for submission to the Licensing Authority.