News of Municipal Activities
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A Useful Profit from Southampton's Buses.
In the year ended March 31st, 1032, the total receipts from the operation of the motorbuses of Southampton Corporation amounted to £53,362, and working expenses to £43,363. The balance of 19,999 was carried to the net revenue account, where interest and sinking-fund charges reduced it to 18,201, this sum being carried to the appropriation account.
On a per-bus-mile basis total revenue amounted to an average of 14.2d., and working expenses to 3.1.5d. During the year the buses covered a much lower mileage than the previous year, the respective figures being 901,508 and 979.273, but the number of passengers carried was much higher in the past year than in 1931, the respeetive returns being 6,406,093 and 6,084,213. The average number of passengers carried per bus-mile was 7.1, as against 6.2 a year earlier, when 45 buses were owned by the corporation as against 42 at the end of March last.
More Coaches Use Eastbourne Station.
From January 1st to July 19th this year, 3,551 coaches passed through Eastbourne Corporation's coach station, as compared with 3,145 a year ago. The public has shown itself to be keenly appreciative of the facilities provided at the station.
Cleansing Cattle Carriers at Wallasey.
The health committee of Wallasey Corporation has decided that facilities be provided at the public abattoir for cleansing vehicles for the transport of animals. A nominal charge of 6d. per vehicle is to be made for the use of these facilities, except in respect of machince delivering animals at the abattoir itself.
Johannesburg Requires a Six-wheeled Watering Wagon.
His Majesty's Trade Commissioner at Johannesburg has forwarded to the Department of Overseas Trade a copy of a specification relating to a call for tenders by the Johannesburg municipal authorities for a steam, oil-engined or petrol-driven street-watering outfit, equipped with a 2,000-gallon tank. The vehicle must be of the six-wheeled type and comply with the Transvaal Motor Vehicle Ordinance, 1931, particularly in regard to axle weights, tyres, etc.
Local representation is practically
essential. Those concerns in a position to offer British products and who • may not be represented in South Africa can be put into touch with concerns who may be willing to co-operate in the matter. The -specification can be ohtamed, on loan, from the Department of Overseas Trade, 35, Old Queen Street, London, S.W.1.
Dennis Works Scheme Passed.
Guildford Corporation has passed plans submitted by Dennis Bros., Ltd., for the erection of a copper-plating shop at Woodbridge.
Busy Year for Library Van.
Northants county librarian reports that the library van has recently completed a year's service. In fewer than 11 months the van has made nearly 800 visits to branches and has covered 9,000 miles, carrying about 2,000 books. Fruit-carrying Lorries and Eastbourne's Coach Station.
The watch' committee of Eastbourne Corporation has repeated its refusal to allow &tit-carrying lorries operated by Paine, Rogers and Co. to stand for a short period during the night at the central coach station. It appears that the company's vehicles arrive in the town at about midnight and when fully leaded are unable to enter their own garage.
This is interesting in view of the fact that, as reported elsewhere in this issue, two important London coach stations have a scheme in hand for the accommodation, on a large scale, of goods vehicles.
An Iron-road Experiment.