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WARING' S NEW GARAGE AT NOT TING HILL.

23rd March 1916, Page 12
23rd March 1916
Page 12
Page 12, 23rd March 1916 — WARING' S NEW GARAGE AT NOT TING HILL.
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It is truly remarkable what paint and the knowledge of where to put it will effect in transforming dirty, neglected premises into a first-class handsomely decorated establishment.

It will be remembered that Waring's motor fleet used to be housed in their premises at Broad Street, which are now occupied by the Inspection Branch of the A.S.C., M.T. This company set up a very praiseworthy record when its fleet of aviation-type Leyland lorries was mobilized and despatched within 24 hours of the declaration of war in August, 1914. It has :recently been receiving delivery of its fine subsidy-niodel Leylands, and has had to find other accommodation for the housing of the new fleet. This has, under the capable and skilful direction of Mr. T. E. Harrison who has charge of the department, been achieved at LedburyMews, Notting Hill. These capacious premises were until recently utilized as a cab and general garage, but the whole place has been turned into what is probably the most tastefully decorated and thoughtfully equipped running shed for commercial vehicles in this country. It is not very large, and no provision is made for other than running maintenance, but the arrangements that have been made for cleaning and adequate storing, as well as for the personal comfort of the staff, are exceptional. The garage may in many respects be regarded as a model. The approach to this depot is by means of a sunk roadway, in order to render available sufficient head room for these big machines. The most notable feature of this new branch is the very careful manner in which instructions are lettered, in the Waring manner, on walls and pillars all over the place. "There is a place for everything and everything should be in its place " we find inscribed on the wall, and this is quite true of the arrangements that have been made. We will only quote one instance of the care and thought that have been bestowed on the equipment as an example. There is a little table with a metal tray on top of it containing two lettered oil cans for the lamp fillers, and this table has a drawer containing lamp wicks of suitable sizes, and attached by a chain to the drawer is a pair of scissors for the cutting off of the wicks—and so it is right through the yard. " Cleanliness is next to Godliness' in matters affecting the individual, and surely cleanliness at the Ledbury Mews garage will be an additional efficiency in the matter of Waring's fine new transport fleet.

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