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Street Traders and Traffic Obstruction.
A report has been prepared by the Metropolitan Boroughs' Standing Joint Committee with regard to the steps which it is proposed should be taken to deal with obstruction caused by itinerant street traders in busy main thoroughfares and street markets. It is now understood that regulations may properly be made under Section 10 of the London Passenger Transport Act, 1933, prohibiting such traders from using specified streets. The committee has, therefore, asked to be furnished with a list of main thoroughfares and market streets in which it is proposed that such vendors should be prohibited.
Centralized Transport for Swansea.
Swansea Corporation's Parliamentary committee has considered a special report on a proposed central transport department and has provided £5,000 in its estimates as an initial instalment. The corporation owns 79 vehicles, and during the past year has paid about £6,890 for hiring motors and £3,361 for repairs. Centralization is expected to show an economy.
It was stated that several sites were available and it was added that there was a possibility of the North Dock site becoming a central bus terminus for Swansea. The chairman remarked that the scheme might be a first step to establishing a municipal bus service.
Haulage Rates for Light Lorries.
The highways committee of Friern Bsrnet Urban District Council has accepted the tenders of Messrs. J. Walker and Canitons Cartage Co. for the hire of 20-cwt, vehicles at 28s. and 30s. per day respectively, and that of Messrs. W. E. and G. Lawrence at 32s. 6d. per day for 2-ton vehicles. Sheffield Corporation's Distinction.
Whilst there is a number of Leyland buses with hydraulic torque converters in operation in different parts of the country, Sheffield Corporation will claim the distinction of being the first to have an entire route served by this type of vehicle. On Sunday next, March 25, a fleet of Leyland Titans with hydraulic torque converters and Cravens bodywork is to replace the trams on the Nether Edge route.
Incidentally, it is interesting to learn that the corporation has, even before its new fleet is in operation, placed a further order for 17 double-deckers with hydraulic transmission, five of which will be Titanic six-wheelers and the remainder Titans. . '
The corporation already operates 188 Leyland vehicles of different capacities out of a total fleet strength of 210 machines-19 being oil-engined.