"Bursting At The Seams," He Says
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A HAULAGE firm "bursting at the 1--X seams " with work was last week granted two A licences for the addition of one six-wheeler and the substitution of another by the Northern Licensing Authority, Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, at Carlisle.
Mr. James Johnston, a director of the applicants, Johnston Bros. (GiIcrux), Ltd., Aspatria, near Carlisle, said: " The firm is now bursting at the seams with work. We are having difficulty in keeping on time with orders because of vehicles off the road for repairs. The new vehicle would make it easier."
He added that the firm had bought its way back into the business in 1956 after being nationalized. "Since that time our gross takings per year have doubled. Last year the takings were £510,434." Mr. Johnston said that the company had eight vehicles each earning £6,000 per year.
Mr. Hanlon said that he thought he was perfectly justified in granting the application. "The firm's customers are the same as those they supplied in 1956. But the trade from these people has increased."
WIDER RADIUS
AN application by George Hayton, a haulage contractor, of The Crofts, Aspatria, for an extended B licence to carry agricultural goods for 25 miles and to carry farm feeding stuffs for 50 miles, was granted by the Northern Licensing Authority, Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, at Carlisle last week.