SIR J. MAXWELL UPHOLDS ROAD TRANSPORT.
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THAT road passenger services were 1 as reliable and efficient as rail services was the opinion expressed by Sir John Maxwell, chairman of the Northern Traffic Commissioners, when speaking, at Darlington, on "Some Problems of Road Transport." before 300 members of the Federation of Railway Lecture Debating Societies (North-EasternArea).
He referred to the Road and Rail Traffic Act and said that the restrictive legislation would cause Smaller operators to sell their undertakings to the larger concerns, in the same way as on the passenger side. He added that the Commissioners had often been blamed for creating monopolies on the
roads, but they could not prevent large operators from buying smaller concerns.
The number of applications for new passenger services was increasing in a surprising manner, and this might be due to the absence of acute competition amongst operators.