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Contract Switch Bid Succeeds in Part

26th April 1963, Page 15
26th April 1963
Page 15
Page 15, 26th April 1963 — Contract Switch Bid Succeeds in Part
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

" BEFORE I employ a haulier I want to know what he is like and what he will do with my traffic ", asserted Mr. H. Cleave, of Backhouse and Coppock Ltd., paper manufacturer, when he supported an application by H. Whittaker (Macclesfield) Ltd., at Macclesfield last Tuesday.

Mr. J. Backhouse, for the applicant, said that the company wished to add three new vehicles to its A licence. Whittaker already operated eight A-licensed vehicles, three B vehicles and two contract A units. If the application were granted, the contract licences which 'were with Wettern Bros. (Manchester) Ltd. and the Horwich End Supply Co., would be surrendered. Work for these customers fluctuated and sometimes the vehicles were not fully utilized, Mr. H. Whittaker, director, stated that they carried pre-cast concrete for Wettern Bros. and agricultural produce for the Horwich End Supply Co. If the vehicles were on public A licence a unit could deliver a consignment for one company and collect for another in the same journey. At the height of the season when the two organizations needed extra vehicles, Whittaker could not always supply them.

Mr. B. Mason, objecting for four private road hauliers, observed that if the vehicle were on open A licence it might not always be readily available and suggested that the main reason for the surrender of the contract was the cheaper rate.

Continuing his evidence, Mr. Gleave said that they employed the applicant and recently had introduced new machinery, their output being increased by about 100 tons a week. They could give Whittaker about 50 per cent of this.

In submission, Mr. J. Watson, objecting for British Railways, said that three A-licensed vehicles were not justified and suggested that another application might be lodged for two B-licensed vehicles for the two named customers, in place of the contract units.

The North Western deputy Licensing Authority, Mr. A. H. Jolliffe, granted two vehicles in place of those on contract.


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