Higher Glasgow Fares Approved
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FOLLOWING approval of the proposed increases by the corporation last week, Glasgow Transport Department, on Sunday, raised fares on its trolleybus and tram services. The Licensing Authority's permission to bring motorbus rates into line is to be sought. As reported last week, the new scale is expected to increase revenue by another £300,000 a year.
At the council meeting, a member contended that the proposals did not go far enough, as the estimated deficis for the year was £600.000.
Stating that more passengers were needed, he pointed out that in 1954 only 680m. were carried, or 120m. fewer than in 1952. If those passengers were brought back at a 2d. minimum they would add £1rn. to the revenue. He argued that the services would have to be more attractive.
• Cllr. R. McAllister, late convener of the transport committee. blamed Government policy for rising costs in the undertaking.
APPLICANT MUST DISPROVE OBJECTORS' CASE?
A LTHOUGH Section 9 of the Trans 1-1. port Act, 1953, places on an objector the onus of proving his objection, Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, Northern Licensing Authority, told an applicant last week that he had failed to prove that the work which he proposed to do could not be done by established operators. He added: "The onus of proof on a newcomer to the industry these days is a very heavy one."
Mr. Percy Renwick, of Alston, a newcomer, sought a B licence to deliver bagged coal and to carry small livestock. It was stated that, at present, coal was delivered to the door loose in lots by a horsed vehicle, which was a hardship to elderly people. The local coal merchant and farmers supported the application.
Mr. Hanlon said that the coal work could be done in half a day and had never been put as a serious proposition to the established hauliers.