GOOD BUS PROFITS AT WALSALL WALSALL Transport Committee W reports
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net surpluses of £20.434 on the motorbuses and 24,214 on the trolleybuses for the past municipal year. The committee states that these figures cannot be considered in any way unreasonable as they represent a. profit of only approximately id. for every passenger carried. The surpluses would not have been so great except for the fact that it has not been possible to
purchase new vehicles to replace olasolete.ones, which haft already been fully _provided for. Sinking fund and depreciation char,ges are, therefore, less than would have been the case if normal replacements had been possible. Due to war conditions, it has not been possible to renew any vehicles during the year, although 60 double-deckers are now overdue for replacement.
Owing to the inability to obtain cornpressed gas, the experiment with highpressure cylinders is at present held up. The 'committee is, however, running one bus from a low-pressure gas bag, but owing to the limited range of operations-112 to 15 miles—it is not. at the moment, a practical proposition to extend the use of this method.
TRANSPORT CONTROLLER REQUIRES POSITION WE know of a man who, for the past four years, has been acting as a consultant on factory organization and transport, • his services having been utilized by many important concerns. Previously, for 15 years he was in 'control of warehouses, garage and transport, covering 100 vehicles, for an important manufacturer, and has dealt with the grouping of vehicles. He now desires a position in which his extensive transport and engineering knowledge would prove of value. Letters addressed " Transport Controller," care of the Editor, will be forwarded.
VEHICLE BUILDERS VISIT JENNINGS' WORKS gpRAFTSMANSHIP without drudgery Is...was embodied in the facilities that they had seen during• their inspection, said Mr. H. Wood, vice-president of the National Employers' Association of Vehicle Builders, when members from throughout the north recently visited aal43 the works of J. H. Jennings and Son, Ltd., at Sandbach,
His membership of the Association had extended over' 41 years, said Mr. J. II: Jennings in acknowledging the party's thanks. Through that body the members were able to navigate their" businesses without fear of Referring to the company's policytin relation to the staff, Mr. Jennings said that each year a portion of the profits
was divided between all grades of employee. Some 25 men had been at the works for over 25 years; two men had been there for over 40 years. •
DEATH OF BLACKPOOL COACH PIONEER BLACKPOOL has lost, by the death of Mr.. Jas. Wood, another of its veterans who pioneered the town's motor-coach facilities. He died at the age of 81. after 50 years' activity in the town. With his late brother, Mr. Samuel Wood, he founded the business of Messrs. S. and J. Wood, Lytham Road, and they maintained one of the biggest fleets in the borough.
PERSONAL PARS
MR. H. GILLESIa/E. assistant home sales manager of the Associated EquipMerit Co., Ltd., was, we are sorry to learn, taken seriously ill some days ago, and is now confined to hospital, where it is expected he will remain for some weeks. Those who would like to write him can do so bar sending their letters care of the Publicity Department of the company at Southall.
MR. G. H. Baorna, who has been secretary,. since 1933, of the North.eastern Division of the C.M.U.A., has left this position for the duration of the war, upon appointment as Transport Officer of No. 4 Fire Force Area under the national scheme for organization of the country's fire services. Until recently Mr. Brook was Transport Officer of the Leeds Auxiliary Fire Service.
MR. H. S. F. LANSDOWN, operating manager (Central buses) of London Transport, retires from the Board th-day (September 26) after 46 years' service. He joined the old London Road Car Co. in 1895 as a clerk in the ticket office and, when the company was absorbed by the London General Omnibus Co., was appointed cashier. He became assistant operating manager in 1932, and when the Lonilon Passenger Transport Board was formed he was made assistant operating manager (Central buses). In 1936 he was made operating manager, in which capacity he was responsible for running a fleet of 4,000 buses over 250 routes.
MR. S. R. GEativ, who started with the L.C.C. trams in 1905, succeeds Mr: Lansdown; Ile was made operating manager (trams and trolleybuses) in 1936, and since that time the London Transport trolleybus system has grown to be the largest in the world.
MR. T, TILSTON, divisional superintendent (Southern Division), trams .and trolleybuses, now becomes operating manager, and M. P. G. Gmaines, assistant divisional superintendent (Northern Division) will succeed him.