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Three Weeks by Rail, 24 Hours by Road
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T-r is essential that basic slag and 1 is
fertilizers, because of their lightness, should be applied to farm land when weather conditions are right. Delivery by road in Lancashire from chemical works at Eaglescliffe, Middlesbrough. Billingham and Hull, is assured in 24 hours, but if rail were used it might take up to three weeks.
Mr. Fred Boothman, a director of Boothman's Spreading Services, Ltd., lngleton, told this to the North Western Deputy Licensing Authority, Mr. J. R. Lindsay, at Manchester, last Friday. when he supported an application by n14 Mr. C. Boyd, Colne, for anew B licence for a vehicle of 3+ tons unladen.
His company, he added, were engaged in lime and fertilizer-spreading throughout Lancashire and Yorkshire. They had eight vehicles on C-licence and 11 on contract-A licence in various places to meet local needs. Work had increased in the Colne area and they could give Mr. Boyd work up to about three days a week.
Cross-examined by Mr. G. H. P. Beames, for British Railways, he said they sent 5,000 to 6,000 tons of nonurgent traffic by rail annually. Mr. James Booth, an agricultural contractor, said plpughing and re-seeding were done with an unlicensed agricultural tractor, 'which was also used to draw a trailer carrying his own goods. This caused wear on expensive Lyres, and the vehicle, if granted, would also be used for this work.
After Mr. Beanies had said their objection would be met if the conditions of lime, etc.. within 25 miles, hay and straw 50 miles, and fertilizers 70 mites. were confined to Boothman's, and not for regular customers as sought, the application was granted as amended.