Municipal Purchases and Proposals
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Bexhill Corporation Is to Purchase a van for the parks department.
Litherland -Urban District Council requires a 2-3-ton lorry; tenders olose on November 22. Eastbourne Corporation ta to obtain fresh tenders for the supply of a 2-ton lorry and an 8-ewt. van.
Horneey Borough Council IS ta invite tenders for the supply of a tower wagon, at an estimated cost of £341.
Bradford Corporation is to purchase an ambulance for the Leeds Road hospital, at an estimated cost of E400.
East Ham Corporation is in the market for an oil-engine.d road roller, the closing date for tenders being November 16. Welverhampton Transport Committee is to pnrchase 12 double-deck trolleybuses at an estimated cost of £28,000 and 12 double-deck oil-engined buses at £25,000. Southwark Borough Council recommends acceptant* of tho tender of RoadIess Traction, Ltd., for the supply of a tractor, and the purchase Cieethorpes Corporation is in the market for three 56-seater four-wheeled trolleybuses. Further details may be obtained from the engineer and manager, Transport. Offices, Delham Road. Cleethorpes, and tenders close on November 15, Barrow•in-Furness Corporation is hosing four Leyland Titan oil-engined buses with hydraulic transmission. Skipton GaS Department requires a 20-25-cost. vehicle, the closing date for tenders being November 3. B righton Corporation is to obtain tenders for the supply of a motor pump at an approximate cost of £1,500. Manchester Corporation is buying. a Conner 2-tan tipping lorry from Lookers, Ltd.i and an Albino 2-3-ton tipper. Neweastle Corporation has approved the purchase of 24trolley-bus chassis and all-metal bodies for them, at a total cost of over £64,000. N ewessne-sa-Tyne Cleansing Committee has decalfed to replace its horse-drawn transport by mechanical refuse collectors. Nine vehicles will be required. trim Electricity Department requires tenders for the supply of a 10-gist, van with a roomy body for transporting electric cookers and refrigerators; the closing date is November 4. . Walsall Corporation has 'decided, subject to the consent of the Minister of Transport, to a loan of £57,730, for buying 25 double-deck buses costing £1,950 each and 10 singledeckers at X1,150 each. Glasgow Gas Department is in the market for three 2-ton vehicles, equipped with syphon pumping equipment and drop-sided lorry bodies; Further details may be obtained from the general manager of the department, 30, John Street, Glasgow, and tenders close on Nevem. bar 15.