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"Railways Forgotten By Woollen Industry
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" rIENERALLY speaking, the woollen 'Li industry has forgotten there is a railway. It uses road transport." This was stated by Mr. J. R. Shires, a Huddersfield wool textile manufacturer, at a meeting of Huddersfield Chamber of Commerce last week.
A letter had been received from the Association of British Chambers of Commerce inquiring whether the railways were winning back lost traffic. Mr. B. B. Scholes said that his company now used their own vehicles-. and would continue to as long as there was the " tremendous difference" in cost between road and rail charges. Prices on contracts sent by rail had to be increased.
Mr. Alfred Crowther said that the railways were making an attempt to regain textile traffic, and proposed to introduce a daily London service. His company had been let down once and dared not risk it again. He considered that there was little chance of the piece service returning to the railways so long as there was an efficient road service.
-STATE AID FOR L'OI.ILOWING the example of the I British Government, the Government of the Irish Republic propose to give Coras Iompair Eireann substantial financial aid toenable them to reorganize road and rail services with the maximum commercial freedom.
A Bill for this purpose is being promoted. The objeet is to enable the railways to be preserved. C.I.E. have to eliminate losses by 1964. They are, in effect. having £11.7m. written off liabilities and their annual interest charges are being reduced by 1400,344. In addition, an advance by the Exchequer of £4.8m., to meet interest on transport stock to March last, is being written off. .C.I.F.. will not have to provide substitute road services where railway lines are closed. If they do not wish to do so private . transport operators will be allowed to supply the required facilities, Fines for illegal haulage will be increased by the new legislation, TRAILER CARRIES RAIL WAGON
A35-TON 32-wheeled trailer, the main chassis members of which serve as a section of railway track, is being used at
the Wilton plant of Ltd., to transfer rail tank wagons to and from sidings to buildings wjaich are not rail-connected. Of Dyson manufacture, the trailer is 24 ft. 2 in. long, 8 ft. 9 in. wide, and runs on solid tyres. The tractor employed is a ScammelL use 24 rail tanks, each of II tons capacity, to export butadiene, an ingredient of synthetic rubber, to Italy, and the loading point for the product is a mile from the rail siding. The platform of the trailer is at the same height as the rails off which the wagon is drawn.
The outfit travels at 5 m.p.h. and halfway between the terminals the tractor is disconnected to push instead of draw the trailer. •