Shropshire Tour Battle Ends

2nd October 1959, Page 55

2nd October 1959

Page 55

Page 55, 2nd October 1959 — Shropshire Tour Battle Ends

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rE battle between the Shropshire Imnibus Association, Ltd., and )ia Saloon Coaches, Ltd., to decide should provide additional extended in Shropshire was continued at ingham on Tuesday when Salopia ed to the West Midland Traffic Cornoners for feeder services from iington and places en route to Ysbury and Whitchurch.

application by the S.O.A. for ded tours from Oakengates was e the Commissioners in April and )pposed by Salopia. The chairman. W. P. James, then indicated that was a case of need, but decision reserved until Salopia had made application.

. J. Else, for Salopia, said that all ts were agreed that there was a need, le question was by whom they were : provided. Mr. E. T. Davis, a or, said that more than 6.000 tigers had been carried on excursions g 1959. Revenue had risen and As of 3s. 9d. per mile enabled tiornic stage services to continue. greed that until last July, Salopia to licences in the Wellington area, that passengers carried within a nile radius of Oakengates amounted iy 3 per cent, of their total.

H. Tranter, secretary of S.O.A., at his members had been providing express and excursion services in ellington area for many years. Their ion traffic subsidized day-to-day s. As providers of most of the y services in the area they should for the growing population.

K. Mynett, for S.O.A., submitted te Wellington area was too far away covered adequately by feeders and troduction of a new operator was with alarm. The Commissioners reasonably hold that there should rant to both applicants, but for the 13 years S.O.A. members had propractically all the services around gton.

operation of a general service gave terent right to share in extended mid Mr. Else. The S.O.A. had not, now, applied for a licence. in was reserved.