LATEST NEWS FROM THE TRAFFIC AREAS
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ORDERS ON COMMISSIONERS.
ORDERS on the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners have been made by the Minister of Transport in connection with several appeals by small operators, as follow :— Messrs. Blakeston and Church (Progressive Motor Services), Market Weighton, who appealed against the refusal of a Market leVeighton-Hull service on Tuesdays and Fridays ; Messrs. J. Cresswell and Sons, Clay Cross, against licence conditions relating to a Danesmoor-Chesterfield service; Mrs. M. A. Whitworth, Lower Pilsley, against the refusal of a Pilsley-Clay Cross service, and Messrs. J. J. Firth and Sons, Thcirne, against the refusal of a Thorne-Thorne Moorends service.
SUSPENSION PERIOD REDUCED.
THE appeal of Reynold's Hire Service, Great Yarmouth, referred to in our issue dated August 16th, Is shown in Gazette 67 of the Eastern Traffic Commissiciners to have been partly successfuL The firm appealed against the suspension of their licence and the period of the suspension was reduced, but they have been ordered to pay the cost of the inquiry.
LLANTELLY TROLLEY-BUSES START IN DECEMBER.
THE 14 Leyland 52-seater double-deck trolley-buses, with G.E.C. equipment, for Llanelly and District Electric Traction Co. are to be delivered in November, to enable the trolley-bus system, substituting trams, to be in operation at the beginning of December.
NEW WEST YORKS BUS STATION.
IT is stated that the West Yorkshire Road Car Co., Ltd., is to erect a bus station in Newmarket Street Skipton. Plans have been prepared. RAILWAY APPEAL FAILS.
THE Great Western Railway Co. has failed in its appeal against the action of the Metropolitan Traffic Commiesinner in allowing Fallowfield and Knight, Ltd., Hackney, to run excursions to Newbury Races.
NEW MIDLAND SERVICE.
IT is reported that, owing to public demand, a new express service between Pershare (Worcestershire) and Cheltenham (Gloucestershire) is to be inaugurated shortly by the "Midland Red" undertaking.
TAXIMEN TO APPEAL.
THE Manchester and Salford Owner Drivers' Association—the local taximen's organization—has appealed against the granting, by the NorthWestern Traffic Commissioners, of licences to Manchester Corporation to run special buses for the convenience of passengers arriving in the city by late trains, after the termination of ordinary services. An inquiry was bald in Manchester on August 31st "ANYWHERE" FOR 4s. THE North Western Road Car Co., Ltd., is issuing Is. unlimited-travel tickets, available from Monday to Friday, inclusive, covering routes in Cheshire and Derbyshire.
BLACKPOOL INDEPENDENTS
DISCUSS ROAD-RAIL REPORT. THE executive committee of the
Blackpool and District Motor Coach Owners' Association held a meeting on .Friday, August 26th, when, in view of the Salter Report, consideration was given to the possibility of increased taxation on the passenger-transport industry. Blackpool motor coach industry is represented by a capital expenditure of over £500,000 and by a fleet of 250 vehicles.
Since the insistence, of the Road Traffic Commissioners on uniform fares schedules, price cutting in Blackpool has ceased, but motor coach owners are apprehensive of a greater evil in the form of a strong bias in favour of the railway interests.
CREAM LINE INDIGNATION MEETING.
IT is announced that Messrs. Lewis's,
of Potters Bar, Herts, who for long have operated the Cream Line service between Potters Bar and London, have arranged to hold a meeting at the Red Lion Hotel, Barnet, to-day at 8 p.m., to discuss the difficulty of carrying on the service under the restrictions imposed.
NEW UNDERWOOD DEPARTURE ARRANGEMENT.
hiS from September 1st, the Lond8n, Portsmouth and Southsea service operated by Underwood Express Services, Ltd., is making use of the King's Cross Coach Station, London, from which the three departures daily will be at 8.30 a.m., 1.30 p.m. and 7 p.m. There are also three arrivals daily from Southsea. Through bookings are made to the Isle of Wight, whilst the ordinary Portsmouth and Southsea fares are :—single, 6s.; day return, 7s. 6d.; period return, 10s. 6d.
CONDITIONS OF LONDON BUS OPERATIVES.
DURING the week delegate confer ences of the London bus drivers and conductors have been held to examine fully the new wage rates and other conditions of employment, of which the L.G.O. Co., Ltd., has given notice. These would normally come into force on September 21st.
An opinion expressed by some of the men's representatives is that, although the reduction of wage amounts to only 1s. 6d. per week for drivers dad is. for conductors, bringing the drivers' rate to 14 5s. for a 48-hour week and the conductors' rate to £3 18s. 6d., the alterations in working times, due to reduction of the spread-over period within which the working day is completed, and the reduction of the maximum working time from 9 hours to 8A hours per day, also the speeding up of journeys, will have the effect of causing somewhat greater reductions, which cannot yet be estimated.
B43 NORTH-COUNTRY ROUTE MAY BE RE-OPENED. ACCORDING to the latest reports, it is possible that the Trough of Deland may shortly be re-opened to motor coaches. This picturesque mountamn. pass between Clitheroe and Lancaster is a popular resort for visitors, but was closed to motor coaches by the Traffic Commissioners on account of narrowness of the road in some parts. The local authorities have been improving the road.
REDCAR APPEAL FAILS.
FOLLOWING the announcement in our previous issue we have to record that the appeal by Redcar Services, Ltd., Tunbridge Wells, against the decision of the South Eastern Commissioners suspending its licence for two services for seven days, has failed. Antocar Services, Ltd., which complained against technical irregularities in the Redcar operations was granted licences to operate on the routes during the suspension. The Redear counsel contended that wilfulness was not proved and that there was no evidence of danger to the public.
YORKSHIRE APPELLANTS TO PAY COSTS.
ANNOUNCEMENT is made by the
Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners that the Minister of Transport has devilled not to make any Order on the Commissioners in respect of two recent appeals. The first is the armed by the Yorkshire. Traction Co., Ltd., against refusal to grant a licence for a stage service between bIexborough and Great Houghton, and the other is the appeal of Messrs. J. Evans, of Bolton-onDearne, against the refusal to license a stage service between Mexborough and Goldthorpe: Both appellants will be required to pay the costs of the inquiries.
THROUGH TICKETS AT CAMBRIDGE.
APPLICATION • is .being made by the Eastern Counties Omnibus. Co, Ltd., to the. Traffic Commissioners for
modifications of certain road-service licences, so as to permit the issuing of inter-change tickets on several routes within the borough of Cambridge. The effect would be .a reduction in through fares.
DECISION ON BRAINTREE TERMINAL.
NEWS reaches us from the Eastern Traffic Area that the Commissioners have decided to grant the application of Braintree Urban District Council concerning the station for public service vehicles, upon which the authority has spent about £6,000. The council applied for the attachment of conditions to road-service licences, defining routes to be followed and stipulating that the newly-built station he used as a stopping place or terminal point.
MORE NEWS OF KEIGHLEY
JOINT TRANSPORT SCHEME. FURTHER details are now available
of the scheme, outlined in our issue dated August 23rd„ for the formation of a joint board consisting of representatives of Keighley Corporation and the West Yorkshire Road Car Co., Ltd.
A new company is to be formed, with a nominal capital of £1,000 and seven directors, three being appointed by the corporation and four by the company. The chairman will be appointed from the West Yorkshire directors and the deputy chairman from the corporation side. The interests of the company and the municipality are to be equal.
A management agreement provides that the West Yorkshire com,pany shall work, manage and supervise the undertaking of the new organization. The concern will pay the West Yorkshire undertaking a management fee of 5 per cent, of the net revenue, together with the cost to that concern of working, management and supervision.
GREAT WESTERN EXPRESS PICK-UP POINT.
IT should be noted that the official
picking-up point in the Paddington area for the Great Western Express Coaches is now at the Red and White Coach Station, Chilworth Mews, London, W.2. Chilworth Mews is close to Spring Street.
WIMBLEDON TROLLEY-BUS TERMINUS.
THE highways committee of Wimble don Corporation has approved a proposal that the council should contribute £1,000 to London United Tramways, Ltd., towards the cost of constructing a temporary tramway terminus and turning circle for trolley-buses outside the town hall, the tramway company undertaking to use its best endeavours to secure permission for the removal of the tram track over the railway bridge to the foot of Wimbledon Hill.
NEWCASTLE-HULL APPEAL LOST.
THE announcement is made that the Minister of Transport has dismissed the appeal by Mr. G. Galley, Coquet Street, Newcastle' against the action of the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners in restricting his service from Newcastle to York, instead of allowing it to extend to Hull. Members of Parliament for the Newcastle area propose supporting Mr. Galley's claim and pressing the Minister to reconsider his decision.