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Municipal Purchases and Proposals

30th April 1929, Page 54
30th April 1929
Page 54
Page 54, 30th April 1929 — Municipal Purchases and Proposals
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HAVERFORDWEST Town Council is considering the purchase of a Stanley fire-engine.

UCKFLELD Rural District Council has agreed to buy a one-ton lorry at a cost not exceeding /225.

EBBW VALE Urban District Council is considering the adoption of mechanical means for scavenging.

The LONDON County Council has authorized the purchase of three motor ambulances at a total cost of about £2,000.

The gas committee of the STOKE-ONTRENT Corporation has accepted the tender of Hilton's Garage, Hanley, at £345, for a 30-cwt. motorvan.

The tramways committee of the MANCHESTER Corporation has allocated in estimates sums of 133,000 for the purchase of motorbuses and £3,000 for parcels vehicles.

The health committee of the STOKEON-TRENT Corporation recommends acceptance of the tender of Henry Farr and Son, Ltd., at 1299, for the supply of a Vulcan 30-cwt. chassis. It is stated that the Urban District Council of MILFORD HAVEN has ordered a Stanley fire-engine.

The watch committee of the MANCHESTER Corporation is buying a new four-cylinder petrol-driven fire-engine.

OLDHAM Corporation is purchasing a four-gun Cyclone bus-washing appliance from the Equipment and Engineering Co., Ltd.

The Tinsley depot of the tramways department of the SHEFFIELD Corporation is being equipped with four-gun heavy-duty washing plant by the Laycock Engineering Co., Ltd.

The tramways committee of the BELYAsr Corporation is inviting tenders for the reconditioning of certain motorbuses, and tenders have to be delivered not later than May 7th.

BA.RNES Urban District Council is inviting tenders for the supply of two motor fire-engines, and particulars of the council's requirements can be obtained from the engineer and surveyor of the council, The Council House, High Street, Mortlake, London, S.W.14. Thehealth committee of the GLASGOW Corporation recommends acceptance of the tender of Ritchies, Ltd., ,Glasgow, for the supply of two chassis, at a cost of 1385 each, and two ambulance bodies, at a cost of £185 each.

In our issue for last week we intimated that the HOVE Town Council was buying a 30-cwt. lorry, and we now learn that Mansfields, Ltd., of Hove, has secured the order, which is for a Dennis 30-cwt. chassis fitted with an end-tipping body.

The cleansing committee of the Isr.marros Borough Council has recommended tile tender of Dennis Bros., Ltd., at 11,185, for a petrol-driven gully-emptying vehicle having a singlecompartment tank of 1,000-gallons capacity. Other tenders that were considered included the following: Commer Cars, Ltd., 11,022; Associated Equipment Co., Ltd., £1,105; Yorkshire Patent Steam Wagon Co., £1,150; Karrier Motors, Ltd., £1,187; Halley Motors, Ltd., £1,255; Eagle Engineering Co., Ltd., 11,260; Albion Motor Car Co., Ltd., 11,260.


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