Excursion Operator's Application Fails
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A STRONG group of objectors successI–I fully opposed a coach excursion operator at Bristol, last week, when he asked the Western Traffic Commissioners to grant him picking-up points in Gloucester and Tewkesbury. The operator, Mr. J. Morgan, Corse Lawn, Gloucester, wanted to use the proposed points on all his excursions and extended tours.
Mr. T. D. Corpc represented the objectors—Yeoman, Miller and Co. (Tours and Travel), Ltd.; Roy Grindle and Sons, Ltd.; Associated Motorways; Bristol Omnibus Co., Ltd.; Black and White Motorways, Ltd.; Bristol Co-operative Society, Ltd.: Red and White Services, Ltd.; and British Railways.
For Mr. Morgan, Mr. P. D. Clarke said he had five coaches and provided a stewardess for tours lasting more than a day. He had been operating since 1945. and had received 300 applications from prospective passengers in Gloucester and 120 from Tewkesbury. He did a great deal of private party work, but on his licensed operations he provided More leisurely tours than usual.
My. Corpe pointed out that if the application were granted Mr. Morgan would have to run more vehicles from the two towns, yet they were already well served by operators whose vehicles were rarely filled. A similar application had been refused in 1954, and there had been no development since to justify a grant.
Refusing the application, Mr. S. W. Nelson, chairman, remarked that Mr. Clarke had made a valiant attempt to make bricks without straw. There was really no evidence for the new pickingup points, and Mr. Morgan appeared to be doing quite well with the points he already had in his rural area.