Combining Trunk Service and Local Delivery
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AN important extension to the haulage side of their business is announced by Messrs. A. E. Keeling and Sons, Transport House, Kirltstall Road, Leeds. They have begun running nightly goods services between Leeds and London.
in an interview with one of our representatives, Mr. Joseph Keeling stated that, at the London end, Messrs. Keeling have acquired the tenancy of two large depots in Silwood Street, London, E.C., where offices and loading bays are being erected. In Leeds, Messrs. Keeling's accommodation is being considerably extended' by the erection of new premises, including a garage for over 100 commercial vehicles.
They are developing their organization to provide facilities for the handling both of their own traffic and that of other operators, including the making of local deliveries in London and Leeds, and the provision of lorries rm hire and relief drivers, the latter to
take the place of drivers who have completed the statutory hours of duty. At the London end, for example, eight relief drivers are employed. Garage, repair and storage facilities are avail'able at both the Leeds and London depots, and, in Leeds, arrangements have been made to provide rest accommodation for drivers.
From the London end, where Mr. J. S. Hutchinson, formerly with Messrs. Daniel's, is in charge, theileeis a:nightly departure for Leeds at 8 plm., and there is a corresponding nightly service from Leeds to London, departing at the same hour. In addition, the Leeds depot is being used for the reception of nightly fruit-carrying services—up to as many as eight vehicles — operated from Covent Garden Market, London, by Mr'. W. H. 13owker, of Craig Street, Blackburn, a pioneer of fruit transport by road.
On arrival in Leeds in the early morning, the lorries are taken over by Messrs. Keeling's drivers, who distri
bute the fruit to various markets in the Leeds and Bradford districts. By this means the fruit loaded at Covent Garden at 8 p.m. is delivered in the Yorkshire markets by 9 a.m. the following morning, in good condition, and after having had only one handling— a valuable service.
As reported in our last week's issue, Messrs. Keeling applied to the Yorkshire Licensing Authority, last week, for a variation of their licences to permit them to take over certain vehicles previously operated by Advance Roadways, Ltd., and with an aggregate unladen weight 9 cwt. in excess of that of the vehicles they would replace. The variation asked for provided for nine vehicles (six being of the articulated type), with a total unladen weight of 24 tons 5 cwt., in place of 13 vehicles with a total unladen weight of 23 tons 16 cwt. Mr. Feeling informed our representative that the requested variation would mean that the firm's haulage fleet would total 21 vehicles.