Alarm Over Disposal of Parcels Fleet
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IN view of the proposal by British Road Services to dispose of their parcels fleet, some of his customers were worried about the future delivery of their parcels, and there had been a "snowball" increase in his business, Mr. I. McKelvie, a director of MeKelvie and Co., Ltd„ Barrhead, told the Scottish Licensing Authority in Glasgow, last week.
McKelvie and Co. applied for A licences for four vehicles of 9 tons each to replace five lorries totalling 131 tons. It was stated that the new vehicles would have container bodies, and would be used to carry smalls and parcels between Glasgow and Manchester.
So many inquiries had been received from potential customers who had heard that he was prepared to undertake this kind of work, Mr. McKelvie said, that the Post Office had increased the number of his telephone lines from two to five.
The goods he was called upon to handle included soap powders, tobacco, gummed and fine-surfaced papers, oils and paints. Covered vehicles were necessary to carry such products.
After hearing supporting evidence from several of the company's customers, the Authority adjourned the hearing until early in the New Year.
The Pantechnicon, Ltd., Glasgow, were successful in their application for
the replacement of four A-licence vehicles of 10 tons total weight by two vehicles having an aggregate weight of 11 tons.