Coal Haulage Switched to Road
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J3ECAUSE of a shortage of storage facilities, the Deveron Mill, Ltd., Great Harwood. required a steady flow of coal by road to keep their business operating, Mr. J. R. Lindsay, North Western Deputy Licensing Authority, heard last week. T. Bracewell, Ltd.. Church, were applying to add solid fuel within 50 miles" to the conditions of seven of their eight B-licence vehicles.
Mr. J. A. Dunk erley, for Bracewell's, said they were dealers in coal, coke, sand and gravel, besides being hauliers. They had carried coal to the mill from the Great Harwood railhead for a number of years, but because of the bunching of
railway wagons, the company had been forced to store at the station, which cost 00415 a month.
They had decided to obtain a constant supply of smaller quantities by road, and for the past year this had been done with an A-licence vehicle, owned in partnership by A. M. and D. Bracewell. However, some of their customers for Alicence work had been neglected.
British Railways objected to the application, but withdrew when the conditions sought were changed to "solid fuel to Deveron Mill from East Ardsley Colliery, Wakefield." The. application was granted.