FARE UPSETS APPEAL' RULING
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TfIAT the granting of a fare reduction would involve a breach of the terms of settlement of certain appeals, ratified only last January, was a submission made for Leeds Corporation before the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners, when it successfully opposed an application by the Yorkshire (Woollen District) Electric Tramways, Ltd., for a reduction of a fare in Leeds. It was stated that the settlement of the appeals provided that the company should not alter fares on the route in question.
The chairman said he thought the company should have approached the corporation before making the application, which was withdrawn.
HOW SALFORD'S SYSTEM MAY BE IMPROVED.
I NVESTIGATIONS into the operation of Salford Corporation's transport system have been undertaken by
the economy committee, which now makes several important recommendations in a comprehensive report on the subject.
The report draws attention to the need for publicity, to the• question of abandoning the" trams in the near future, and the desirability of standardizing on not more than two types of bus. Other points raised include the promotion of esprit de corps amongst the employees and the provision of a modern bus station. Other proposals deal with the management of the undertaking.
ACCRINGTON'S BIGGER PROFIT.
SATISFACTORY results attended the operation of Accrington Corporation's bus undertaking during the year ended March 31 last, when a net profit of £3,184 was made, as corn pared with £103 in the previous year. Whilst the total receipts increased by £1.012 to £72,051, the expenses were reduced by £1,712,*and interest, and sinking-fund charges were lowered by £1,640. At the end of March last, the Corporation operated 48 buses, most of which were of Leyland make.
CLERGYMAN AS BUS OPERATOR.
THE Southern Scotland Traffic Commissioners last week granted a licence to the Rev. George F. McLeod for a service between the Pearce Institute, Govan, and Fingland Mill,
Barrhead, which he is converting into a holiday centre for the unemployed. The distance is 10 miles, and the last three miles of the route are not covered by any other service.
The Rev. McLeod said that fares might be charged to employed men conveyed to the mill on Saturday afternoons, but 80 per cent, of the passengers would be unemployed
NEED FOR VARIETY IN EXCURSIONS
THE desirability of providing a greater variety of excursions was urged during an appeal by the Yorkshire (Woollen District) Electric Tramways, Ltd., which was heard at Leeds last Friday. The appeal was against the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners' refusal to grant• the company permission to run 19 new excursions.
It was stated that when the company made its first application, in 1941, it was very moderate in its requests, but it was not anticipated that, having made reasonable application, the concern would be prevented from offering in future years a wider selection of terminal points to cater for time pupae • demand, which was bound to vary.
Other operators had made similar applications for additional excursions and tours, but in the form of a trans_ fer, and it was submitted that the Commissioners, having had regard to the evidence of these other operators, should have had similar regard to the evidence of the appellant.
8 M.P.H. LIMIT AS LICENCE CONDITION.
I N permitting double-deckers to
operate on the Craigie route, Perth, the Northern Scotland Traffic Commissioners have made it a condition that all buses should be brought to a standstill at a point 30 yds. from the junction with King's Place, and that, on proceeding around the corner, t hey must not exceed 8 m.p.h.
MORE BUSES FOR PRESTON?
I F Preston Town Council approves the transport committee's recommendation to substitute buses for trams on the Fulwood circuit—the longest local tram route—more than 20 new vehicles will be required for this and other purposes.
DUNDEE'S RECEIPTS HIGHER.
DURING the past municipal year, the receipts of Dundee Corporation's transport undertaking increased by £2,979 to £217,494, as compared with the figure for the previous year. The number of passengers carried rose by 1,015,820 to 38,189,744. In March last, the Corporation operated 65 buses, most of which were Leylands.