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Applicants for Transport-manager's Post at Middlesbrough.
The transport committee of Middlesbrough Corporation recently reduced to seven the list of applicants for the post of transport manager, and the following were interviewed on Tuesday last : Mr. P. G. Armstrong, district superintendent, W Alexander and Sons, Ltd., Aberdeen; Mr. J. Atherton, general manager, transport department, Leigh ; Mr. F. Lythgoe, general manager, transport department, Rawtenstall, Mr. W. Robinson, chief engineer, Hull transport department; Mr. H. Rossington, municipal representative, Leyland Motors, Ltd.; Mr. H. Hirst, area traffic superintendent. United Automobile Services; Ltd., and Mr. J. S. Ross, rolling stock superintendent, Edinburgh transport department.
Automatic Signals at Level Crossings.
At a recent meeting of Hull Watch Committee, it was stated that the London and North Eastern Railway Co. was fixing automatic signals at one of the 14 level crossings in the city. These street signals would be controlled from the signal cabin and were being erected for experimental purposes, and, should they prove to be a success, no doubt others would be fixed at the level crossings on the main roads. In the opinion of the chief constable, if automatic signals were fixed at the' crossings, it would do much to alleviate the congestion of traffic when the gates were closed.
Manchester Municipal-market Users' Reliance on Motors.
An analysis is given in the annual report of Manchester Corporation's markets manager of the extent to which users of the municipal markets rely on road transport. Motors brought into the Elm Street Cold Stores 7,695 tons of goods and railways 3,973 tons, the figures for the Smithfield Cold Stores being 1,501 tons and 726 tons.
As regards livestock, it is estimated that of the 272,543 head of cattle, sheep, Iambs, calves and pigs, all of which were removed by road, 80 per cent, of that number were conveyed by motor vehicle, as against 60 per cent. for the previous year. The clearances by railway aggregated 103,543 head. Of animals brought into the market, 82,500 came by road motor and 275,000 by rail.
Fife Application to Restrict Weights on a Bridge.
Fife County Council has applied to the Ministry of Transport for confirmation of an Order, the effect of which will be that no vehicle weighing over 8 tons, laden or unladen, will be permitted to cross the bridge over the River Eden at Guardbridge. Speed over the bridge is to be limited to 10 m.p.h. Bridge Grants too Small: County Councils' Views.
Both Glamorgan and Monmouth Cou4ty Councils are dissatisfied with the amount of grant (50-60 per cent.) proposed by the Ministry of Transport for the reconstruction and strengthening of weak bridges. The two authorities are to press for higher grants for their areas.
At a recent conference of Monmouth County Council and local authorities, the county surveyor said that it was not at present the intention of the county council to restrict loads on any publicly owned bridge.
A schedule of seven privately owned railway bridges and 10 public bridges for submission to the Ministry of Transport for approval of reconstruction was agreed to.