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Contract Switch Bid Adjourned
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AJOINT application by A One Transport (Leeds) Ltd. and C.N.C. Transport Ltd. for 28 vehicles to be switched from Contract A to A licence was adjourned by the Yorkshire deputy Licensing Authority, Mr. J. E. H. Randolph, at Leeds last week. Mr. P. Kenny, representing both companies. said the application stemmed completely from the common contract customer, Concrete Northern Ltd. of Leeds. Currently both applicants were operating 14 vehicles on the contract licence, which would be surrendered if the application was granted.
In slack periods, when the building trade came to a complete halt. Concrete Northern would have to pay, under the contract, 000 for a standing vehicle, said Mr. Kenny, and• the applicants wanted to operate their, vehicles for other customers in those periods. There were 14 objectors. Amongst these were British
Railways and British Road Servic,n,
Joint managing director of Concrete Northern, ,-Mr. W. C. T. Pennant, said his company was part of a group which covered the whole country. Late last year both applicant companies had taken .on four extra vehicles to cope with the demand for additional work. Concrete Northern's capital was tied up with the building of factories and the company would not purchase and operate its own vehicles on C licence. He wanted to use the excellent services of the applicant companies and to have first call on them.
Because of new business the use of tower cranes was essential and with winds of more than 40 m.p.h." at 200 ft. high the cranes were immobilized. rn such .circumstances Mr, Pennant thougiit it would he wise to have the contracts altered.
Opportunities for back loading were very limited, said Mr. Pennant, and time
was the most important factor in his business. Site managers had to have their :orders through by noon every day and the vehicles had to be loaded to get to the sites as early as possible next morning. Because of the peculiarities of this haulage, severe stress was put on the vehicles, which had to be strengthened and often carried A frames to hold the parts in Place and to protect them from damage. These. frames had to be returned and hindered further carryings. Other hauliers had found that damage to vehicles was so severe that they were reluctant to work for Concrete Northern,
Cross examined by Mr. W. J. Bossomworth, for B.R.S.,..Mr. Pennant d:d not agree that the granting Of the application would be at the expense of the haulage industry Leeds, Mr, A. Chadwick, a director of C.N.C. Transport, said it was up to his company to make the best use of the vehicles at whatever time they were available.