North Western C to B Granted
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AN increased demand by the farming community for animal feeding stuffs prompted an application by D.B.O. Transport, Chinley, at Macclesfield on .Tuesday. Mr. J. Backhouse, for the a wlicants, said they . were farmers and agicultural merchants, in addition to being hauliers. They had an A licence for one tipper, a B licence for four vehicles and four units on C licence.
in order to extend their transport facili
they wished to convert the four C licensed units to B operation so they n-ight carry corn, compounds and animal foods for R. and W. Paul, Ltd., Manchester, within 50 miles. To the existing B 'licensed vehicles they wished to add Conditions enabling them to carry quarry products within 60 miles of base. and asked that one unit should bring return leads from London for R. and W. Paul.
Mrs. M. Orme, representing D.B.O. Transport, said that they did work for the Birmingham-Preston motorway, but could not produce witnesses to support this However, two relevant letters were rerad. It was impossible to meet all the requests for transport from R and W. Paul and sometimes orders had to be cancelled.
Next-day Delivery The Manchester general manager of R and W. Paul, Ltd., Mr. H. Goodsman, stated that they manufactured animal foods which were distributed through agents. The applicants were responsible for delivery to farmers in North Derbyshire. Next-day delivery was expected ard sometimes they had only a few hours' notice. About twice a week orders had ben refused because D.B.O. Transport had not had a vehicle available with suitable conditions.
Recently they had been making a special type of pig food in London, which had a growing demand in the North. It had to be brought up to Derbyshire an delivered direct to the farmers. This traffic would only amount to about 20 tons a month: Replying to Mr. G. H. P. Beames, ibjecting for the British Transport Cornitissio'n, Mr. Goodsman said that their ausiness was expanding but if the appli
icin was granted it would not affect in y other transport carrier.
In submission, Mr. Beames said he was itatisfied with the C to B conversion but suggested the return loads from London should be more clearly defined.
The North Western Licensing Authority, Maj.-Gen. A. F. J. Efmslie, granted the conversion section of the application and added the condition: "Quarry products within 30 miles and to sites on the Birmingham-Preston motorway" to the existing B licence. He added that one B unit would be allowed to carry pig food from London to Derbyshire for R. and W. Paul, Ltd.