3.T.C. Draw Up.Seheme for Flexibility in Fares
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A DRAFT Passenger Charges Scheme was submitted —1 on Monday by the British Transport Commission o the Transport Tribunal. It covered British Railways .nd both the road and rail services of London -ransport. Its object is to establish a maximum lermissible level of fares, although there is no mmediate injention of taking advantage of it even if he schemeis approved. The proposals are provided or under the 1953 Transport Act.
The scheme is analogous to the Railway Freight ;harges Scheme, which was
pproved last year. In both ases the object is to grant the :ommission greater, flexibility, vhich they consider is de-landed in a swiftly changing ommercial world.
In elaborating on this Proosal, Sir Reginald Wilson, a aember of the Commission, on Monday mphasized that present legal procedure overning applications for fare increases ,as no longer in keeping with modern onditions, even though the Tribunal ealt with applications as expeditiously s possible.
Transport, he considered, was almost le most competitive industry in the ountry, although there might be pockets F monopoly. It was this competition tat really set the standard of service and ires, and any change which the B.T.C. tight make could not ignore the corntercial aspect.
Whenever fare increases were being 3nsidered, Sir Reginald said, they o.eariably invoked Uninformed remarks ; to their effect on the cost of living. 'noting figures from a recent Ministry I Labour inquiry, out of a total houseold expenditure of £13 3s. 9d. in greater ondon, only 5s. 3d. was spent on travel ) and from work. Such figures, he said, ut into better prospective the real icidenee of fare increases.
This Chaseside dumper can carry 6tons of material, and has been designed to have a kw centie of gravity. Full . tipping angle of the hopper is 70°.
NEW BUSES FOR HALIFAX
IGHT double-deck buses, all of them --.30 ft. long, are to be acquired by lalifax Corporation. They will seat
passengers. At present the corporaon's longest vehicles are 27 ft.
Nine one-man single-deckers, seating Z passengers, have been bought.