MUNICIPAL PURCHASES and PROPOSALS
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The transport committee of lloisrms Corporation has authorized the purchase of a van.
The oublicsastsistance committee of BIRKENHEAD Corporation is to purchase a van at a cost of about £250.
The highways committee of SmErstwmx Corporation is buying a ' The gas committee of SMETH WICK Corporation has empowered the gas engineer to purchase a Morris or a Jowett van. BIRKENHEAD Corporation is buying nine Leyland oil-engined chassis at a cost of £9,801 and nine Massey bus bodies at £5,670. The watch committee of WEST BROMWICH Corporation recommends the purchase of a Ford 30-cwt. van for the firebrigade department. The cleansing committee of BIRKENHEAD Corporation favours the expenditure of £443 on the purchase of a Karrier Colt motor sweeper. Crossley Motors, Ltd., has received an order from WARRINGTON Corporation for a double-deck chassis equipped with the Crossley six-cylindered oil engine. The. fire-brigade committee of ILFORD Corporation recommends the purchase of a turntable ladder, equipped with pump and furst-aid apparatus, at a cost of about £3,000. The public-assistance committee of ESSEX County Council recommends the acceptance of the tender, at £598, of Bates Motor Works, Ltd., for the supply of an Austin ambulance, 198 being allowed for an old vehicle. The electricity committee of ILFORD Corporation recommends the acceptance of the following tenders :—Victory Garage, Ltd., for the supply of two Morris 8-10-cwt. vans, at it cost of £134 each, and P. G. Smith (Motors), Ltd., for a Morris-Commercial 15-cwt. van at £153, and a Morris-Commercial 1-ton tipping lorry at £190. BRADFORD City Council is recommended to purchase an A.E.C. Q-type 64-seater four-wheeled bus. The highways committee of LEEDS Corporation has authorized the purchase of a Fordson tractor. The electricity committee of KEIGHLEY Corporation has decided to purchase a light van, at a cost not exceeding 1165. The health committee of MasicnEsrmr. Corporation recommends the purchase of a motor vehicle at a cost of about £250, for the Abergele sanatorium. The health committee of KEIGFILEY Corporation is spending £919 on the purchase of a Dennis 550-gallon gullyemptying and street-washing machine. At MORECAMBE, an A.E.C. oil-engined 52-seater bus is being demonstrated for two months, the corporation paying 3d. per mile, including charges for tyres and insurance. The electricity committee of SirErFIELD Corporation is to buy three 2iton lorries at an estimated cost of £472 each and nine 10-cwt. vans estimated to cost 1100 each. A fire-engine adapted for fire-fighting by means of water, foam and chemicals has been supplied to the DAGENnAlt authority by Wilson Commercial Motor Body Builders (Kingston), Ltd., of Kingston-on-names The transport committee of WAnancaTON Corporation has decided to purchase four Leyland petrol-enned chassis, two Leyland oil-engined chassis, and a Crossley oiler, all to be equipped with Chas. Roberts bodies. SOUTHPORT Corporation's transport committee has accepted the following tenders for the supply of petrol, subject to satisfactory laboratory tests being carried out :—Anglo-American Oil Co., Ltd., 117,000 eallons • Shell-Mex and D.P., Ltd., 117,000 gallons; and National Benzole Co., Ltd., 3,000 gallons. Morecambe to Try Oil Engine. The transport committee of Morecambe Corporation has accepted the offer of Oswald Tillotson, Ltd., Burnley, to equip a six-wheeled bus with a Dorman 4j.U.1L-type oil engine, at a cost of £362, including the provision of a new plate clutch. The transport manager, Mr. H. B. Sharpe, states that the conversion will result in an economy of £234 per year in the operation of this bus. The Value of a 25-year-old Flre-engine. Having failed to obtain an offer above 15 for a 25-year-old Mercedes fireengine, the fire-brigade committee of Chelmsford Corporation has had a report on the matter by the chief officer of the brigade. He states that certain vital components need considerable repair or replacement, and that two men are required to start the engine. Nevertheless, the machine is to be dismantled, some of the parts being kept as spares and the rest of the outfit sold for scrap metal. In this way it is estimated that the fire-engine will be worth £50 to the corporation. Fewer Hackneys at Swansea. Swansea Watch Committee has issued 103 hackney-carriage licences for 1923 against 120 last year. Owing to trade depression 16 fewer taxicab licences were sought. Post Boxes on Buses. Sheffield Corporation's tramways committee has agreed to a suggestion of the G.P.O. authorities that the pay-, meat for the conveyance of postal boxes on the tramcars and buses should be at the rate of 13 10s. per box per annum, instead of the lump sum of £150 per annum, as at present. Bus as Travelling Showroom. In order to encourage the greater use of electricity, Lytham St. Annes Corporation has converted a bus into a travelling showroom, with 1400 worth of apparatus on board, to give demonstrations at wayside cottages and farms.