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"Too Many Vehicles for Hull Fruit Traffic"
Page 49
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THE steady decline in fruit traffic from Hull was described at Bridlington I on Tuesday, when Maj. F. S. Eastwood, Yorkshire Licensing Authority, continued hearing an application by Reader Bros., Ltd., Hull, for six additional A,licence vehicles. Five of the 10 road objectors gave evidence, together with one haulier who was not opposing the application. There was a further objection from the British Transport Commission.
Mr. J. W. Gledhill, of Humber Stores Contracting, Ltd., said Reader's had agreed to let him have the Birmingham fruit traffic, but after 12 months he discovered they were either carrying it themselves or giving it to foreign-based drivers. As a result, his vehicles secured only part-loads, whilst Reader's and other operators received the best consignments. Mr. Gledhill added that since last year there had been plenty, of vehicles in Hull.
Another objector, Mr. J, L. Dunn, of Hull and Glasgow Road Carriers, Ltd., explained that he was opposing the application to preserve his present business, which depended on providing a speedy service between Hull and Glasgow.
Mr. T. W. Jackson, of McMaster's Haulage, Ltd., claimed that there had been a decline in traffic during the past 12 months, and this would be aggravated if extra vehicles became available. He hired 20 to 40 vehicles every day and had experienced no difficulty in doing so. In fact, he usually turned away twice the number of vehicles he loaded.
For Chapman Shields Transport, Hull, Mr. J. P. Chapman said since he put in his objection Reader's had started to give him work, for which he was thankful because he was a small haulier having difficulty in finding traffic.
Mr. J. HewSon, of Hewson Bros. (HUH), Ltd., said his company were objecting to protect themselves, as there had been a steady decline in traffic over the past three years, caused by a surplus of vehicles in the Hull area.
The haulier not objecting was Mr. K. Wake, who operates Flowerdown Road Haulage, Hull. He told Maj. Eastwood that he had become interested in the case after being told some of the things which witnesses had said about him at previous hearings: One of these witnesses had since handed all his traffic to Flowerdown and another had now changed his occupation.
Mr. Wake said he did not believe fruit imports had been held up because of vehicle shortages. The day Mr. Reader was giving evidence about a big influx of apples, the traffic was given to Flowerdown, so Reader's lost it.
Cross-examined •by Mr. R. Paterson, for Reader's, he said he did not object because he did not take Applications and Decisions. In any event, he would not have taken any notice if his name had not been mentioned. He merely wished to give the Licensing Authority a true picture of the situation.
The hearing continued. Previous proceedings were reported in The Commercial Motor on January 10, February 28, March 7, April 4 and April 11.