L.M.S. Wins—But Horses Must Go
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QUBJECT to 20 horses being dis
t,...) posed of within one month," is a condition imposed by the Yorkshire Licensing Authority, in granting an application by the L.M.S. Railway Co. for permission to operate additional vehicles at its Bradford base.
With this proviso, the application has been granted in its entirety, despite opposition by 30 objectors, who included members of both the C.M.U.A. and A.R.O. The decision allows the L.M.S. a net increase at Bradford of 21 vehicles and 16 trailers (46i tons).
The granting of the application in full will cause some surprise in roadtransport circles, where it was considered that the opposition had a good chance of, at any rate, partial success. At the hearing no evidence was called for the objectors, who relied on the submission that the L.M.S. had failed to prove the need for additional vehicles.
The decision adds another to the series of reverses sustained by road transport interests in Yorkshire, in the fight against railway applications for additional tonnage. Since the road operators' initial success, when the L.M.S. application for additional vehicles at Sheffield was refused, decision after decision in contested cases has gone against the road operators.
Before the Bradford grant to the L.M.S., grants of additional vehicles had, despite opposition, been made to the L.N.E. Railway Co. at the following bases :—Hull, Beverley, Bridlington, York, Harrogate, Malton, Doncaster, Dewsbury, Ripon, Leyburn and Xirbymoorside.
The fight is now to be carried on an extensive scale to the Appeal Tribunal. There will be an appeal against the big Bradford grant to the L.M.S. and, in addition to the appeals mentioned in last week's issue, against the L.N.E.R. grants at Hull, Beverley and Bridlington, appeals will be lodged against the grants to the L.N.E.R. at York, Malton, Leybum and Kirbymoorside, and possibly against those at other places.