B.R.S. Lose £750,000 Coal Traffic C OAL traffic by rail for
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the Co-opera five Wholesale Society, Ltd., Manchester, had dropped by £750,000 in the past few years, Mr. J. H. E. Randolph, Yorkshire Deputy Licensing Authority, was told last week. He was hearing an 4pplication by Graham Cheetharn, Ltd., Royston, to carry coal for the society within a four-mile radius of base.
For the applicant, it was stated that he wanted to carry coal to Silsden Co-operative Society, Ltd., but as it was factored through the C.W.S. at Manchester, it was necessary to have their name on the licence. Thi's 'traffic was too expensive by rail.
Mr. Guest, manager of the S,C.S., told Mr. T. B. Atkinson, for British Railways, that although coal at the washing plant had to be loaded into railway wagoas, it was cheaper for a haulier to empty the , wagon by hand into a lorry than have the coal sent by rail. He admitted that he had no direct contact with the railways, as the rate charged was settled between the C.W.S. and the railways.
• Mr. Atkinson submitted that the whole position was ridiculous. The railways did not recognize any local co-operative society as a customer. They dealt only with the C.W.S., and there had been no complaints from them about the rate. The application was granted, but the licence was limited to deliveries to Silsden Co-operative Society.