Fixed Commission for Clearing Houses.
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In order to create confidence and to standardize the commission charged throughout their system, Road Transport Clearing Houses, Ltd., have decided to guarantee to haulage contractors and others utilizing their facilities the payment of the full rates received, less a commission of 10 per cent., and that where extra expenses are incurred for other than freight services, these will be charged and shown separately.
, One of the biggest complaints made by haulage •contractors in the past regarding freight exchanges and certain clearing houses has been the deduction of amounts from the original freight rates without giving an analysis of the sums thus taken, and we consider that, in making their -decision, the company are considerably strengthening their position and that they intend to leave nc ground for any further complaints.
The company appear to be tackling on the right lines the difficult question of co-ordinating the clearing houses, and their progress is. engaging the sympathetic interest of some of the largest transport owners in the country.
To avoid any misunderstanding, a guarantee will be given by all the branches of the company, whose head office ie at 59, Mark Lane, London, RC. 3. Branches have now been established in London, Liverpool, Birkenhead, Manchester; Birmingham, Sheffield, Leeds, Bradford, Hull, Hanley, Bolton, Warrington, Cardiff, Burton-on-Trent, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Blackburn, Northampton, and Bristol.