OVER 5 MILLION VEHICLES PER DAY ON CLASS 2 ROADS.
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The Ministry of Transport has issued a. report on the census of traffic ou Class 2 roads, which was taken from August 10-16, 1936. The census was carried out at 4,539 points outside London, and the total number of vehicles was Made up of the following types :—Passenger motor vehicles, 17,598,749; goods motor vehicles. 4,780,083'; horse drawn vehicles, 400,551; bicycles, 14,363,188, giVing a grand total of 37,202,571, or an average of 5,314,653 per day.
Compared with the census of 1929, which was taken at 3,619 points, there were big • percentage increases in all types, with the exception of horsedrawn vehicles, which were lower by 61.56 per cent., representing a percentage fall of 40.06 tons.
The report is available from the Stationery Office, price 2s. net.
Was Railway Interested?
When asked by Mr. Henry Riches, Northern Scotland Licensing Authority, at Dundee, on Monday, how the L.M.S. Railway Co. was affected by a licence application, Mr. D. K. Mackay replied that he did not think that he was required to answer the question. The application was by Dundee Contracting Co., Ltd., for a licence to carry stones and rubbish, and Mr. Mackay contended that he did not have to show that the railway company had any interest in the matter to qualify as an objector.
A B licence was granted.
Transport-Concession to Cotton Trade.
A concession. to the cotton trade, following considerable agitation abOut transport 'facilities being inadequate, is contained in a decision of the NorthWestern Licensing Authority to allow Mrs. Margaret Howarth, of Royton, Manchester, trading as Messrs. 3. Howarth, two vehicles, each of 21. tons unladen, for one of 4 tons.
To cope with hand-to-mouth methods A28 of modern trading, Mrs. Howarth parted With the 4-tonner for a 21 . Mailer. Her application to compensate for lost-tonnage by the addition of another 2i-tonner met with strenuous opposition from the railways, although trade evidence was forthcoming as to increased requirements.
Eight Days by Rail from Midlands to Lincs.
Complaints that goods from Birmingham and the Midlands took seven or eight days to reach Horncastle (Lincolnshire) by rail were made at a meeting of Horncastle Tradesmen's Association, last week. In view of the railway objections to applications for road-haulage licences, it was 'pointed out, the railway company had a duty to give good service. THE SAND AND BALLAST DRAFT REGULATIONS.
In connection with the Weights and Measures Act, 1936, dealing with the measuring and conveyance of sand and nallast, it may be that some of our readers -may have views to• submit as to the questionable practicability of some of the Board of Trade Regulations issued in draft form.
At a recent committee meeting of the British Standards Institution, a subcommittee was set up to review the Regulations and make any necessary recommendations. Mr. F. F. Fowler, of Frank F. Fowler, Ltd., Pier Wharf, Wandsworth, London, S.W.18, has been appointed to that committee to represent operators throughout the country, and he would be glad to receive comments on this matter.