Municipal Bus Progress at Chesterfield.
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The new bus garage, workshops and offices which have been erected by the Chesterfield Corporation at Thornfield were recently opened, and the occasion was also marked by the inauguration of a trolley-bus service from Brampton to
W:hittiugton. Moor. Mention was mede of the fact that the corporation is calling a special meeting for .October 25th to consider an application to the Minister of Transport for a provisional order to run trolley-buses over other routes.
The new garage provides 29,500 sq. ft. of floor space without obstruction, and cost £27,000 to erect.
The mayor, who presided at the luncheon, .mentioned that the Chesterfield Corporation sought powers to run petrol buses in 1914, and the service by such Vehicles bad proved one of the corporation's most successful undertakings, the revenue having' increased from /57,000 in 1914 to £95,000 last year: The corporation runs a fleet of 72 buses.
Bus-licensing Co-operation.
At a 'meeting of the TYnemouth Watch Committee the town clerk submitted a letter from the clerk to the Whitley and Monkseaton Urban District Council asking that the committee should ea-operate in the granting of licences for buses plying for hire between or through Tynemouth and Whitley Bay. The town clerk pointed out that it had already been suggested that periodical joint meetings of adjoining local authorities should he held, and that due notice would be sent to the Whitley Council of the meetings.