1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156 
"Good Objections" Fail to Prevent Grant
Page 63
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
A N application by C. and E. Bus Co.,
Ltd., Consett, County Durham, to reduce the frequency of their time-tables on a circular service operating between Stanley, Dipton and Flint Hill, was granted at Newcastle upon Tyne last week despite what the Chairman of the Northern Traffic Commissioners, Mr. G. W. Duncan, described as "good objections " by the Stanley Urban District Council. They had claimed that hardship would be caused to the public if the application was granted.
For the applicants, Mr. T. H. Campbell Wardlaw told the Commissioners that his clients had commenced operating 45seater vehicles in place of 32-seaters, on the route. They considered that by the introduction of the larger capacity vehicles they could bring about " necessary economies" by operating a 40 minutes instead of a 30 minutes frequency.
Giving evidence, Mr. Leslie Graham, manager of C. and E., said that the application was made in order to arrest the serious fall-away of traffic that had taken place. " Only by a reduction of frequency or an increase in fares can we maintain our position, and we prefer to reduce the frequency," he said. His company had invested some £22,000 in new vehicles of larger capacity, and with the envisaged reduction in frequency they would effect a saving in the operation of one vehicle and crew. Part of the route was operated jointly with the Northern General Transport Co., Ltd., and the introduction of the new time-table would "split the headway" between their vehicles.
For Stanley U.D.C., Mr. 3. J. Shipston submitted that he had gathered that the route was run at a "satisfactorily economical rate" and nothing had been said, apart from the fact that the loadings were small, which would in the Council's view justify a reduction in the present services.