COTTON BOOM INCREASES HAULArzE DEMANDS.
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Improvement in the cotton industry of Lancashire, as affecting transport, was again the subject of a long hearing at an inquiry in Manchester last week, when Messrs. Butterworth and Gilks, cotlon carriers, of Shaw, Old ham, were applicants for a 50 per cent. increase in fleet strength—for six vehicles instead of four.
Rigures submitted were claimed to justify an extra vehicle, but letters from customers, all of 30 years' standing, indicated increasing demands.
Mr. P. Kershaw, for the L.M.S. Railway Co., submitted that the letters did not justify the application. With regard to a communication from the Lancashire Cotton Corporation, he pointed out that the company said that it required vehicles placed at its disposal at a moment's notice, owing to the present requirements of the trade.
The Appeal Tribunal had ruled on two occasions, he said, that this was an unreasonable demand -to make on transport. To support such a requirement a witness from the Cotton Corporation should have been present .to give evidence.
Sir William Hart, North Western Deputy Licensing Authority, deferred his decision. •
An Inexpensive Farm and Generalpurpose Winch.
Quick transport of an agricultural tractor, from one farm to another for example, can often be best effected by carrying it in a lorry. Loading and unloading, however, constitutes a difficulty, but this can be overcome by the employment of a winch and ramp.
A powerful but inexpensive winch, freely used for this and similar purposes, is that made by Harvey Frost and Co., Ltd., Bishop's Stortford. Known as the I1F loading and salving winch, it is adapted for mounting at the front of a body, and is operated by two handles, one at each side. It is light but strongly constructed.
Having a diameter of 6 ins., the drum can carry 31 ft. of cable, and the 15-in, handles operate through a gear reduction of approximately 5 to 1. Its price to the trade is 7s.
A New Pour-poster,Lift.
A new product from the works of the Laycock Engineering Co., Ltd.. Victoria Works, Millhouses, Sheffield; is a Coronation lift, which is an electric four-poster. The appliance is equipped with a l h.p. reversible, totally enclosed motor.
The platforms are of corrugated steel and are carried on sturdy cross-members, being raised or lowered by four chain-driven nickel-iron nuts, working on strong steel screws, which are mounted within the four corner pillars.
The new lift is designed for a working load of 21 tons. Its overall length is 17 ft. 6 ins, and its overall width, at the motor end, 9 ft. The trade price of the lift, with a motor for normal three-phase current, is £90.