Smoke "Raised" in Two Cities
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THE possibility that the discharge of fumes from buses was a cause of -lung and throat cancer, was put forward as a basis for objection to the replacement of trams by buses on the Ecelesalt—Nliddlewood route, Sheffield, before the Yorkshire Licensing Authority last week.
Mr. J. 'Neilson, representing the Sheffield Tramways Development Association, spoke of a petition against the conversion said to be signed by 11,250 residents in the districts concerned. Mr. R. C. Moore, general manager of the transport department, said that the abandonment of five miles of track would save £20,000a year. No change in fares was proposed. The application was granted.
The Bristol Tramways and Carriage Co.. Ltd., was fined 13 at Bristol last week for permitting the use of a double-decker which was emitting excesSivc exhaust smoke. The company pleaded guilty.
Police .Supt. P. Sandford said that the exhaust pipe of the bus -was on the off side and smoke was being forced against a wall and billowed back. For the company, Mr. T. D. Corpe said that the vehicle in question was a little overdue for major overhaul. Bristol Tramways were doing everything they could to avoid unnecessary smoke.