C to B Licence Switch Granted
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Mr. A. J. Ball, secretary of the Eiffel Foundry Company and Trumanns, said the vehicles in question would be used to carry steel and foundry products, as Trumanns were steel stockists. He gave a declaration that they would not carry for any other company or undertaking, with these uni(s.
British Railways and several indepen. dent road operators were used and Mr. Ball said that traffic would not be abstracted from them.
Replying to Mr. J. Backhousc, who objected for five private road operators, Mr. Ball said that in the Main they travelled within 25 miles of base but sometimes went as far afield as 50 miles and occasionally into Yorkshire and as far south as Bedford. They carried about 800 tons of steel a month for Trumanns.
The North Western Deputy Licensing Authority, Mr. A. H. Jollitfe; said that the application would be granted but the phrase "occasional loads to the North and South of England" must be eliminated from the normal user. Hc considered that "deliveries to the Midlands, not exceeding 12 a year." adequate.