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144-ton Licence Switch Granted
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PAA NEW B licence for 28 vehicles was granted to Slaters Transport, Ltd., Caulkland Quarry, Thornton-le-Dale, by the Yorkshire Deputy Licensing Authority, Mr. I. H. E. Randolph, at Leeds last week.
Mr. T. H. Campbell Wardlaw, for the applicants, told the court that they wanted 22 tippers totalling 113+ tons, and two tippers of 7+ torts to be substituted for two old units, and four powdertankers of 23 tons.
Three of these vehicles were at present on short-term . B licence and the remainder on C licence to Slater and Co. (Limestone), Ltd. It was proposed that they should carry road and -building materials, agricultural products and requisites (excluding livestock), coal and coke, all within a radius of 100 miles. For about 80% of their time all the units would be working for Slaters Transport and their associated companies, but if the B licence were granted they could carry for other people, and " dead " running could be eliminated.
Mr. A. Bowers, a representative of Slaters Transport, said their subcontracting figures had risen substantially but they were still not able to satisfy the demands of all their customers. He told Mr. R. Paterson, objecting for several private road hauliers, that if any tippers were standing idle he could use them immediately. Mr. Paterson considered that there was no traffic, other than that of the Slater group of companies, which could not be carried by existing road operators.
The secretary of Slater and Co. (Limestone), Ltd., Mr. J. Taylor, stated that his organization held the share capital of Slaters Transport, Ltd. They supplied lime to the agricultural, road making and steel industries, and the time which the vehicles would be able to devote to other work would be very limited. However, it was better to seek B operation as then they would not be restricted to their group of companies. He told Mr. Paterson that recently Messrs. Dorman Long had developed a new method of steel production incorporating lime, and they were now supplied with 2,000 tons a week. He gave an undertaking that they would not apply for any more C vehicles, but they might need more contract A units if they could not cope with their increased traffic. It was the intention that Slaters Transport should work as an entirely separate organization dealing solely with transport.
Mr. P. R. Harris, of Limestone Mortar, Ltd., and its associated company, A. Braithwaite, Ltd., pointed out that in the near future they would be working on two new by-passes and a large reservoir, so more tippers would be needed. Mr. R. T. Shaw, transport manager of Peter Darlington. Southport, agricultural brokers, stated that on many occasions he had to "shop for transport, before he could get a load of barley or oat seeds moved. This was most inconvenient.
Granting the application, Mr. Randolph said that the company would be permitted to operate 24 tippers carrying goods for Slater and Co. (Limestone), Ltd., and Forcetts, Ltd., within 100 miles of Thornton, and the four powder tankers would be allowed to carry goods for Slater and Co. (Limestone), Ltd., Forcetts, Ltd., G. and T. Earle, Ltd., and Frodingham Cement, Ltd., within 100miles.