Plans are, therefore. being made to speed up the collection of goods. and to eliminate the running of "empties." To this end lists over 500 agents, scattered ver an area hounded by Carlisle and Ne castle in the north. and South Wales and the Metropolis in the south have been completed. These agents will state the requirements of Jozal manufacturers and act as superintendents of traffic in their particular districts. It is intended that owners of lorries should carry "capacity" Joads on both journeys, instead of doing what the railways have frequently done in the past, viz., sent a truck -one way with a load, while it returnd empty.
Measures for eliminating this defect can be illustrated in the following manner A clearing house agent in a big industrial town, who is expecting goods from a haulage contractor, will receive a form from the latter indicating the type and carrying capacity of the vehicle which is shortly to arrive and the kind of goods the sender of the lorry is prepared to take back, The returning lorry is, therefore, ensured of carrying a full load.
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