V.R. Riley, Assistant to Regional Accountant, Euston
Mr.
A.T. Salmon, Assistant Public Relations an Publicity Officer, Euston
Mr.
E. Stanley, Mechanical and Electrical Engineer (Maintenance), Derby
Mr.
L.D. Taylor, Acting Motive Power Officer, Euston
Mr.
R. Tildesley, Assistant Divisional Traffic Manager, London
Mr.
R. Varley, Assistant to General Manager (Special Duties), Euston
Mr.
C. Lakin, General Manager's Office, Euston (Secretary)
Mr. R.L. M'Olmoyle, Assistant Civil Engineer (New Works),
attended fot Minute No.811
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808. MINUTES OF MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 22nd, 1960
Agreed.
809. GENERAL MATTERS OF POLICY
1. Position of Schemes still to be
submitted
(a) Assessment of Parcels Receipts
Following the departmental meetings held on August 29th and
September 15th, consideration was given to the difficulties met in assessing
the receipts attributable to Diesel Multiple Unit Schemes in the Manchester
Area, particularly those arising where trains from more than one scheme run
over the same line.
As the parcels traffic in the area is heavy and the receipts
likely to affect materially the net revenues of the schemes, it was agreed
that special efforts must be made to obtain reasonable assessments of the
receipts attributable to the services in each scheme. It was appreciated
that this would involve, for several schemes, the counting of the numbers of
parcels loaded into and unloaded out of trains at a number of stations.
full use should, however, be made of the knowledge and experience of local
parcels officials to provide, where possible, broad estimates of the numbers
required, with a view to reducing the counting work to a minimum.
Similar arrangements should be made for schemes, other than those
in the Manchester Area, to be dealt with in the future and in the meantime
preparation of all necessary particulars for the proposals other than parcels
receipts should proceed.
