OVERLOADING CARTS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 93, 21 April 1911, Page 6

OVERLOADING CARTS.

DISCUSSION AT THE CITY COUNCIL. The matter of overloading carts has been brought before tho By-laws Committee of the City Council, and the committee recommended last night that; carters be notified that overloading will not be permitted in the future. Tha committee also recommended that the maximum weight allowed by the lawbe altered from two tons to 35 c\vt. Two drivers who had been reported for overloading had been cautioned, and the cases against them should be withdrawn. Councillor Fletcher wanted to know why the informations should be withdrawn. The cases before the committee were most flagrant. He had seen tho weighbridge lists, and they showed that loads of 4 ton 4 cwt, 3 ton 8 cwt, and 3 ton 9 cwt had been carried. These carriers had been convicted before. Councillor Smith, chairman of the committee said that Councillor Fletcher had been* misinformed. The men had been loading scrap iron, the weight of which was hard to gauge. The loads earned were 2 ton 13 cwt, 2 ton 5 cwt, and 3 ton 9 cwt, including tho weight of the cart. The men explained that they thoutjht they had evenly divided the loads. Councillor Fletcher was not satisfied with the explanation, and thought the cases should go before the court. Councillors Hindmarsh and Fitzgerald were also of the opinion that action should bo taken; the case was one for the Magistrate to decide. Councillor Fletcher said that Inspector Seed felt so strongly in this matter that if these cases were withdrawn he would take action himself. The Mayor said that the cases had not been withdrawn. Councillor Atkinson thought that the proposal was a monstrous one. The suggestion of the committee was unanimous!^ rejected.