Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-08-03 00:00:00

BIRKENHEAD MIMISSIONERS.

The Birkotthead Comnii;Sioiim:s held a meeting yesterdai
evening, 'irL their bnadingS, Hamilton-street, Mr.' John
Laird Presiiiing. The Other member. present ,were, Messrs:
Beazley, Peek, Barnett, Whittle, .Golborne;
, Bell, Bradley, Gilbertson, • Aspinall, Walker, Harrison;
Baylis, -Hind; and Keightley..
The proceedings of the watching' and light

mg committpa
were red, Which stated tlia4t, in consequence of the late
riots, the committee thought it •desirable to appoint four
additional constables,.for whom clothing had beeii ordered,.

Mr. I;ELL.saiO, though he did not object-to the appoini-s
meat of the addition to the police force, he could not agree
with the ckmtnittee in oritering the clothing. without first
• ,

The pioeCedings were then confirmed

A.LT I I COMMITTEE

The proceedings of t

committee wer

Mr. Bu...tntxy moved, theectufirmatinn of the p.
and in doing so complained of the ear-owners, not buying
made their objections to. the rules and. fares at the time• they
were laid • at- the committee's offices for public,. inspection
prior to cbnermation by the court of quarter'kessions". In
the preparation of the table-of fares this coarse has been
pursued.. The oompiittee having obtained informatibu as to
the fares. and bye-taws in force, in the mefropolisi and in

)ceedint,rs,

several' Of the large town
where- tw i actieahle t was n
inteicourseibetWeen this

in the 'kingdom, col;
>st desirable, consideril
is of th 6 Mersa• and I

lie gi•et
rpool, to

further reSoled upon estatlisliink' a 6d. fare fi'r
undtt certain limitations . A draft of the rules, t(

hip of the committee and revised, and the r
code submitted to the b'oard for approval in

and by it confirmed at that date (sth October, 1359). . The
usual notice was then given by public advertisemeat. The
rules and fares lay at the commissioners' offices' for a month
for the • inspection of all partieS: interested zu tlie subject
among whom must certainly be reckoned thee
After this space of -time the bye-laws, &c.,

carried at

peace for emolument, and the neces;a-ry.prinqiik, &c:, had
been.completed, the new laws were given out to the car
drivers ; and on the 20th July last, the committee re-
ceived the memorial referred to in the. minutes, and a
deputation of car 'owners attended ,to further explain
their objections: The main point orobjection may be con-
Sidered the sixpenny fares; and certain fares in the
schedule. Which required a'greater diStance to be travelled
thin half-a-mile for sixpence. The committee were
aware that in some instances this was thy case ;' but a
every Charm in the rate increased the fa

it was het se much a question of distanc
over as whether the fare ',Was a just one, an,

1y gone
break

.0 occur a'

The p

was to t eas'ure froni the common centre of the c:
half miles in 'a right line, and let those points det
charge of fare. ' Admittink that, by such. a. sys

ir stand by

to which

would be places to he driven to within the (
would exceed the distance of half-a-:Mile,. ha 1
a straight line, it is• evident that tho
in excess of the distance would be but small
with the number of fares leSs than the half mil
car owners . say they are perfectly satisfied with

apasured in

of places
oreparOti
The

of sixpence for every half mile ; and whatever rate.
may be
.establiShed in a town' as the fare by; distance,, it
is intended that the full distance is to be travelled for
such rate;' and, therefore, to enable the rates even between
the publip and the car proprietors, the distances in excess of,
half a mile should be equal to the distances less than half a
mile ; but such cannot be the case, and the advantage is, as
we are willing it shOuld favour of the car owners. Oae
case out of the sixpenny fares 'has been pointed out. by the
'Camden-street,
unfair---that,
e- t hdai
distance
a iflic.oent-10,1blerotar 'Woodside-ferry de
travelled
I eyh
isgt rli,d3ot
0o
loderilai-est ease ,u
Yards ; and the next fare,' a slight distance beyond, being Is.
It is urged, that the public,: going to that part of the town,
will. take the full advantage of the sixpenny fare,-and walk
the rest of the distance they may be going. • This seeming
inequality . will occur at each change of fare, which' •is
unavoidable from the gradation adopted. If it be. contended
that the' car owner should be. paid: according to the aeinal
distance run; and this is what the car owners ihaintain,
then it. would be only right to the other parties to the
contract, namely, the public, that they should have the:
opportunity of paying the correct 'rate for each distance;
and • not' compel them to pay one for a faro
slightly over sixpence—eighteen pence for' one just over
a shilling—two shillings and sixpence for one a little in
excess of eighteen pence, and so on. 'Under the system
dedistahbia the fares should advance by.. pennies, or, at
most, by, twOpence, and let the hirer pay for the work
actually done, but not more. But it is thought that the
plan adopted by the committee is the preferable ono ; and
hence they have come to the determination of not recorii-
mending an alteration in the schedule of fares. They propose,
however, in the bye-law, under the sixpenny fare, to reduce
the weight of luggage, to be conveyed from 561bs: to •281b5..•

“.,; ~,,eity,,tu Laverpool. In bye-law
the same as the one in Liverpool,. the car-proprietors
that the :extra fare should: be allowed to seven o'clock
in the morning, and not stopped at six, as provilled for in
the bye-law. They say that to , turn out before seven in
pay.
ti extraat I
j;e hoar,xn pdeeriostr( :
if
fst the
tta
to take
6tdarekiaevs driver
oe
viewn' f' ei regular
i of
't
fl l -
fit,alloirete.,bnerxiiip;
4g:i'el.:tigli expecting tatuesneds a
additionaltilheeema t
the committee have extended the time in which the extra
titre may be charged to seven o'clock, and the bye-law will
now.be,the same as it was in the late regulation's in force in
this township. , Bye-law 22, in which the driver is to assist
with ,luggage, is
.considered to be sufficiently clear on the
point on which the car owners sought explanation, so that
nO alienation is. proposed. The words ” street entrance"
proteet the. car drivers from any unfair requitement as
to how far they shall assist with the lugg;age.-.. Under
.
bye-law 21, relating to time, the carpropnetors considered
that they. were entitled, for. ever`, carriage drawn by two
horses, to one7half more than the hire with one horse.

20, which is. worded

law as to till

There is, no proyision in the ,'Liverpool by
hire with two ,horses by the train ; and though the rate
allowed by the day, and hour is higher on this side than in
Liverpool, .15s. ,being, allowed against 125., 'and '2s.. 6d.

point, as not increasing the fare unreasonably. Bye-law
18, which ,giyesto the h .the-option of 'engaging and
,paying by time or distanee,uiiitroduces• a neW feature in
the ordinary law, 'leaving it at .the option of the owner
or. driver. . But the committee considered it sinnilsi
useless to make any: regulations• with regard' to hiring
by' time, if you put it . within the power of" the owner or
driver to refuse taking a fare by time, and which; of course,
he would invariably do if there were a great disproportion
between the fare by time and distance. .It was pointed out
by the committee that, 2s. 60. being fixed as the fare per
hour, and five miles as the rate of driVinc, that the ear owners
would suffer under such a regulation depriving them of the
option, as in the old-distance "fares, ,which did not exceed
55., liarties would • engage the car by
,the hour, pay 2s. 6d.
for having been conveyed five miles, and Aismiss the driver
at that distal-ice from the 'stand at which he was hired.
The regulation was ,not intended for such cases, • but for
partiOS' wanting a car for' shopping or sight-seeing, inva-
lids requiring carriage exercise, medical men going their
rounds, and such like. When the
.committee saw that
the, bye-law, as worded, might be , taken an unfair advan-
tage of,. whilst they continue of opinion, that the option
should' still remain with the hirer, propose ;to limit the
rate to foitr iniloS an hour ; and on dismissal, in case of
not working round to the staiid, from which the car. was •
'hired, to add such time to • that alreak occupied as.:±aight
be Law& fide reciniied to reach, the, , stand. The; regula-
tion was not 'intended for out-distances, and these. ,limi-

tar owner

. .
tationis will .provent its .bs:.‘,ing used. agains
Although the committee . consider. that the .rep
tionS -which had been made by the commissioners since

broright before them last year, when the bye-laws = were
lyiry; ..at the commissioners rooms for infection,: and
prevunudy to 'their' confirmation at the, sessions, yet the
cAniunittee are quite willing,, ht cases where it. can be
shOwn that the regulations 'would. operate sin .the.:slightest
degree •unfairly towards the ear owner, that they should
be amended; and hence the resolutions Witch: are
now. before the board. The main point, as I have before
remarked,:is the establishment of the sixpenny fare. The
late board approved of that plan.; and if the present board
be of the' same, opinion, the bye-laws can be carried out
tv 1141' but without. altering the

'that tho

with _aese ls, at amendments,
schedule•of fares. , The board should be ;informed:that, on
coinparing the 'fares froni'iiine,"of the, stands, as:fixed in
1852, With • those of 1859,
,the total amount .in 1859 is
'£l6B 16s.6d.,ana in 1859 £lO7 ls. 64 beinga decrease only
of £1 15s: by the present rate of fares. Can the committee
be said to have acted hardly towards the.ear owners ? -
Mr. BEAZLEY moved as an amendment, that so much of
the recommendation as related to the, sixpenny.fares be
referred back to the committee for further consideration.
Dr. ItAyms seconded the motion for the confirmation of A VERY IMPORTANT DESPATCH.—WC yesterday received
the proceedings. the following very interesting and important. despatch from
Mr. HARRISON wished to call attention to a nuisance ex- the Magnetic Telegraph :—"
Belfast Pork .11..rket, 2nd
cr istin at the north end of the town, arising from the . oil - Augu.st.----01;. pig in this. day's market.; prices, 345. to
Iniathere, It was a great waisnliCe ; .so much SO that some 3k'' This beats the American dolphtcne6 hollow.