The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-04-27
MOVING IN NAY.

WAT TEE CITY ORDINANCE ALLOWS AND DOES
GOT ALLOW CART AND TRUCK MEN TO CHARGE
ron MOVING FURNITURE. ETC.
Now that the LIST OF Nav is near at hama it may
DO OF interest ~ families who intend to novel,
- Know just what the law MS truckmen to
charge a. carriage for transporting furniture from
one place TO another within the city lin
Its. IL is an old custom OF the cartmen
TO charge an exorbltant price on the lat
Of May, knowing as they do that most
people who have to move on that day can
not anOrd to waste mucb time In haggling over
forms ana conditions Mayor Wlckham ia deter
mined this year that the extortion policy shall
ceaae and 10 that end he intends to have the city
ordinance relating to carts and eartmen risldy
enforced
Section OF the ordinance. "for the licensing
ana otherwise regulating the use and employ
ment OF express wagons, carts and cartmen, dirt
carts and dirt cartmen and public porters," reads
"oF CARTS AND cARTMEN
every cart, truck, wagon, dray or other vehicle,
drawn by one or more horses or other animals,
waich shall be kept, used, driven or employed lor
whatsoever. from place to place. within the city
OF New YORK, for nire, wages, or pay tor such
transportation, shall be deemed public cart
within the meaning OF this chapter; ana every
person VINO shan set up OF so keep. use, drive, or
employ any such public cart without first obtain
ing license therefor from the Mayor OF said city,
"a ID hereinafter provided, shall be deemed guilty
o. q violation OF this chaDtern
HOW TO KNOW CARTMEN.
Section provides that mo public cart shall oe
driven or used within said city except by duly
license is granted TO use and keep public cart
Alal Tor all the purposes OF this chapter. DE con-
s!dered the owner Thereon. and responsible for
all articles intrusted to- and Tor the conduct OF
to driver thereof and liable to all forletures,
penalties and punishments herein contained or
section reads as follows :-"Every public cart
shah have fairly painted on the outside OF she
square OF the after part oil the SHAFT. or on some
other conspicuous place on each side, with black
paint on white ground. so as TO be easily seen.
OF at least two and half inches In length and
tae driving or using OF public cart without lts
being so numbered shall be deemed violation OF
section IL provides that 'It shall be the duty or
every person driving or having charge OF public
cart 10 give 60 any person requesting IL MS name
and place OF residence, his number and the num-
Der OF the cart he is driving or in charge OF, and
the name and place OF residence OF the owner
thereof; ami any refusal TO do so shall be deemed
q violation OF this chapter"
The prices or rates TO be taken or charged for
tne loading, transportation and unloading or
goods, wares or other articles SHAH be as follows
a.,v0o,s furniture. ,oo., .., ,o.a. . e'"t s
Tor loading unloading aud housing furniture, IL the -
Bedding ted up chesis trunks and boxes per load Is
This section OF tho ordinance provides further
taat when the distance exceeds hall mile, and
~ within q mile, one-third more shall be added to
sae above rates and prices, and in the same pro-
roFtlon o. any greater .,te,s distance sta nas
AN IMPORTANT POINT.
This section also PROVIDES that eli any public cart
man shall AK. demand receive, take, exact or
extort any greater rate, price, pay or compensa-
t6n for carting ana Transporting any article or
thing whatsoever than IN mentioned allowed, eX-
pressed and limited as Aforesaid, IL shall not be
awful for him 10 receive any cOmpen satlon for the
said cartlnR or transportation; and the said ask
iHg or receiving shall be deemed violation or this
cAApter.j
NO EyADING GOOD LOAD.
Section 81 says that IT shall not be lawful for
Any public carlmAn to neglect or refuse to carry
ana transport good and sufficent load, as much
al can be conveniently and safely slowed on his
cart or Is reasonable for one horse TO draw, no.
any article OF less than 900 pounds weight, when
required so do so, unless ne be then actually 9th
er~ise employed; and every public cartman aud
rate or compensation allowed and provided In
tas chapter, Immediately upon the cartIng or
transportation OF any article or thing.D
A PLUM POR THE TRUcKNEN
"Aud 1t may be lawful for any such public cart
man or public porter TO retain any article or thing
- carted or transported by him, for which lie Is
not so paid his carriage, and to convey the same
or Police, aud he shall be entitled TO the lawful
rate or pay or compensation Tor the so conveying.
All disputes or engagements as 10 distance or
rates OF compensation between public cartmen
or public porters and persons employing or owing
tor carriage or transportation shall be determined
u the Mayor.n
The carmen win readily SEQ that combining
together 10 charge not less than $40 or $40 load
tor = distance OF Ten or twenty blocks Will not be
paying game this year, and that II they try IL on
raey Will come To grief The prices given for
'-cartina1 In this ordinance are for one-horse
carts. For two-horse carts lac price Is or course
doodle.