The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-05-01
CHEAP CABS.

THE PROMISED REMEDY FOR PRESENT ABUSES
WHAT Mr.. ANDREWS PROPOSES NEW AND
REASONABLE SCHEDULE OF PRICES.
Al last we on the Of practical effort toward
the reform OF absurd cab system Within tho next
two weeks tho movement promised By Mr.. Andrews.
President Of the American District Telegraph Company
viii be perfected His arrangements for the establish
ment OF the line OF hacks which spoken OF in tho
HERALD short time ago, rapidly progressing Mr..
Andrews has been Ill or the project would have
developed itself before He is improving now and has
taken steps to complete his plan. the details OF which
have already been published The necessity for such
an enterprise has been keenly felt for long time aud
none Of the OF tho present benencares by the
hacks or lveries the subject has afforded any good
or valid reasons for the continuance OF the special
licentiates, or tho Public Hack Owners Associa-
tion, from whom little relief be expected while
they remain instead OF striving TO solve the
difficulties Of which they are the parents
On Saturday HERALD reporter Mr. Andrews and
learned from him that the line is likely TO be In
operation next week, having upward OF 1Sv vehicles
at tho call OF customers far reduced Az pres
ent the District Telegraph Company has 1000 cas''
In houses and places OF business each of which viii be
able on the establishment Of the cab company TO
ring for conveyance 10 take persons to any point in
the city at moderate charge. Instead OF paying, AZ
people now do 81 So at least, to places below Four
tcenth street, hcy will be transferred at the
able OF from thirty and half cents to lfty
cents a mile wherever they want to Co. The drivers
will not BIO allowed collect fares from customers
that Is, any of the 1000 who have s'cas" They will
merely sign tho ticket white one containing their
addresses and the poiat to which they have been
driven, and the company VIII to the settlement Of
the bill they do with messages. Casual tran
In lls vll n cd lei at III
they Will retain duplicate, the driver holding tho
other, and pay HIM Thus II may DO understood
al once that exlortion will be impossible. All this
Is to come about at once because Mr. Andrews Is and
has been in communication with companies and per-
sons who are in perfect harmony with his project.
New York, therefore, Is likely to experience imme-
diac relief from the existing hack abuses The hacks,
coup6s and cabs have TO be built They already
in operation under their proprietos. and quite
as elegant as any driven through our streets
NEW.
As the system now in vogue has been universally
condcmned-and the rival managers have boon trying
to lay the blame of tho abuses fostercd by II TO tho
authorities than thcmsovesit Is but just to
show how the former exempt from tho charges laid
at thoir door. In the nrst place the Mayor and the
Superintendent have both expressed themselves worry
emphaticaly tho question as opposed TO the
scale OF prices allowed by the ordinances under
which cabs Mr.. WIckham thought
that the police should have full control of the matter,
both in license for extorton because they
were likely TO know every hack owner and driver
in the city, and would therefore make tho most ell
cient inspectors without entailng any additional ex-
pense the city for increase OF these much needed
olcials therefore he vetoed tho last ordinance which
afterward passed by the Board Of Aldermen over
his objection. Tho superintendent, Captain Lcary,
ala ban fha In inf
from balls aud ''rous" where he has boon in charge,
to take the drivers ticket and report TO him what they
thought cxorbanl demands for conveyance to or from
their homes Further than this the section Of the or
dnance relating granting Of licenses to hack drivers
so amended permit only respectable and well
known persons 10 take part the business These are
the articles referring specifically to licenses and the
| persons who obtain them
LICENSING. OWNERS or HACKNEY COACHES OK
sEcros 1.-The Mayor Of the city Of New York shall from
many and he shall think proper g keep
II and sn os nT sr s ns said
o Who not M o .H
81 city o9
his ns
such cab with good and sufficient coach or CAB sha, be
Mayor upon such person 20 be resident 81 tn.
sDoys nys such s o.s Or
aton the matters embraced In section Of this article.
ans mss TO r.csvs sash license
sn sa Ss %
| in June next alter the date thereof
cab hsss %
on y such LICENSE such
days date such sale disposal the same 70
s ps,asSs 80 'S said
or dis pss. - Aforesaid shall be
renewed unless be shall make s.s.se.o, appear
Essry license shall state the number for which IL
ssc s-Evsry person who may licensed aforesaid
shall pay License bureau the q . for each hack
coach carriage and - for each cab which he shall
s s:s ssss
licensed aforesaid shall be liable TO ne Of ~ for every
ARTICLE II.-or LICENSING or HACKNEY COACHES
Mayor q the city Of New York shall have
full and authority from time 10 time to issue licenses
Sna resident. o. this city as shall youched By tho
Of s or cab % w he s for
applicant for he Of one to be q good moral char.
sos nothing
to H. d
such license was granted.
may rs s
Of the % 81 s snpes % ns sna Oh
paymcnos the OF twenty-five cents TO the License Bu-
Sail license. Of drivers coaches and cabs
shall expire ao ns .s sss or cab shall
20 the License Bureau the sum Of ~ and no person shall
hackney coach cab without being At the time
licensed under the penalty OF 50.
SIC 5-No owner any hackney coach or cab shalt allow
drive such coach cab who licensed -
public stand other place look
hire with any other coach cab but the one Tor which
said driver received his license under the penalty Of - Tor
each offence
SIC s-Any driver who shall be thrice convicted OF
breach Of Of the sections Of these articles may be de-
pved Of his license and be debarred ofiuhcr license
at the option Of the Mayor
BY reference TO section OF article II win DO
that only men who are "vouched ior'' by two rep
utable citizens can obtain licenses, and they
must have known him for at least year before his
application for permit TO drive cabs In this city Now
the great trouble has been that driver, be no
so reputable has had the privilege OF soliciting return
fares whom he has put down his passenger at his dest
nation down town. Therefore the owners Of vehicles
have boon compelled, they contend TO make the half
trip pay for both; hence tho present high scale OF