Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-06-03
ENGLISH CABS IN NEW YORK.


The Canary-CoIored Vehicles Declared to
BE "a FHIIure-The Reasons Why.
Here, cabhy! Hurry up \ cheap cab"
"Nezzir- ere It's, right yender."
NO Take me for a millionaire | want
n canary. A quarter Il mile"
There haim't none. Thems gone sir"
Gone where. When will they be
back"
Gone off entirely Left Won't come
back. No more p cent cabs In the streets
Of this town. 'Av a 'alf-dollarer, The
canaries Is all painted black and doubled
their price. 'AT ones"
inquired and ascertained that cabby
hadn't lied He told me, indeed, that the
company was busted, and in that trifle
he erred; but the charming little canary
cOlOred cabs. in which two of you could
ride the first mile for quarter have fled
once more and hung out the white feather,
No more cheap cabs in New York!
six years ago the first attempt was
made tO establish the London hanson
cab as an institution in New York. Why.
shouldn't il succeed everybody asked,
the delightful vehicle which Is such
cheerful inhabtant of London streets, and
which had received a welcome on the con
tinent About fifty OF the cabs were In
Produced at that time, and they ran for p
cents mile, carrying one or two persons.
But there was but slight encouragement,
and they were hauled off at a loss.
Two years ago last fall, Fearing Gill
rallied some stable men with horses and
some still stabler men with money, who
had sojOurned in London and became &C
Juainted with the many COlOred grasshop-
per of the metropolis, and they banded
themselves together and swOre an awful
oath that they would establish the volatile
vehicle as one Of the institutions of New
York. They made most CredItable
effort They put up the money. They
employed good drivers. They provided
stru1g horses and an attractive turnout.
Last summer the Use OF the cab
visibly increased. but not enough
10 Justify the experiment New Workers
would not get used TO it,
4 good many fools consider II vulgar 20
ride cheaply, and wouldn't have 1t. A
good many old fellows rebelled against
This having your driver perChed up be
hind you We're you cant see him" Old
ladies were afraid of upsetting in the
vehicle. quite regardless of the fact that 1t
was never known to upset and on reach
ing their destination they said, Right on
the heels of the horse all the way, I'm SO
glad I've got here alive ! don't know what
TO do. You'll never catch me in one of
them things again"
And while the demure girls ofsIondOn
like the hanson above all things, and get
their feet under lis slanting doors Rs often
rs they can, the New York damsel is too
madest you know, and she eXclaims, Il
won't ride in that again, never. To sit
there right in front and be stared at SO! |
can't stand it, \ box at Dalys would be,
of course. quite another thing"
So the effor; to introduce the hanson
has failed. All the canary -colored cabs
have been fitly painted black-in mourn
ing for the $1,000 which the experiment
has cOst-and the caller of the cab will
hereafter pay 80 cents for the first mile.
instead of half that The bunch Of prince
Of Wales feathers jauntily perched upon
its side is the only remnant Of its former
splendOr. Farewell to the GOndOla of
London. n."-Croffut in Kansas City Journal