Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-11-16
HACK DRIVERS GRIEVANCES.
They Have Them Against Each Other, the
Man with o Pull" and the Public.

MAN with % fuu' ana the Pubic.
In even the hack business trust ten
denotes are manifesting themselves,
according TO a cabman, whom a re-
porter Of The News met at one of the
Jersey City ferries the other day. The
vast majority Of hacks in this city, he
explained, are under the control of
one man who claims to have a pull"
at the city hall, but who does o own
a single horse or vehicle himself.
How can that BET" asked the re,
porter.
We'll, he enjoys the privilege Of
yoing within the wharf gates and
soliciting patronage while the regular
hackmen are kept outside. lie, con
s%equently, has a monopoly of the bust
ness connected with four or five of
the principal ocean steamship lines,
aud the Others can have what is left
after he gets through.
lie makes arrangements with the
: blI CA companies which enable him
Ia collect large commissions on the
Uhsing,, he turns oyer 10 them. Hack.
mrn,' the speaker thought, pan out
about the same as other people. In
the matter of honesty their regulations
arr bad he explained, because
many persons think they charge out
ragcOus prices, yet If those persons
were To consider how much time is
lost in waiting for an ocean steamer
to tie up or a train TO arrive they
would not have 80 had an opinion Of
the cabmen.
'HUf course" il reply TO another
question the hackman proceeded, II
know some cab drivers are dishonest,
but they belong To that class 10 whom
licenses are issued without investigs
ton as 10 character. Anybody ca.
get a license in this city. Men who
own their rigs are generally an up
right lot, and the ~rascals are those
fellows who hire a cab or coach for a
few days or weeks in order 10 get q
chance TO fleece he public.
Have we any rule about custom
ers among usf' Certainly. 1t is that
the first driver at a gate should have
first position, and each nan afterward
in the order Of his arrival, and is un-
derstood by all hackmep. If the first
man cannot arrange satisfactory terms
with his first call, the call is passed
over TO the next, and SO on, the last in
the line being generally the cheapest" "
why is the last man in the line
cheapest"
Because the very fact of his com
ing late shows that hc has coined
money elsewhere, and So can afford tC
take less.
IF Il man ut the head steps out Of
"a line at the ferry or railroad station
he loses his position. but not when in
a line before steamship passengers.
When in the latter line he holds his
position until he makesa bargain"
What class Of people pay high
rates with the least relucancef
South Americans. They never
kick. The average English tours,
and New York city club man are the
hardest to deal with. The English.
ma is accustomed 10 the cheap rates
Of London, and cannot understand
our higher charges over here.
The average Erenchman is a good
fellow to deal with. His trips arc
generally to hotels close by, and lac
pays well. Bostonians us a class are
not good food for hackmen. The %
cent rates in that city lead them TO ex.
pect similar rates elsewhere.
Whenever you see a hackmar
whose badge number does not CORE
spond with the carriage number keep
a sharp eye IN him, because some
thing is wrong about the fellow was
the hackman's parting advice. New
York News.