Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-01-07
EVERYBODY WILL RIDE
When Hack Fare Is Put Down to Fifteen
Cents.

Cents.
One of the objections TO living in the SUBJ
urbs of Sacramento is the poor street car
accommodations. Ut. Quincy, of Boston,
arrived in Sacramento yesterday and pro-
poses to put the Quincy cabs in the streets
of Sacramento. Thirty cabs will be about
the number required to inaugurate the sys-
tenn. He builds the cabs and sells the
franchises to companies of wide-awake
citizens. In speaking of the new cacs, Mr..
Quincy said:
1.-The cabs are only half the weight of
other vehicles designed to carry the same
number of passengers, but are equally
strong, being built almost wholly of steel.
The doors are at the Iear and the seats az
the side. The driver opens and closes the
doors without leaving his seat. The pas
senger can open and close a window Just
back of the seat through which to COM
municate with the driver without trouble.
The carriage is hung just one step from
the ground, SO that, backed up to the curb
or sidewalk the passenger steps at once
into il. The cab is finished inside with
embossed French mohair plush, with satin
head lining. The steel body of the car
rage is capable of the highest polish, and
is painted handsome wine-col 1t is
equipped with robes for winter and busters
Tor summer The drivers are arrayed in
livery and are required to live up to strin-
gent rules insisting on the utmost polite
ness, cleanliness and care. A second in
traction OF any rule results in the discharge
of the driver"
"And what relation 90 you hold to the
corporation?"
Il sell the franchise outright, to be sure,
hfIf fhprD IL a ranSa tho " ioh
requires the company purchasing to keep
abreast or the demands of the public; that
1t shall be satisfactory at all times and in
every way. l keep al eye on the service,
that is all and see that the contract is full
filled. If it is not, and if the company
refuses TO keep to the mark the franchise is
forfeited"
This service is especially dedicated to
the ladies'" continued Mr.. Quincy, land
especially will it come as boon to them
here dGriugthe frequent rains of winter.
If they wish to go shopping they can sum-
mon a cab and be whisked away to the
store in twinkling and returned home
for perhaps twenty tive cents. Many enter
Drising merchants buy coupon tickets in
large numbers and when their customers
have purchased bill of goods, do not only
deliver the latter, but put the lady, pack
ages, baby and all into Quincy and send
them home. Again, physicians need have
no care of buggy of their own. Night or
day, needing conveyance, it is ready at
hand. Where these are in operation, too,
the city need never feel the want of pub
lie ambulance in sudden need to carry the
injured to hospital. In short, it is met
ropolitan institution that will prove
feature of the city and an ever-present
witness to its enterprise. This company
wheE in operation inaugurates the period
of cheap cab service. The charges are
twenty-five cents per mile or five coupon
tickets for dollar. When bought in large
numbers a much less rate may be obtained,
say from 81 to 81 80 per thousand, accord
ing to how liberal the patronage may be"
Mr. Quincy has succeeded in getting
them in Tacoma, Portland, Chico and
MarysviIle. He will go from here south
This is Mr.. Gurney's first visit to California
and he says ''if the Garden of Eden was
equal in beauty to the Sacramento valley
then, indeed, was it paradise for the
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