Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-12-12
ONE IDEAS DOINGS.
Six Years Ago the First Ten Gent
Team was Started.
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and applies & is pretty sure Of benefitfing
himself and Is assured Of benefitting other
people.
So much for the theory nor for practi-
cal illustration.
Lest anyone be anxious to know more of
this, and yet In haste to quit the tale. sap
pose we begin at the end of the story.
At the last meeting Of the mayor and
aldermen the question Of licensing 10 cent
teams came up for discussion.
Marshal Morse ~as present and was
questioned.
II counted 81 Of those accom-
mediation carriages about the station
the other day said the marshal.
Commercial street IL usually full OF them
during train time And then the marshal
referred to the measures In vogue in some
other Maine cities for regulating The pub
lie carriage business. The city ordinance Of
Biddeford. Auburn and other places were
cited.
10 Biddef0rd everyone running hacks or
teams To the trains pays license Of - a
horse and the deputy marshal has charge
intendens Of hacks.
The important reasons assigned for
licensing these accommodation teams In
Augusta we're tina, otherwise irresponsible
parties would put on teams. and should
any damage be done by them there would
be no way Of disposing Of them so success
fully az under a license system. Then IL
licenses were issued stands could be as
signed to these teams and better system
be maintained than without license. Then
a!so the protection OF those already in the
business was another reason for licensing
and il was stated that the owners Of some of
these teams had already asked that a
license be had. Teams come here from
lIalloweil and sometimes from Gardiner
during pleasant days when the Legislature
is In session. or during muster. but IL a
stormy day comes, when the aeeommoda-
ton they afford is needed more than at any
other time. they stay at home.
As for that, some of the local teams
are very likely not to be found when most
wanted" So remarked one of the city
fathers. and those of experience in the bus
mess nodded approval.
During the last muster team came over
from Lewiston to ply between the city and
the grounds.
After general discussion the aldermen
were called upon for their opinions.
Should there be license or no license?
II license, should it b. nominal or high
enough to provide a revennes
II IL was only nominal would it afford
any protection to those already in the bust.
uess,And Furthermore did they wish to keep
people out of the business Then again IT
they raised the license so high that it woula!
afford the city any revenue wouldn't the
ten cent drivers raise their rates. But sai I
some one "we can regulate their rates,
and so II went. There were as many opin-
ions almost as there were persons present
Said one, show can you assign stands To
these teams about the depot when there ar,
more stands than places Said another
"Well, it's a nuisance on such narrow
street ~ Water street to have those teams
standing along the street where the people
coming in from the country want to hitch
their teams "Well they've got no right TO
leave their teams on the street if the city
marshal desires to drive them of, remarked
a lawyer One alderman thought that viii,
hay at $50 ton no man should be pre-
vented from running teu-cent team if be
wanted to-" Said another. Shouldn't
truck teams, baggage wagons and hacks be
lieensedir
These and many more questions came
up. The majority appeared to favor a
license not exceeding 81 and while nothing
was done and nothing may be done II Is
not improbable that an ordinance be passed
by the city government before many meet
ings have passed.