Milford chronicle., 1892-05-27
GOT UP TO LOOK PRIVATE.
The Hiring Of Carriages and Horses b
the Month or Year.

The Hiring Of Carriages and Horses by
the Month or Year.
Carriages got up to look private as
Thaekeray puts it, are common enough IN
New York, and nobody finds IN the use Of
such vehicles any cause for shame. A
rich, famous and extremely successful
physician of Brooklyn discovered some
( years ago that it was better for bis pur-
poses to hire than To own horses He has
had many imitators since in both cities.
and, with the promptness Of adaptation
characteristic Of business men in New
York, livery stable keepers have accepted
the situation and met the new demand
iurnouts BY the month a speciality" - no
unusual sign on q livery stable, ~
feature Of the livery business Is Rrc Ga
The Development has behind it the -.
that wealth should decre4se rather {, NA'
increase the cares Of its possessor. and ins.
as rich men rent safe deposit boxes and
have their wealth cared for By others-and
many women do likewise with their Jewels
thus escaping worry and responsibility
SO some persons who could well afford to
own horses and carriages rent them by the
month or year, and leave the care and
worry to the owners. Wealthy women. H.
particular widows and old maids, who
care little for horses and find the manage
ment Of coachmen trying, have taken TO
me Idea Of hiring rather than owning.
You may now hire almost any sort Of
equipage by the month OF year. You may
have your own horse and hired vehicle |
your own vehicle and hired horse. or both /
horse and vehicle hired. You may provide /
coaehman and footman, or you may hire /
them along with vehicle Rad horses. You |
may provide liYeries for footmRn or coach
man, or the man Of whom YOU hire will I
provide liveries as we'll as servants. II Won
rent the coach by the year the owner will
put upon it your initials OF whatever coat
Of arms you own or may fancy. In fact
for consideration You may have what YOU
will in the way Of equipage, and with
privacy 50 well simulated that your neigh
pars will never suspect the thing is hired
The hired coach, coachman and horses
are sacred to the customer. II the coach.
man is unskilled or insolent the liverymau
will send a new one, and keep on sending
new ones until the customer Is satisfied.
The same team and coach will be supplied
always save When the horses are sick or
,he coach is broken. The coachmen are
Usually Of the hackman type, but better
mes are provided for more money.
When Dudekin is set down at the club
y bis coupe or hanson you'd suppose from
he calfs head on the panel that The
turnout was Dudelin's ewn, and never
Inspect that he obtained it merely by pay
ne the liyeryman around the corner 500 a
uonth. When Dudekin's frowning father !
oils home from Wall street in the family {
arriage, drawn By sleek bays which are
riven by a stiff backed coachman, nobody
nows that coach, team and driver cost
be rich man just $3.50 per month. Nobody /
sads $500 per month" on the panel of thei-
ich widows victoria, with its dappled
rays and two Inverted men on the box, but Z
nat is the price she pays for her & uipage.
It costs rather more to take hired horses !
, the country than to use themin town.
ecause it is customary for the liveryman Q
ON whom they are hired to arrange for q
70 boarding Of servants and horses and +
AXE profit on the same. Extras Of all
lrts are charged for At highly profitable a.
ties. Meanwhile his are the risks and re e.
lonsi abilities New York Sun. 3