Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-02

the Regulations Promulgated by the Com
missioners for March and q.


missioners for March 4 and ..
Hack Inspector Croft has succeeded in
making all necessary arrangements for the
regulation Of public vehicles attending the
Inauguration ball and the regulations have
been promulgated by order oS the Commits
sioners. They apply to the 4th and 5th Of the
month, so that the after-hour rates will play no
part in the hire. The charges allowed under
the order are: Herdic cabs not exceeding s5
each cab, coupes not exceeding - each coupe.
hanson cabs not exceeding % each cab, con-
veyances (two-horse). according TO agreement,
not exceeding $40.
NO ONE SHALL RxFUsE THE RATES.
Continuing the order reads: mo owner or
driver of vehicle. as above named shall refuse
to carry a passenger at the foregoing rates: nor
shall he, when engaged. take up an additional
passenger or passengers without the consent OF
the person or persons who first engaged him.
ANY complaint of Illegal charges, giving the
time. number Of the vehicle driver, and the
/ address Of the complainant, shall receive prompt
attention from any policeman to whom it may
be made. Every driver or owner Of the con-
veyances embraced in this order shall exhibit
printed copy of this order In q conspicuous
place IN his vehicle.
APPROACH TO THE BALL.
"All vehicles to approach the pension Office
from It'll street herdics, cabs and one-horse
eoupes entering on street and following the
south side of that street to the entrance Of the
pension Office, making their exit on 4th street
to the south. AL public carriages to approach
the pension Office from 7th street by way Of q
street. following north side of G street to
trance of pension building, and make their exit
on Attn street to the north. The carriages of
the diplomatic corps and all private carriages
to enter on F street. follow north side. turn
into 5th street and deposit their passengers az
5tb street entrance: then turn into q street
and follow south side TO 7th street: thence to
space on q street between 7th and 9Th streets.
also to Sth street above q. where they NAV
park. Messengers will be provided at the 5sa
street entrance TO call private carriages.
IAN streets intersectiug + and G. streets be
tween 7th street and tine pension Office to be
closed. No vehicles to be permitted to travel
west on either or q streets from 4th stree. aud
none from L street north on 9Th o. 9th streets
and none from G or Fl streets south on 9TH or
9th. All vehicles intending to carry passengers
away from the pension ONCE to approach from
7th street. Owners OF private carriages to be
provided with cards Ito be furnished prior to
the 4th of March admitting them to the pri
vate 9Th street entrance for carriages.
LEAVING THE BUILDING.
.An persons will be expected to make their
exit through the same door that they enter.
Tickets for private carriages will be issued by
the committee on carriages on Thursday. March
2, at headquarters. Lehman building. 1925 New
York avenue. Tickets for carriages will be is
sued by the owners thereof. and the Livery
mems Association will form their own clearing
house for the settlement of such tickets among
themselves.
The large ticket furnished to owners OF
private carriages must be kept in sight by the
drivers, in order that the carriages may be ad-
mitted to the proper line.
al Ia
sires to call the same upon leaving the pension
Office, he will call out the number on small
card, which Is duplicate ot number on driver
card. to a messenger VINO will be in waiting. and
the numbers will at once be shown on large
screen which will be placed on the roof at the
northwest corner OF the pension office.
There is but one association controlling or
owning the vehicles for which exchange tickets
may be used. The vehicles Of the Liverymens
Association will have distinctive badge and
ticket. and persons holding tickets for vehicles
must be careful to take "A vehicle bearing the
proper marx. as the Livery mems Association
exchange only with members OF said associe
ton.
The licensed carriages. cabs, coupes aud
hansoms having no associations. no agreement
is entered into with them, and is Is recon-
mended that persons hiring such vehicles will
pay one fare coming TO the ball and one fare
returning. TO enable such persons TO take tine
first vehicle approaching the building"
As TO PACKAGES.
For the benefit Of strangers in the city Maj.
Moore has had printed for distribution circu-
lar calling attention to an extract from the
hack law concerning the leaving of PACKAGES in
public vehicles. The section reads as follows:
THAT any property left in any vehicle. as be-
fore mentioned. shall be deposited by the
driver owner at the police headquarters
within four hours after being SO left, if not
sooner claimed by the owner such property TO
be returned to the person who shall prove to
the Subtraction OF the officer in charge at the
police headquarters that the same belongs to
hun, on payment Of all expense incurred and
of such reasonable sum to the driver the
officer NAV award but if the driver TAIL 20 COM
ply with the before mentioned conditions. he
shall be liable to fine Of S25 FOR each and
every offense. ard TO restore the money valre
of the article articles left n his vehicle.
In default Of prompt ayment thereof he shall
forfeit his license aud be prosecuted ~ for any
other debt made and contracted"