New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-25

aN able TO propose many amehorauohs
ri n" .,d,tion OF the cab-drivers. If. In order
. ''' their condition. it should become
. '~. ',v 10 impose burdens or inconvenience on
sFs''s us,ng public. these will be more than
t Coz ~ the public by the increased proba-
Ds'e IA, with the help OF the fifteen thousand
shy . .,ns votes. the tenure OF Office of the
ao'' ministry, with It's Indispensable Under
frs'e secretary. will be indefinitely prolonged
S0 rt,l perceive. Therefore, that. departing
~" usual rule against prophecy, I venture
To.., the contents OF the report TO be made
%- or the year after by the Departmental
y" 80 Of the Home Office whose delibera
c'"" conducted by the Under Secretary of
r%,s. office But. like all prophets. except
~ :, tho Old and New Testaments. and es-
"s.,, ,be sporting prophets Of the great Lon
go provincial dacs wish to hedge. There
nance that a report Of the other sort, taking
81, ~ the general interests Of the cOmmu-
rs relation with cab-drivers. may be finally
"a mon by this committee. In fact. there
,wo chances. and though both are Off
40. do not wish to imperil the renown /
% acquire when my prediction comes true
:, ,rretting 10 point them out In advance; so
y. 4, either case. may be able to gay, II told
..o" The one chance is that Mr.. George Rus
p ,houeh cousin to that late Duke Of Bedford.
:, v.s not his uncle. and Of some indeterminate
hin 10 the present potentate OF Woburn Alb
- NAV not be able to impose his Will on his
" .,mmittee The second chance Is that ne may
And II POSSIBLE to convince the fifteen thou
"A cab.driving voters that their interests Will be
.,.o,ed bv delivering themselves over TO the
r s..., caucus and Liberal managers. They may,
s.,.,ore decline TO enter into an alliance. In
',., NJ these two cases. the report OF the com
Dn,.. might prove to be only new grievance.
.ad,,on 70 all those under which this long
..,,ro bodv of men, with the most enlightened
..,,,on NJ their own interests and an exact
N.~sdge Of what they want have so long
rSned
-, ne take one Of these grievances as speci-
Oar do not wish to linger too long In the
..,.-,,nd Of prophecy even in the distinguished
n,.nv we have been keeping Let us return
.oud earth. or to wood pavements and mac
~. o,d n the vehicles which roll over them,
..,,o the charioteers. who are our real subject
a. cab.drvers wish 10 more than merely aoohsh
..u.osd cabs They wish to abolish railway
rnbuses A railway omnibus Is Mandy VENT
a-our bv one or two horses the case may
u, we'll built. we'll horsed we'll driven: clean.
aiding six OF eight passengers. and mountains
-. luggage on tor. 1t is owned by the railway
.,m,any and let out for hire upon previous apph-
.,son II will come TO your door at fixed hour
.,,,.rsnort YOU and all your belongings to the
.,.on a, fxeG and moderate price, or from
a., station n YOUR own door. In either case you
.,,,ee.u in advance. There is no plying FOR
,,,. There may be omnibuses in the station
ready 10 be engaged by the arriving passenger
,houeh the demand for them by letter ana teie-
,ranh Is so great that 1t Is rare 10 fnd one Tree
However. the ancient and honorable drivers OF
that strange conveyance known to Londoners as
four.whesler object TO the railway omn'puses' ana
want them abolished. and their demand mas oeeh
laid before the Departmental Committee. IL -
not denied that they are convenience 10 '"e
nuh,ic. or that you may now by their heip get
comfortably and decently to and from railwa!
station in London instead OF having 10 charter
,wo or three rickety four-wheeers. and be jolted
.,A .,,Aed IN the road and feeced when you get
10 your Journeys end. In the matter OF e*-
,or.,or tho ,o,r.wheelers are more merciless than
the hansoms often having TO do with women
uho are believed 70 be fair game But the con-
yenience of the public as have so often to say
w
Of the cab-drfver. II Is not 10 be endured tha'
uy other than he should serve the public. and II
other, as In the case OF the railway OMNIBUS
rxume TO serve II cheaper and better than ne
" outrage becomes perfectly intoleraole.
Legally the railway omnibuses cannot De
abolished otherwise than by act OF Parha
nsnt. But 1t is thought that heavy tax migh'
b laid on this conveyance. heavy enough &c
at Of the profits and drive 1t out OF existence
hat is one Of the devices which Mr.. George nus
MI and his committee are urged to ADOPT II
hey do you will be able TO form shrewo cues
q the nature of the bargain struck between the
urty and the fifteen thousand. and you VIII see
Mr. George Russell. whose piety Is par. oi ''''
politics. find precedents for depressing the co'''
yares and the public in the Old Testament anu
or, ofthe New quote texts TO prove that oppres'
an may be practisel in the spirit OF brothcriS
hw. w. '" :"