The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-12-30

the curb TO II line to be uesi grated by iAll'
ing, paint or otherwise, shall be ana Is mere
by set OIL as stands where drivers or pun'.c
passenger carriages and express or baggage
wagons may stand and solicit employment.
me length of said spaces or stands snail DE
as follows, viz:
On the southweSterly side of the open
passWny to the entrance to the railroad,
near the SouthWesterly end OF the depot
DNliuing, The length Of the stand Is ana
snail be, twenty feet, and on the northeast
erly side OF the same passWay the length or
the stand is and shall be twelve feet On
each side of the two open pNssWays to the
dWo entrances to the waiting room OF the
depot the length OF each Of the stands Is
ana shall be twenty feet On the south
westerly side of the open passway TO the
northeastery entrance TO the railroadi near
the northeaSterly end of the depot build
Ing, tn length of the stand is and shall be
twenty feet, and on the northeasterly SIDE
OF the same passway the length OF the
stand is and shall be fourteen feet. And
III the immediate vicinity OF said passenger
depot no owner, driver or other person shall
solicit, negotiate for or receive employment
for public carriage Of any description en-
cept while standing on and within the lines
OF one of the stands above designated.
Such openings shall be left at the railroad
depot II Union avenue, and at any other
railroad depot, as shall be designated by the
Superintendent of Police, with the ad';ice
and consent Of the Mayor, for the accommo-
dalton of the United States mail wagons.
Sec. 2S9: The following places In said
CITY are designated as stands for express
and baggage wagons exclusively;
The west side Of Union street, between
Wooster and Fair streets
Chapel street, north side, three hundred
dnd y asf Gq5 at on one traa
Sec. 290 The Superintendent of Police
shall fix and determine the number of We
hicles which can be reasonably accommo-
dated at the same time at any of said
stands.
No such vehicle shall stand abreast or
alongside Of another, upon, at or near any
of said stands, but all such vehicles, when
upon any stand, waiting for employment,
shall be drawn up In single line, with the
right side next to the sidewalk and as near
thereto as practicable, and so as not unnc-
cessarily to obstruct the public, travel; =,
Every driver reSorting to such stand shall
close up in line from the front in such a way
| as to accommodate the full number, and
any driver resorting to a stand, and finding
1t full, shall drive Immediately away.
Sec. pol. In case any of said stands shall
be required for any work of public improve
ment. the Mayor Of said City may designate
other suitable stands as substitutes therefor.
And he may designate other suitable stands
for hacks, omnlbuses, baggage wagons OF
drays, or vehicles of like character, when.
| ever in his opinion the public interest shall
require 1t, causing the City Clerk to make
q record of the same.
| Sec. 292. No licensed vehicle shall stand
| in any street in the city, waiting for EN-
poyment except at stands designated in
these Ordinances or by their authority. Nor
ten feet from his vehicle while it remains
| upon the public stand, except where special
places are designated in these Ordinances
for drivers to solicit employment.
| No person shall solicit, negotiate for, oil
receive employment, for any licensed yehi
Gle upon private property, except with the
| consent of the owner or manager of the
property, provided that nothing herein con
| tanned shall be construed to prevent any
! oh xynIi pIn i,, ~
premises of the owner, on the same side OF
the street, or In front Of the premises OF
any other person or persons by particular
agreement with such person or persons, and
with the consent in writing of the Superin
| tendent of Police.
Sec 293. No vehicle, or the animals at
tached thereto, shall stand within ten feet
| of any croSSwUlk.
| Openings OF not less than twenty five feet
| shall at all times be left on each side of the
entrance designated for passengers at any
| depot, and of the main entrance to any
place where there may be n large gathering
| of people, for the accommodation of yeh
ces arriving and departing with passen
gers; and the driver Of any carriage, public
or private, discharging or receiving passen
gers at such opening, shall do so with the
| least possible delay, and then drive imme
diatey away. No driver shall leave his
seat upon the vehicle which he drives while
he remains in line with other carriages
while waiting to discharge or receive pass
| engerS.
| Sec. 294. ANY policeman may direct any
driver to move his vehicle or horses 80 aS
| to conform to these Ordinances and on his
neglect or refusal, or in case any vehicle be
found without driver, such policeman may
so move such vehicle, and the horses at
tached thereto. And 1t shall be the duty OF
every driver to comply with the reasonable
direction of any police officer, so as best t
| accommodate the public.
Sec. 295. The officers of any railroad OF
steamboat company may designate a par
ticular place, In their depot or premises
for each owner or driver of IL passenger car
| rage or baggage wagon In which he MAY
stand waiting for employment. No sucl
| owner driver or other person, shall solc
or negotiate for employment while the pas
sengerS are passing into the street from any
car or steamboat, unless such owner, drive
or other person, shall be standing III tn,
place assigned In accordance with this Ordi
nance, or sitting upon his carriage or wagon
No such owner or driver shall while EN-
| plOyed, or waiting for or seeking employ
inent, use any indecent, profanc, insultin!
or loud language or utter any shout, o
touch, or get in the way of any passenger
or seek, or negotiate for any employment
in any other way than by being in his pac,
and showing his card, or Interfere with an!
owner or driver negotiating for employ
ment, or be guilty of any noisy or disorder
" conduct likely TO annoy Others
See 296. Baggage must be delivered a
and taken from the place, and carried GU
| or in by the passage designated by thu
proper officer of any railroad or steamboa
company.
Sec. 297. No owner or driver of any vehi
Gle for carrying passengers shall charge, de
mand or in any way receive for carrying
passengers within the limits of the City a
the same existed on January LIST, 1897, NOR
than the following prices or rates, viz:
For the carrying of n single passenge
with one trunk and hand baggage from an,
railroad depot, steamboat landing, or 0the
point or place within said limits to an
railroad DEPOT steamboat landing, or othe
point or place within said limits, lift
cents And for each mile or fraction there
of beyond said limits and within said CITY
twenty five cents additional
For the carriage Of two passengers witt
the amount of baggage stated above 70
each. from any railroad depot, steamboa
City limits as the same existed on Januar
list, 1897, to any other point, place or desti
nation within said limits as stated above
at the same time, seventy-hye cents, an
for each additional passenger and his bag
gage, as above stated, twenty five cents
yond said limits and within said City
twenty-five cents additional for each pass
enger For each additional trunk, te
cents.
For carrying a child over fourand under tel
wears of age, one-half the above rates 70
a carriage to and from party or weddin
within the City limits, three dollars. Fo
IL carriage to and from funeral, three do
lars. For the use of a hack or similar We
hice and two horses, two dollars per hOul
and at that rate for fractions of an hour.
Sec 29S No owner or driver of any bag
cage wagon or express wagon, or othe
Vehicle, for the carriage of baggage or good
of any kind from place to place in sal
CITY limits, shall charge, demand or in an
way receive more than the following rate