The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-12-31

ms PAM VI OlutI wise, SuHll ut anu AA~N~
by set off as stands where drivers of pubAc
passenger carriages and express or baggage
wagons may stand and solicit employment
me length OF said spaces or stands shaii DC
as follows, viz:
On the southwesterly side of the open
passway to the entrance TO the rallfoau,
near the southwesterly end of the depot
building, the length of the stand Is ana
shall be twenty feet, aud 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 passways to me I
two 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 10 the
noftheaSterly entrance To the railroad, near
the northeasterly end of the depot build:
ing tn length Of the stand is and shall be
twenty feet, and on the northeasteriy SIDE
or the same passway the length OF the
stand Is and shall be fourteen feet Ana
IN the immediate vicinity of said passenger
depot no owner, driver Or other person shall
soilclt negotiate for or receive employ inene
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
railroad depot, us shall be designated by the
superintendent Of Police, with the advice
and consent of the Mayor, for the accommo-
dation Of the United States mail wagons.
See. 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 sde three hundred
and fifty feet west from Temple street.
Sec. 300. 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
n Stn hnt a ,Hh I-nhiRlnG whom
upon any stand, waiting for employment,
shall be drawn up In a single line, with the
right side next to the sidewalk, and as near
thereto as practicable, and so as not unne
cessarily to obstruct the public travel.
Every driver resorting to such stand shall
close up in line from the front in such way
as to accommodate the full number and
any driver resorting to a stand, and finding
it full, shall drive Immediately away.
Sec. 291. In case any of said stands shall
be required for any work Of public improve
other suitable stands as substitutes therefor.
And he may designate other suitable stands
| for hacks, omnibuses, baggage wagons or
drays or vehicles Of like character, when
require it, causing the City CLERK to make
| a record of the same.
Sec. 292. No licensed vehicle shall stand
In any street in the city, waiting for EN-
these Ordinances or by their authority. Nor
shall any driver be at any time more than
ten feet from his vehicle while it remains
upon the public stand, except whore special
| places are designated in these Ordinances
| for drivers to solicit employment.
No person shall solicit negotiate for, or
receive employment, for any licensed vehi-
Gle upon private property, except with the
consent of the, owner or manager of the
property, provided that nothing herein CON
tained shall be construed to prevent any
such vehicle from standing in front OF the
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 Supern-
| tendent of Police.
Sec 293. No vehicle, or the animals at
tached thereto, shall stand within ten feet
| of any crosswalk.
| 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 Il large gathering
of people, for the accommodation of vehf-
Giles 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-
diately away No driver ioh shall leave his
he remains in line with other carriages
while waiting to discharge or receive pass
engers.
Sec 294. Any policeman may direct any
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 to
accommodate the public.
Sec 295. The officers of any railroad or
steamboat company may designate par
tcular place, In their depot or premises,
for each owner or driver of a passenger car,
riage or baggage wagon, In which he may
stand waiting for employment. No such
owner driver or other person, shall solicit
or negotiate for employment while the pas
SengerS are passing into the street from any
car or steamboat, unless such owner, driver
or other person, shall be standing in the
place assigned In accordance with this Ord
nance, or sitting upon his carriage or wagon
| No such owner or driver shall while EN-
ployed, or waiting for or seeking employ
ment, use any indecent, profane, insulting
or loud language, or utter any shout OF
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 place
and showing his card, or Interfere with any
owner or driver negotiating for employ
ment, or be guilty Of any noisy or disorder
ly conduct likely to annoy others.
See. 206. Baggage must be delivered Al
and taken from the place, and carried GU
or in by the passage designated by the
proper officer Of any railroad or steamboat
company
| Sec 291. No owner or driver of any yehi
Gle for carrying passengers shall charge, de
mand or In any way receive for carrying
passengers within the limits of the City al
the same existed on January LIST, 1897, more
than the following prices or rates, viz:
For the carrying of single passenger
with one trunk and hand baggage from any
railroad depot, steamboat landing or othel
point or place within said limits to any
railroad depot, steamboat landing, or Othei
point or place within said limits, fifty
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, will
the amount Of baggage stated above fol
each, from any railroad depot, steamboa
landing, or other point or place within sale
City limits as the same existed on January
list, 1897, to any other point, place or desti
nation within said limits as stated above
for each additional passenger and his bag
gage, as above stated, twenty five cents
| And for each mile or fraction thereof be
yond said limits and within said CITY
twenty five cents additional for each pass
enger. For each additional trunk, tel
cents.
For carrying child over four and under tel
wears of age, one-half the above rates Fo
! n carriage to and from 4 party or weddin,
within the City limits, three dollars Fo
a carriage to and from a funeral, three dol
lars For the use of hack or similar We
hjcle and two horses, two dollars per hour
and at that rate for fractions Of an hour
Sec 29S. No owner or driver of any bag
gage wagon or express wagon, or othe
of any kind from place to place In salt
CITY limits, shall charge, demand or in an,
way receive more than the following rate
: or prices, viz: