The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-12-29

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Ing, paint or otherwise shall be and Is here
by set Off as stands where drivers Of puuAc
passenger carriages ana express or baggage
wagons may stand and solicit employment.
The length of said spaces or stands shall be
as follows, viz.
On the southwesterly side Of the open
passway to the entrance TO the railroad,
near the SouthWesterly end of the depot
building, the length Of the stand is and
shall be twenty feet, and on the northeast.
erly side OF the same passway, the length OF
the stand is and shall be twelve feet On
each side of the two open passways to the
two entrances to the waiting room of the
depot the length Of each OF the stands Is
and shall be twenty feet On the south
northeasterly 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 northeasterly side
of the same passWay the length OF the
stand Is and shall be fourteen feet. And
in 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 eX-
| cept while standing on and within the Anes
| Such openings shall be left at the railroad
depot in Union avenue, and at any other
| railroad depot, as shall be designated by the
Superintendent Of Police, with the advice
and consent Of the Mayor, for the accommo
dalton of the United States mail wagons.
Sec. $50. The following places in said
CITY are designated as stands for express
anu DuSSuSt Wagons eACluSlNGly
The west side Of Union street, between
| Wooster and Fair streets.
Chapel street, north side, three hundred
feet COZ commencing me at point one hundred
Sec Zoo 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, ut or near any
of said stands, but all such vehicles, when
upon any stand, waiting for employment,
shall be drawn up in a slugle 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 nulaber and
any driver resorting to a stand, and finding
it full, shall drive Immediately away.
Sec. POI. In case any of said stands shall
be required for any work OF public improve
ment, the .dayor of said City may designate
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
q record Of the same.
Sec. 292. No licensed vehicle shall stand
in any street in the city, waiting for enl-
ployment, except at stands designated In
these Ordinances or by their authority. Nor
shall any driver be at any time more than
ten feet from his vehicle while 1t 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, or
receive employment, for any licensed yehi
Gle upon private property, except with the
consent of the owner manager of the
property, provided that nothing herein con-
tanned 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
See 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 q large gathering
of people, for the accommodation of vehi-
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-
diately 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 so 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 it shall be the duty of
every driver to comply with the reasonable
direction of any police officer, so as best to
accommodate the public
See. 295. The officers of any railroad or
steamboat company may designate par
| tcunr place. in their depot or premises,
for each owner or driver of a passenger car
rage or baggage wagon, in which he may
ts,t,, ttt,fy nj.
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 i'll 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, profane, insulting
or loud language, or utter any shout OF
touch, or get in the way of any passenger,
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. 296. Baggage must he delivered ut
and taken from the place, and carried out
or in by the passage designated by the
proper officer Of any railroad or steamboat
company.
See 297 No owner or driver of any vehi
Gle for carrying passengers shall charge, de
lDulu OF Ill any way Iettlc lol curry
passengers within the limits of the City a>
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 Other
point or place within said limits to any
railroad depot, steamboat landing, or other
point 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, witt
the amount of baggage stated above fol
| each, from any railroad depot, steamboat
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
j, at the same time seventy five cents, an(
! for each additional passenger and his bag
And for each mile or fraction thereof be
You'd said limits and within said City
l twenty-five cents additional for each pass
enger. For each additional trunk, ter
l cents.
I For carrying a child over fourand under ter
I years Of age, one-half the above rates. Fo
| a carriage TO and from party or weddins
! within the City limits, three dollars. Fo
t a carriage to and from a funeral, three dol
( lars. For the use of hack or similar We
; hicle and two horses, two dollars per hour
=: and at that rate for fractions of an hour.
I Sec. 29S. No owner or driver of any bag
gage wagon or express wagon, or othe
1 vehicle for the carriage of baggage or good
0 of any kind from place to place in sale
City limits shall charge, demand or in an,
I way receive more than the following rate
or prices, viz:
= For the carriage of any trunk, chest, o
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