The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-15
CAB HIRE IS Low.
transportation Cheap in Berlin, and
Street Cars Are Never Crowded.
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Street Cars Are Never Crowded.
/ CIV. E. Curtis in the Chicago Record
Herald)
/ Berlin has the best cab system I'm tbe
world, and the cheapest. There are over
/ 1900 cabs, each equipped with a ,ax-
/ meter which registers the distance trav-
/ Sleu ana indicates on a dial the amount of
/ rare due The lowest charge is u cents
Whlch pays transportation for one or two
persons distance of 500 meters,
or 800 meters for three or fo11r
persons. Every additional 400 meters the
Wheels run, according to an odometer at
1 Iached TO one of the wheels, the Indicator
Jumps up 212 cents when there are two
persons In the cab. When there are three
or four passengers there is a iump for
] every go meters. This makes cab hire
li52 cents a mile, the cheapest. and the
most convenient Of any city in the world
ana perhaps that is the reason there are
comparatively few private convevsnces
everybody rides in cabs except ambassa-
uofS ana members of the royal family
| and even they do sometimes.
IN New york, Chicago. Washington and
| other cities it costs $ for a carriage for
a theatre party. a dinner or a ball. In
Berlin II costs about 30 cents. There is a
cap stand every few blocks, the locations
oeing liked by police regulations. and It
= only necessary to send a servant 10
[ cal cab when you are ready to go.
| and you pay by the distance At thu
I. close of the dinner the butler always has
I as many cabs as are necessary awaiting
the guests at the door. and at the the
aires and the opera house there is long
line at the curbstOne, which drive I'D in
order and take in their loads under the
direction of policeman.
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There are many saddle horses. They
are part of the military system. Berlin
is the only city of its size that provides
saddle paths along its principal streets.
Horseback riding in the Thiergarten is a
popular amusement for both men and wo-
men
There re plenty of omnibuses running
from central points in all directions. and
electric tramcars on the principal streets,
but, according to our notion. they run
very slowly and are regulated" in a
most remarkable manner. The fare is 215
cents for any distance within the CITY
limits. and yet the company pays divi-
dends of 8, and 10 per cent. even with
heavy tax upon its franchise and
limited carrying capacity.
gu never sec q crowded street car in
Berlin. No person is allowed to stand in
the aisle. The number that may be ac-
commodated on each platform is indi-
Gated IN conspicuous manner, usually
six. but often only four, and when the
seats inside are all occupied and the
standing room on the platform is filled
the car does not stop. no matter who sig
nails it. 1t Is a good thing for those who
0.ag
pretty tough on people who are late to
dinner or have appointments or other
reasons for being IL q hurry. There is a
peTverslty about such things which every
man has experienced, and when one is
particularly anxious to get home the carr
are invariably crowded. Hence IL is for
tunate that cab fare is so cheap in Berlin
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have never been able to discover the
reason, but there is a rule forbidding
passengers upon the front platform TO
enter car. II there is room inside. and
they are tired of standing, people on the
platform must wait until the car stops
and then 90 around to the back plat
form and enter by the rear door even
though the front door may be standing
open. ] learned this rule by experience
Tor the front door being open, Innocent
ly walked in and took a seat The con-
duCtOr rushed at me IS if he intended to
swallow me whole, and commenced to
5abber at a most furious rate, gesticuIat-
ing in a manner that was actually alarm
ing When he had exhausted himself and
paused to recover his breath I inquired
what on earth is the natter
Itc let go OF another una bridged die
uonary with great emphasis, but OF
course ! did not understand one word
that he said and was utterly unconscious
Of the cause of his excitement At the
first interval a very stout gentleman who
sat next to me and perceived my pre-
dicament, remarked in a cultural tone
that seemed to come from somewhere
down undcr the sea-:
1T is verboteni"
WHAT Is verbOten2"
To come in nit der front door,
Is that 500" I exclaimed and the
conductor is making all this rumpus be-
cause 1 came in from the front platform
Should / go back again.
I dink il vas necessary. He might
got anoder fit
] returned TO my standing place on the
front platform. where the conductor fol-
lowed mt, and he bowed and smiled and