New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-15
PAY BACK OVERCHARGES.
CABMEN COMPLAINED OF TAKE PUN
ISHMENT EASILY.
HAcKMEN,s PROTECTIVE LEAGUE SUCCESS
TONS TO BE INCORPORATED IN REso-
LUTON BEING DRAWN Up.


Three Of the seven cabmen charged by the
Merchants Association with violating a CITY
ordinance in demanding and receiving iii'i
than the legal tariff rate from passengers APP
peared Yesterday afternoon before M2rsha4
Brown. chief of the Bureau Of Licenses reD-
srick b. De Berard and John c Eames. secre
-arD Of the Merchants Association, represented
that body at the meeting. The driver OF CaO
No Ga against whom two complaints had peeh
lodged was first called He appeared 10 "e
not at all Ill at ease. answering all questions
plibly He could remember nothing or ehafsIis
double rates TO passengers. When Marsha
Brown told him 10 refund the dollar Whlch ne
had unlawfully gained he did so with alaorlt6-
Marshal Brown reprimanded HIM and Unreal
ened TO take away his license If he api'aateu
again at the City Hall under similar clFcu1il-
stances. ,
The driver Of Cab No. 776, who was also calieu
hefore the Mayors Marshal presented slmlial
excuses and paid 81 overcharge with tqudt
.quanimity. Like his predecessor he lns'S'eu
that he always carried a rate card IN ms eau
and several in his pocket. He was told never
TO overcharge again.
The owner of Cab No. LBS. who charged
s w Franklin S. for transportation Tor q uls-
tance OF four and one-half miles Tefunoed 80
cents. He said that he employed three drivers.
all of whom were lDOQetS u N4lNNN-
that in the future they should be even more
virtuous.
The driver Of Cab No. /. :fS not present at
4be hearing. An officer searched for him yester-
day and viii present him at a subsequent eNaIh-
ination.
The hearings yesterday did not cause the cab
men much mental discomfort They seemed 10
understand that legal technicalities 1reNehtec
The marshal from taking away their hcelise9'
Ir..r
present chaotic condition of cab regulation way
defrauded citizens do not so to the CITY han 10
prosecute cabmer who 0vercharge them
AS one Of the representatives of the MeT-
chants Association said, later in the afternoon
There must be a radical change IN the rtiS-
tions between the Cabmen and the aulloi IlIes
The former cannot be frightened into decehCy
until a new law forces them TO mend lile'i
ways" $3.50. Dr.,
receive League: Joseph F Smith. corresponding
secretary. and John T LaWless preslC til1 ~
the Hack owners Union yesterday cotItIi y "a
with DR. Frederick Dame, Josiah G Pulhpe PEN,
and DR. Henry T. Owsley. officers or the AlS
Improvement Society, at its rooms. No i fast
-r1r.sntv-third-st Mr. Flynn. spokesman for the
haclxmen told the society the grievances OF me
public licensed cab drivers in substantially tile
words he used IN his conversation win d iIIU o
me reporter. which appeared IN Nesttrua9
Tribune fI. emphasized the point that an eau
men should be made public Cabmen ana 'iltI
special permits and licenses no" glEeh 70 -
red owners and stablemen should be aDonsitd,
He asked that in the new ordnance MilIIi W
society is drawing up there be incorporates
provision that all cabmen on the puohc hlsh,
travs should nav a So license for one horse and
a $40 one for a coach. also, that each drive
should nav $40 for drivers license.
President Dame of the society TOLD me Ger
ra+es that ne personally Endorsed several OF Mt
F1ynn's ideas He said that he WOULD ask }
Edward Weld, counsel for the society VINO Is
drawing 1r a resolution on the subject TO Keep
in mind the suggestions which the union mao
made. -. 49, -a,,,a
THE conference lasted so long that the repre-
-oa+a+t,reS or She rnion found 1t Impossible 10
,,,aer The cab committee of the Merchants AS
sociarion as planned. This meeting VIII pe menu
tomorrow at > 7. IN.