New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-30
TO PRESENTCAB RESOLUTION
PARSONS HOPES THAT ALDERMEN WILL
PASS NEW ORDINANCES.

Alderman Herbert Parsons is busiiy ensaseu
in drawing up a Set Of resolutions reia'iAs
cabs which he confidently believes VIII uo go
with most Of the abuses with when 'i-s o'' -
afflicted Some time ago the City Improvement
Society through J. Edward Weld us Hl'oiii'''
investigated the existing license laws coi'oi
ing cabs and found them wholly lhauedu"'e
and antiGuated The same ordinances mn
,rora in force before the Civil War were found
IN he the law of to-day. II was learned thdt
cab drivers had found out TO perfection no" the
sr,rtt NJ tbaee ordinances could be frustrated 1t
vae also learned that the clause which maze II
mandatory for public haCkmcn to place fa'e
cards in their cabs had been repealed thus re-
moving one of the very few safeguards
the public possessed against uohiiiie
drivers Examination Of the present vi 'liioi'N'
also disclosed contradictions. vagaries. aim sen
,Ances and cobwebbed sections. many Oh Which
no two honest men would read in the same way,
,ocouso of the confusion of expression Several
remedial clauses which not many years as
,re,a Incorporated in the mass of contradictory
,ooo, yerhiape had almost before the ink DRIED
ena, into disuse; such as police surveillance
of cabs the question of riding by the hour Oh
NV distance and other phases Of the relaIIohs
between the ca bmen. the city ana the pd'ion'
A.+ar s,aaking heartily against the present
chaos in the cab mana cement and cohtroi ny 'Ae
city, Mr.. Parsons sald: r..
IT hone soon to have my resolutions reauy i
tho BOARD of Aldermen. I shall refer IN lhl'
-ooeaa ordinance TO the fact that proper po-
io. ,rotection is positively necessary The CAP
men must be taught that they VIII meet WIN
eure and swift punishment IL they 90 not ooeS
the law 1t should be made an easy thlhs loi
tho cahman and his passenger TO settle disputes
once and for all by going before the nearest
nolioe sergeant Sergeants should have power
m punish cabmen at station houses. thus DONG
AWAY with the necessity Of passengers going 10
The CITY Hall, there TO appear against the driver
Again rate cards should be placed in every CAP
Passengers have a right TO know what the leSai
tariff is when they step in cab just as d man
who dimes In a public restaurant has rlsht 10
know what his dinner will cost him.
What do I think about private mack stahus.
] believe they a necessity. GuestS at oui
leading hotels demand the best carriage ser
vice. and such service can best be furnished by
private stablemen. Still. it's pretty hard on a
man who is not a guest. but who. coming from
the hotel is forced TO pay high prices TOT ms
ride higher than under such clrcunstalCts'
, should be charged. OF course. the great reloIIr
which must be made is In making puhlc mack
men charge 30 cents mile the legal rate. req
pie should never ask cabman what his charges
are: they should engage a cab and. their desu-
nation reached pay the legal rate The capfllan
has no right 70 receive a larger sum-
DO YOU think your resolutions viii pass the
Board of Aldermen Mr.. Parsons was asked
Il think So the reply. Still. antlcl-
pate something of fight. The cahmen nave
friends in the board. and these friends VIII con-
slider their interests