New-York tribune., 1902-04-11
THREE CAB MEASURES.
II EDWARD WELD ALSO Al
WORK ON A RESOLUTION.
MARSHAL BROWN TO ACT on THE
= THREE COMPLAINTS FROM lHh
: MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION.

= MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION
7 Edward Weld counsel for the City improve
rnent Society. is preparing a resolution Which
he believes will overcome. to a large extent 'ne
tnouities Of the present cab system Aioef iiii
Elias Goodman will introduce the resoluuoh III
-be BOARD Of Aldermen next week The Mer-
chants Association is also preparing a sfnllai
MEASURE Alderman Herbert Parsons told
Tribune reporter several days ago that ellhei
he or one of his colleagues would offer reso-
,,rion looking to the abolishment of cab abuses.
Mr. Parsons was confident his measure Wouio
hecon,e law II has been authoritatively sa'o
that Mayor Low is in close sympathy win tue tue
adoption Of such measure ana 1ha' nv VIII
.,;r,pert the resolution which in his OPINION
Grants the most complete and permanent 10TH
of relief the public
s-ongratulatory letters continue to reach me
Tribune These letters are written by men anu
no,,ar vino have been subjected to the extor-
-iors of cabmen. and who offer to assist hs
Tribune by the contribution of evidence gained
go, -beir oy,-,, experiences with cabnen- The
INDICATIONS protest against the decay into
,,,bicb tho system has been allowed to fall
MERCHANTS COMPLAINTS
80 80 tho 1,a conplaints which the Mer-
chants, Association has filed with George W.
-, obief Of the Bureau of Licenses. were
II,
,.o AGAINST drivers of cabs Nos l,l''S, 40 anu
c1a Tho driver Of No. LBS carried >. w
Franklin. of No Jos West Ninety-fonrih-St' H.
from Twenty-third-st. and the Norh f>iNe
>o oGS West One-hundred-and-thro-s' -
-o,- minute stop was made. The driver chdi eef
Mr.. Franklin what he said was the iesai e.
% The distance was four miles and the legai
tariff S. ,r.,,.,-
lanes B. Dempsey, Of No. 264 west "eii''
ee.,, + ,,ada complaint against the driver or
ceh No 77S The latter drove him from I"enis
,birdst and Sixth-ave. 10 broadway anu
Tecnard-st a distance of about a lilie anu -
'ra,f five minute stop was made. Inc GIG"
WAC 81 or 81 above the legal rate NO lale l'''
,,as found in either cab No. 40 or NO. l'lo0-
The third of the five complaints hieu wa"
,.ains+ the driver of cab No GA. who charged
passenger 81 for carrying him from Liberty
ST ard the North River to Worth ana Ohur' .' -
.s q distance of three-fifths of a mile Inc
49,, -a+a for the distance is 30 cents NO stop
- made In cab No. Ga there is a tarih
card. ,., .s
,,a.-scl, p De Rerard of the Merchants AS
ocio+ion Yesterday said Every coinpialnI We
-ecetve we shall send at once TO the Dun eau
of Licenses. We are doing all we can 10 oie"A ON
- ..,s x;cious rractice. We are encouraging
the public to write us about their ulpe =,
reriences with cabmen. Only after we VI e'h
= rr,rher Of these insolent ruftians shah we
,,,.t,o any real progress in the campaign
r55y-ard Weld counsel for the CITY improve
,,,ent Society is devoting much time TO reloi HI
ing the present cab evils. Yesterday ne saiu'
AN OLD CRUSADE.
ren or eight years ago this society pitched in,S M
an active crusade AGAINST .ne ,,sa6 three or four
bsro to lose their licenses. The soc-ety mas sen
me copies asolnfion OF @ Which will do away with the
eIsis which The Tribune has so FTeii brousr . Tall
af+e hearings at tne 1itS
forced the cabmen to lamps on their esos cf
nTnance Compelling drivers TO place taria epas
above the seat and TO pin Ihem COW, cow .DuII with
me me ctv administration Many features of the pres
fhe Mayor has impose nS Of not If m9Pe he
than s. than for any @ Toladon sbonId 9i he at
least SO What does the modern -canpy .bn civ tp
81 when he make 81 on the way 10 'ne Wy
great difficulty the present bad situation o- Is
should know that legal rate for one or TWO 20
persons Is 20 cents , @ st Mheh the 1er i the fare
% particular destination. Not long ago IN =
OF 1ie and woman irving 10 drive satisfactory bar,
gain with insolent cahman Inc iItbaXe and
Fiftvfourth-st distance of less than an a mn M
the legal rate was. He was great deal suTpisgG % b
Later learned that at the enc OF f ode from
Tifty-ninth-st and Madison-ave TO the Graio r
d-i1,er demanded 81 80 ! gave him 20 cents he
for 80 cents more but reluseu u.s. bat i1i, hard
40. hoo
1jfe his was hut l paid attention 10 MIN le
11eonle must learn their rights ana lnuSI iIo'
afraid of the drivers. who arc senerahy j" ''ie
wrong. -. -, :, -..o1, for oyar,, one
% kpov declares that any carriage kept for hire is
a public hack. The driver of such venice h ,f las
No right TO refuse passenger VINO oilt,
- nav the legal rate. Section IL or me Genera
io-5;re,ce reads: Every licensed hackman slai
have the right to demand payment OF the Ieeh IaIt
11renaid but no licensed hackman shall other"lse Sc
Tafilse or neglect convey any orderly person VI
,,ersons Do,l request anywhere in the CITY ufIeSs
,,rexionxiy engaged unable to do So IN al
asac where the hiring of hack is not specllleu N
.dxa-ce 70 he bv time. 1t is deemed TO De py uIs
-ance For detention exceeding fifteen minutes the
backnan can demand additional compensation a
,he rare Of 81 an IL should also be reiller-
s,ered that no cabman can charge Tor one stop no'
ove- five minutes in length in a single trlp.
MARSHAL BROWN WILL ACT
ce,-ee w Brown chief of the Bureau or Ii
censes. said yesterday that he would summon
90 -sr ,f11ce in q few days the cabmen Whon
the Merchants Association had charged witf
,-;oletine the city ordinances. Mr. Brown re
,,er.,ed that the ordinances relating 10 caomel
were entirely inadequate 10 cope with mooerl
conditions He compared the present cap u
canse ordinance with that of LONDON Whlch nli
f, f,oo,. IF IL, pages. In London drivers mus
mes examinations as to their fitness lhelr re-
erse ave written on their licenses, SO tflat "lel
an offender Is punished by order or the coui
- beconoes known. When he is arrested
eecond time he is severely punished.