The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-30
WHAT pEopLE sAY.

WHAT PEOPLE SAY.
prominent Franklin avenue business
man said in regard to Alderman watkins
remark that perhaps the ordinance is too
severe and works a hardship on the hack
men,"
IL fail to see whore the hardship Is tc
come in, and l think this talk is all based
on u false apprehension. In no city In the
country the size OF Houston are carriages
for hire allowed to pre- Tempt 50 much Of the
principal thoroughfarcs as they have done
In Houston. Every city that Is governed
on modern lines hns It's prescribed stands
and the number of vehicles allowed on
each. The hithy condition Of Main street
has long been IL rcproach and / am glad
the new ordinance has become q law nnd |
do not think the council VIII rcsrind their
action. When you come 10 analyze the cas-
the 'hnrdship' Is purely Imaginary. In
hitched In their stables TO answer all pri.
vate calls. Others are confined TO the as
signed positions. Fake the hotels for in
stance AT the Rice they are simply Just
around the corner and five carriages on
the stand mt Il time will accommodate any
ordinary rush OF tr0fhc and the stands on
the next blocks east and west Will provide
the overflow. AS FAR az the Burnett and
Bristol hotels are concerned no carriages
ever stand about them nj any time and
the phone is relied upon when cnrriugcs are
wanted. The Logan aud Lawlor are easily
supplied from the stand fronting the Grand
Central station, and the guests OF these
hotels furnish large portion of the patron.
age Of all the carriages hired from the
street, When people talk about acc0mmo
dating the public by having all The hacks
punched on two blocks they are simply In
dulging in hot air 1t Is certain that scat
tered stands In various parts OF the city
accommodate the public vastly better than
in the old method Phones are everywhere
ana carriage Will roach auy pnrt of the
business section within two minutes after
n call. IL one wanted Il carriage under
the old system nc would have TO phone or
walk to the two blocks In question from
whatever section Of the city he happened
to he. One place Is as good as another when
phones are relied unon and scattered stapds
viii serve the majority far better than the
concentrated method of old
ONLY THE HACKMEN FIND FAULT
Said another citizen: "Ihe two blocks ON
Main street have long been used by hack
men for various reasons. In the afternoon
they ure shaded from the suns heat a
large number OF people are continuously
| passing aud the Rice hotel has always been
rendezvous Of transonts who are the
| best hack patrons But conditions have
| changed and the city Is broadening out aud
| so divcrsifyng that IL would not he many
years before the seekers of carriage lntron'
would naturally take up new positions OF
! their own accord to catch customers. Hous
ton Is already too big TO have any one cen
| trail gathering puce to the exclusion OF
many others growing daily In Importance
People who wish TO hire carriages are goul
to get them somehow by phone or other
| wise and the hacks will lose no dollars
'lho oSrsy difference will be that the asphalt
! payemcnts win be preserved, Legitimate
traffic Of shoppers win reach The doors of
the principal retail stores without being
obliged to stop half block or NOR,
away aud then walk TO where their crrNlt
! lies and the appearance of the street vii
ne vastly Improved, MS II Is today, by thi
absence Of string of carriages throughout
! the major portion of these two blocks Tho
! fact that by their presence the hacks nd
| ycrtise their owners business is no reason
! that large section Of the principal street
IN the city should be given over for sucl
| free advertisement"