The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-25
SlALL CROP OF CHAUFFEURS
GOOD ONES IN PiRTICJ LAR
lRE SCiRIE
- lndard Of PAY De- SIN About the same
~ IN Recent Years, the Average DE-
. SI2O = Month Things Drivers
sn,uId IgE Things They ARE Not.

rl-ut eDO0I Ii,eu~as frr vhaufe'ir- have
ecu rs-gcd since the beginning 81 the
o.. Grafton uf the Callan AM omohi'e Law
Is sur rise, - many folks n showed
r'a' only about uu,-th,rd ~ the machines
"a toe S'u'e. including NJ course Cuni-
Irrrcal v"l cles and taNlcahs. were run
~ hired drivers proportion ~ ~ re-
cent "f caTs drives 10y their owners Nas
cunsidernhly higher than most had
~,pscted
The demand for good chauTeurs. how
",o-, apDears 20 continue unahaied. and
the average r,rice for the labor Of these
mon - about the same ~ u has heen for
40 ist three or four years Even though
ere are 50 rrany owners who manage
thew u~u machines on the road a good
IrNsr gats ~ the average $40 a month
fur his work There are some men who
Get n lov A. SIS OF SIS a week and others
Who are rad anywhere from $40 TO $50
81, S. eek put the average " this season -
r"lrer SSn a week
Men who have studied the thing saw
hat no automobile owner could well
wet Ia pay less for really good man
: CaIalls and Iudust rIOus chauffeur
AN save a rrea deal Of money for his
employer \ man who H. ~alaTied high
enough ~ take a kN"n interest in his
work will look ont for things and will
Keep a Csr IN such condition hat expenses
l,a buun q 20 30 loss
L. ~ not exactly reasonable from tlie
standpoint 81 the chauffeur to expect ="
get an experienced driver and meChan L..
the latter point l=ing the NOR" important.
fur anything issS than s2D "a week To
- "a good chauffeur requires a technical
training that needs long time to get
and lU addition there T. tho REGULAR
ability - handle car 80 ~ 10 save wear
That ability COMES more hy natur. than
Nv study
N that an Dwnar ~ sure always To de
ma nd good amount ~ experience" from a
m o whom he employs as his chauffeur
toT this reason a great many men have 20
~.'rve fairly Tong term AT low wages ~
o." q star The VI 4. \ automobile
eth ri IN thus city supplies It's graduates
direct tn th" iIx!rab cnmpan g. There
rhev wurs frr a Ger iin length - time and
"a = pos, grad 1ate CoIrs" IN order 20
qualify Tor private Joh
some tJNlcab companies pay men a
'mtl fN"i salary hy the week and IN sy
exc this ou' vl'h heir tips one com
Usny for instance. give its men 81 81 a
wes', and N" luCNv ones with tins Of 81 rs
It's "a !lv get more Than So some weeks
q. nd atoI' nust 81 the time Another
company make - men pay for their
uniforms uu' II their commissions and q
tps and supplies them gRsoleue At low T
iSure~. These r'en get ~ per cent - the 3
cioC, reading and with tIps after hard
work rau 30 probably anywhere from $50
tn s'5 v'''', n business.
In. '4N'Cah training - valuable a. e .
Guide e. driving hu' the men 10 no, get
he tachnCli framing They do not DO
rh. repairs themselye that ~ the repairs
tUat riurot v" don" IN IN" road Ia tho .
.-rh .. roI-s"s however they learn .
enough about the InSides ~ machinss ~ .
ds"elNp Thorn PRETTY we'll for a private job
when they GO ~ later on.
some II the men Sho take NJ he tax
cab ber.hS for the sake of the eN perisnce
do not skip To- other iohs II the happen .
Jp fiud the work consistently profitable .
'hsy wiN stick there However. there are r
al~ " iot 81 changes beInR made and
'na" II y consistent ard s.eldy demand
FOR honest and able nc.i IN the isVicab
Inc tn" companies ind great deal 81
Eihcvl-y IN getting enough honest fal. ,
lows for the work They have to stand /
fJr a great deal utherwise
II ha~ been pointed ont that great !
many employers DO not get along we'll
Nirh their chauf"lrs chiefly from not
moving hoN 20 treat them That Is
a % ~ thar caEs@s a lot ~ trouble II
an owner gives up his horses and sends
his Goa hman to lee educated a. a Chauf /
eur he knows Just how the CoaChman /
expects 20 be treated but with neN man
HON h. attempts 10 treat a. he might
= coachnIan he uttentimes finds q different
situation Tn" chauffeur considering /
rirn-nf m the light Il a fneC hanIC A. we'll I
- DIV .r 81 ca-S. expects a l'''le moro
cons Iteration than the eN-CoaChman
llc doesn't ike the long waiting lobs /
md h. rftentlmes rs~"nts the jumping
and touching Of cars that -" - evpe~tad
To- do
Good chaufTeIrS. in spite of the rather
gO'. pay they ser, are not many Some /
~ them carnot resist the temptation
To- do dishonest th'ug- II j. too ea=y
Tor them. They get paw for uslug certain
makes ot oils ana grease and they get
r-rcen'acss from tiys People ami have
uiheT little gratis that can hs done almost !
ieEliIinatelV. Which l. 10 -ay ~ that the
10-s 'annot tell anything about ~
The I'D trick 81 borrowing money
from a garage k-eTer and having the
after pu' II down IN the till a. oil IL a
familiar owe. The puvIng Of large guam
'ltIe- cNrra supplies and later dispo-ing
Df them for personal profit 10 the chauf-
teur II another Spoiling tires by haEd
- as 20 fore" N" purchase Of more II
hem II another trick Of the dishonest
,iriveT
Every one ~ familiar with the 10y rider.
the man who takes OFT his owners car
"IrLoIi the latt"T's permission and who
sometimes has his shortcomings revealed
~ "a accident. me 10y rider ~ often
excessively cheeky. He ~ apt az not
UToken down and that u will he impossible
ju make Use % &c and later on To- take the
ar out for ms own private party
There are Two things that tend 20 curb
'hls-~oTt Of driver one ~ the passage
II law that makes the using 81 car
without the owners permi-sIop larceny
several State have that. Another ~ that
tho owner shall learn something about the
working 81 his machine 80 that IN" chauf-
fcur cannot fool him boy the Use II inv olved
i"rn9 In fact great d.a - money
ed regularly TO thos" owners who
Az" a know ledge ~ their car- and can
..pt~"t when o. has been fooled Wi'h and
wen ther" ~ iegitirnat"ly somsfhinR the F..
,.ttar with ~
chauffeur who isn't prompt 20 keen
il- engagements and who dozen attend
lo things a. he - told 20 - almost Isnl.ss
lner" T. nothing more annoying 20 an
owner TO have man consistently bshInd-
tInd when told 20 report with the car
There T. ilHo di-pbhgiug 'ype ~ driver
Nhospeaks disparaginEiv ~ IA" pa rticular
sort of car he ~ driving and beliitler IT,
ibiliii'-s He iSHlways s.cIng on the road +
-Oins p,n"r make - car that he would
no able 10 max" run perfectly n hi- owner
Hid ~
And m" curious thing j. hat most I0r-
.0"- all stand great i"ll ~ thu KIND
Hf th.ng from chauffeur WIfhruf firing