Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-29
CITIZENS OPPOSE PLAN
Complaint of Robbery Sets Police
Department and Hack Inspector
Against Night Liners at Stand.

Because a lone man thinks he has been
robbed of a roll, which is measured in
linear measure rather than by dollars
and cents, the Commissioners have fol-
lowed the vote of Commissioner Johnston,
who took Maj. Sylvester's recommends
ton, and have slated for abolition that
old-time city landmark. the hack stand in
front Of the post office.
This 10Th street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. hack stand is the best known Of its
kind in the entire downtown district. If
/. is abolished there will be a full half
mile between hack stands on the Avenue
The hidden hack stand at 1th and
streets and Louisiana avenue Is allowed
to have a half dozen hacks The stand
on the west side of the District building
will still continue to have few night
liners on duty-unless some chap comes
along and complains of losing his gold
cigarette case-whch may result in the
utter demolition of the entire hack bust
ness from the Capitol to the Treasury.
Signed Protest Circulating.
A signed protest is being made
against the Old-time post office stands
demolition. Had it not been for the
fact that some one of the Commission
ers' clerks has been sitting on the
paper until the red tape grew redder
nights would have seen business men
of the downtown district, detained un-
til a time when car service Is on the
Quarter-hour. or half-hour schedule.
serted streets looking for the next nearest
cab stand. which Is half mile away
and unknown.
AS it Is. the stand will stay right
there in front OF the Post Office until
the papers in the case are chased
THAR regular and the
matter becomes a police regulation.
The police have recommended that
the stand be abolished because driver
is supposed to have robbed a man. The
sibility Of the charge" The case has
not been tried yet. Nevertheless, the
entire cab stand Is to be wiped out.
unless a protest of business men
should have the effect Of reversing the
decision.
Just One Charge of Robbery.
Out of the ten thousand trips. and per-
haps more. that the post Office hack stand
has supplied to belated travellers on rainy
nights and all sorts of nights the police,
in making their drastic recommendation,
mention a recent case of man who
missed roll of money, and say that four
similar cases have occurred there WITHIN
a short time.
Hack Inspector Dawson i'm CONVERSE
ton with several newspaper men recent
~ gave evidences of being so utterly
against the post Office hack stand on
general principles that he had not a
single good word to say for anything
connected with 1t.
What the police are endeavoring to do
I'm this hackstand matter is evidenced
by the statement OF one of the inspectors
that the hackmen ought to be licensed
SO that the Commissioners can take a
man of the stand whenever he violates
the law. At present the vehicle Is
licensed. Any crook can drive a cab, no
matter how often he fractures the ordi-
nances.
What the police are doing in this case
In to take away the business OF a we'll
known bakers dozen of hack drivers.
basing their Recommendation on one case.
a. yet unproven I'm court. and on the
mention OF four cases, which may have
amounted to something. and which may
not be worth considering-the papers do
not specify. TO get one crook out of
business the police have recommended
that the entire public convenience be
swept away.
II the business men of the city have no
influence the Commissioners will follow
Mai. Sylyester'0 recommendation.