The evening world., 1911-12-02
new ORDINANCE
DRAWN LOWER
TAX|CAb RATES
Alderman Nicoll Will Introduce
Measure as Soon as New
Board Organizes.
STAND LEVY MUST GO.
Hotels and Restaurants Have
% no Right to Charge for
= Privilege, Courts Hold.

sniA new Public Hack Ordnance
which establishes the legal rates OF
fars for New York City. has been pre-
pared by Alderman Courtiandt Nicoll.
and will be introduced Immediately
- or tho new Fusion Board OF Alder.
~ y has organized for 1919. This an.
Tsrt, ement was made to-day to an
alive ns World reporter by Mr.. Nicoll.
'ti re arc the rates OF fare allowed
= : the proposed ordinance:
~, HoRsE-DRAwN VEHICLES.
i.GABs-For' the nrst mile or IN part
thereof. 10 cents; for zach additional
third Of a mile or n part thereof. 10
cents.
xCoACHTS-For the hrst hall mile or
any part thereof. 90 cents; for each ad-
s1stionsl one-third of a mile or any
part thereof. 20 cents.
n0oTOR VEHICLES-For the hrs. hall
uaA or any part thereof. 30 cents: for
sAch additional one-third Of q mile, 10
fcontsL
sfFor waiting time in both horse-drawn
and motor vehicles At the rate OF $50
pr hour. No charge shall be made for
Is,siop not exceeding Ave minutes.
wIiouriy rates applying only to shop
Pins md calling and not including park
~ i,id driving. nor driving more than
nSs miles from the starting point for
the INST hour or any part thereof, $50;
1fpf each additional half hour. 30 n
ras allowed under the proposed
oedinance include: An additional fes of
~ over ant above the fare. TO be paii
when the hickman IL employed in one
0orough and discharged IN another or
outside the city: an additional fee of
cents between the hours Of midnigh.
va 8 y. NJ. and an additional 20 cents
Tor zach piece OF luggage carried.
LAMPS. NOT CABS. ARE L..
I cghsEp, he SAYS.
"with . few notifications the pro-
poeed ordinance 1 have drawn up 10
Identical with an ordinance which I
rtroiuced In the present Board Of Al.
"sermcn. and which has been allowed
70 remain dormant for nearly q year
m THE Committee -on Laws and Legis.
alton said Mr.. Nicoll. "Instsad OF
SLOWING metal bands. upon which are
painted the number Of he cab. to be
viaced across the lamps. I nave stipu-
lated that the number Of the cab be
placed inside Of the vehicle.
A present II In the lamps which are
licepsed and not the cabs. and vehicles
which run az public hacks during the
day from tho public stands become ispe-
ctai hacks at night by the removal of
tno bands from the lamps. Some of the
owners OF taxicabs change the lamps.
and when one In complaining against
= driver OF one cab very often the
CHARGE In found TO have been made
tsa!nst . lamp attached to another ve-
t,icis.
"rhe second change I have made Ia
30 have each vehicle licensed by the
Pity In the same number that It has a
license from the State. The State IL
Sense n city license numbers should
Correspond. and there is no reason why
he State license number cannot be
Sdopted by the city. l have also given
(city Magistrates the power to revoke IL
fsnses OF = driver. as well as tho chief
hf the Mayors Bureau OF Licenses.
"Shs new ordinance has been drawn
Sgeuesaliy u that II will stand the tost
% the courts. Il conforms with the
oocision OF Supreme Court Justice
blsehoa, who held the 1908 ordinance
fwas Unconstitutional because IL dis
Illuminated between meter n non-
meter vehicles. I ave the assurance
- 18th the hsokmsn ana taxicab COM
banass that they viii support the ordi-
nAsss."
The success Of hacking under the
3roposed ordinance depends largely
6pon the attitude OF the hotels, res
taurants. clubs and railroads which
bow derive a large income by selling
the use OF the streets in front OF their
premises for private purposes.
In the event they refuse to accept
the service OF hacks that do not pay
for the privilege OF standing in the
Atreet In front of their places. the
Mayor has the authority to move for
ward the hour when every street cor
ner In the city becomes a public hack
stand. This hour Ia now 10 p. m.