Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-12

Take a taxi.
NAKE a taxi" Take taxi"
N No matter TO what city you
go-no matter who you are-you
zs.sgsss have that irresistible tempta-
l4lNlNOt ton to take a taxi.
49, It may be you only wish to run
down to theater or the club or, perchauce,
you seek pleasure In a journey about the
city Then again, you may be IN a hurry.
going to catch train which is about due,
or rushing to see a sick friend.
But let the occasion of your trip be what
II may, you naturally think Of the taxi
when you desire 10 motor, II YOU have no
car Of your own. And many many are
they who, though longing to hold the wheel
OF their own auto, have not yet saved up
sufficient pennies and nckols to purchase
one OF those latest models
So majority Of the people Of Omaha
and other cities must take a taxi"
And what a pleasure IT is to be whirled
along by a chauffeur who knows every
place OF interest in the city: who knows
exactly the best streets to travel who
knows the shortest and safest way TO go!
Car Always ia shape.
As the motor chugs along there is no
thought Of accident or delay. The taxlcab
driver keeps his car in the best of shape.
II Is well oiled, its motor is always run
ming strong, and Is ever ready to make a
quick, safe and long trip. This condition
OF the taxi enables the patron to rest as
sured that his trip win he without accident
There may be thought, Of course. rs the
car speeds along OF the meter which should
be clipping off the miles but some OF the
taNicab companies do not use the meter
system and charge flat rate for various
trips.
II is 80 with the Franklin Taxlcab Ser
vice company which has its stand and CEN
trail office at the Merchants hotel on Far
nam street. This firm Is not using meters
because Of the excessive charges that are
made for use OF these instruments. The
patents on the taxicab meters are held by
an eastern concern which refuses TO sell
the instruments outright and only rents
them, demanding a sum for their use which
Is deemed eXorbitant by some OF the taxi
cab companies
The Franklin TaNicab Service company
OF this city is one OF the firms that had
refused TO use the meters. and, Instead
charges its customers a flat rate, This sys-
TEN is better for the patrons OF the taxis
than the meter plan. for Il Is not 90 ex-
pensive. For instance in riding on a car
that is equipped with a meter n is neces-
sary 10 pay for every mile that the car
drives on the cars owned nv the Franklin
Taxioab Service company, having no met
ers' rate for a trip one way viii permit
the passenger TO journey back without ad-
ditional cost
No Extra Charge by Franklin.
~ taxi Of the Franklin comran. takes
a passenger 10 Forty-first street the charge
win he practically the same as that which
is asked under the meter system But the
patron OF the Franklin car can make the
trip back to the Merchants hotel wiThou,
paying additional charges IT, however
he should ride IN a taxi whose charges
are governed by a meter, he would have
20 pay toll according 20 the register for his
return Journey,
TaNicab service all over the country
has increased by bounds during the last
few years until now no city OF 5000 inhab-
uants is without al least one company
which affords Accommodations for trips 20
an parts OF The town
In Omaha the growth OF the taxicab busi-
ness has been marked by the meteorie rise