The evening world., 1912-04-15

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VOLUME 1880
TAxIS NO LONGER LUxURIES.
~ IN TO RIDE IN A TAxICAB FROM TwENTY.F1RST
STREET TO FIFTY-sEvENTH
FUAeOV At least that W. the quotation yesterday. To-
~ OF tomorrow II may b el.eo or ol.7o. There IL no uniform rate
= New York. The charge for . given distance varies With the nerve
II the company, the tricks Of the meter and the morale Of the ohsuf.
fsur. No complaint 10 heard ofhnr from people who now and then
have to nee taxicabs in this town than Tint Of the smasns discrspan-
eis in tariffs.
Tonight II costs 900 70 70 from the ornd Csnsra, Station TO tho
Metropolitan Open House. Tomorrow night the meter Of . differ
eat car win make the came distance cost el.1o. And Il you don't look
shazp the chauffeur viii reset tho indicator before you zee the figure
and call II $3.50. Even the original high cost Of t.zicsb service
= snly the starting point for further graft and ~ovsruhnfge.
But to return TO the first figures:
One dollar and fifty cents for an untroksn drive up one svsnuo
ir t~hirty-six hocks! Reckoning twenty blocks 10 the mile, that IL
sl.so for ! - nn'' not counting the tip to tho oh.aff'ur'
The Evening World recently printed in detail tn. exact tariff
s~gulsHons, distances. hours, ETC., Of the taxhabs Of Paris.
In Pasi. the first maseosts Les than $50. Each additional mile
sss6 . fraction under oil.
THEREFORE FOR THAT sl.so WHICH IT COST TO RIDE
10 NILES IN NEW YORK ONE COULD RIDE NEARLY THIR.
TEEN NILES IN PARIOi
In Paris an automobile may b. taken as the rata Of $50 Per hour.
FOR THAT slso ONE COULD HAVE IN PARIS THREE
HOURS OF SHOPPING OR MAKING CALLSi
THAT @1.50 JOURNEY FROM TWENTY. FIRST STREET TO
sHTTY-sEvRNTH WOULD HAVE COST IN PARIS JUST $50.
why should thh bsi How long + New York going 10 stand for
- lsssat disssckul service Of nststrsp cab. prspoassrous charges
: n impudsnt chsu6sursi
The automobile eompaniss avosits azyunsnts-ths nigh cost Of
tr1aang taxiesaa the high wages Of ehsuffsurs-havs been shown
e = sy and false. Only rsosnAy ns conmhsion for Improving
Nm Avenue In it, report dealt thstad eompsniss . sharp thrust:
~ ~ sss sfs 4 xfES-sw v emssss enthusiastically to
eM-b . PAIR hNess sss ~ NeU YevA, wAts ne rMs Sr
~ ~ ssms 6&Msses b alxT1DN GENTS IN. LONDON u PRg.
800 P0sTHR0Us. tassmscA - n Loalsa ne erteWsl cost Of bvAk
ING sssesss y ~ sseA 'as sAs Aes: No oAsssss,s ere a.
Su v NO. tstsa sal sMs Aw& While sssoItss n more 60
Ssssses sAsrs tAs~ Aes" il
The companies ay people IN New York haven't 18th. tzh.h
Bsbt" ~
How can the average man have the taxi habit under the present
sendMions-whsm be must 80 to . hotel to and Q cab and then be
robbed Of Ave times the necessary faref
WITH THOUSANDS OF NEAT, SILENT, COMFORTABLE,
WELL DRIVEN TAxICABS, WITH REGULAR PUBLIC
STANDS. IN THE SQUARES AND SIDE STREETS, WITH A
STANDARD. ENFORCED TARIFF SCHEDULE BY WHICH
" PERSONS COULD RIDE ANY DISTANCE WITHIN
rWENTY-FIvE BLOCKS FOR TWENTY FIVE CENTS, DOES
ANYBODY BELIEVE THE CITIZENS OF NEW YORK AND
THEIR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF VISITORS WOULD
{ NOT HAVE THE TAXI HABIT
II \ PRECISELY this notion that tire tadcab il necessarily. 4
ttnay whish : 70 unwarrantsd and absurd.
500 THE TAXI Is NOT A LUXURY. FOR SOME YEARS TT
HAS NOT BEEN A LUXURY. 1T Is NOW AN ESTABLISHED
4UDlIC C0AFORT AND CONVENIENCE.
With the exception Of New York. csat cities q rsr,rd and
regulate \.
We are mot urging the city 10 lead the world In some gorgeous
~ original feat Of municipal enterprise and extruunce.
We are, on the CONTRARY, begging New York not to lag stwpidly
- ehsmefuny behind the times IN not encouraging and regulating
- The benefit Of IL ciisens Q public convenience that millions Of
y 1ser'e in the clao' Of Europe We only Lees freely than trolley cars.
Why shoud the New York taxicab Be . luxury-for the rich,
Sfak Wopldn% Thousands Of, men in modersts circumstances who
6ke their wives to the theatre now and then be only too glad "a
Tor the sddsd privacy, comfort and quicknsss Of . taxi il Il did
fs ~ cost moro than fifty or sixty csntsi