The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-05-27
JUST WHAT WILL THE PUBLIC STAND?

JUST WHAT WILL THE PUBLIC STAND?
IN letter which e World prints elsewhere
Yellow Taxcab Company regrets what he kind enough to call
this papers "mnformson in assuming that "rea axicabs
In this city charge the full 81 per mile which the city ordinance
psrms
"A few automobile cabs per Of the total"
Mr. Rockwell admits make THE charge if their patrons will stand
it, But these real taxca he adds, because they not
fitted with taximeter.
Borough President McAnenys Fifth Avenue
to have been similarly misinfoed when reported recently that
inamuch the cost Of building automobiles and the Of haL
feurs London than here while gasoline costs
there than here o that 81 mieor it amounts substantially
to s fair rate for New York. while the rate for the dis
lance in London is sixteen cents 10 preposterous"
Without going into the subject Of false and variable meters
tricky chaneurs and utterly unaed service which have increased
and mudded the already proserou rates from which New York
he's suffered let consider solely the yellow Taxb Company and
: it, charges.
Let figure the grievous wrong which that 81 per mile
mpuson has done the benevolent intentions Of Mr. Rockwel
company
Grant Yellow Taxcab their service and
uniform in their charges any taxis in the city.
Grant that they allowed occupy many expensive hotel and
restaurant stands.
Grant that their chaueu reasonably
trustworthy.
What are their charges9
The President Of the Yellow Company agree that
- yellow Taxi nag drops" fifty CENTS That the passenger
the company fifty before te wheels made single
tu That fifty cents supposed carry the patron twos of
mAs For ssch succeeding onsth Of mile the charge
THEORETICALLY, therefore, the yellow Taxi rate eighty
ant mile
How doss II work out in practicsi
No longer ego than yesterday traveller took axicab at
shs the f Fifth and Fortyfour street. tell
hg the chauffeur to drive straight down Fifth
The oab spick and span yellow Taxi with shiny
msr continued smooty and without interruption down the
Reckoning h usual twenty blocks the mHe Twenty
fourth street marked the end Of the first mile
Just before reaching Twenyfourh street the meter registered
NINETY CENTS!
why3
little inquiry revealed the
The meter registers the before the work
The instant mile is completed the clicks ten
for the next fifth Of mile whether travelled not
Therefore that theoretical eighty first mile will always
ty actual meter reading NINETY CENTS.
Is point out to what extent the Yellow
Company noby saving the public from that unnkae
rate of 81 which unpncpd axbs charge T their patrons will
stand it,"
The yellow Taxcab RATE is EIGHTY CENTS for the first
mile
The Yellow rnxcab CHI >RGE NINETY CENTS for the ar,t
mile
The London taxcab RATE and CHARGE is SIXTEEN CENTS
for the first mile
Is The World far wrong then stating the editorial
in question that TAXCAB RATES IN THIS CITY CARE FIVE
AND SIX TIMES AS HIGH AS IN EUROPEAN CAPITALIST"
Tho yellow rayab Company has just combined with the Ca
aud Taxi Company to form "TaM Tru"or purposes Of
economy"
To whose advantage the economy" be
value Of giving broader broader
Will it seek the cooperation Of the Aldermen in breaking
from hotel graft and dictatorship give cheap service
everybody instead of limited service to The rich?
OR:
Does the Trust creep along in its present pol
Of exorbitsnt fares for the few who afford them?
Does the Aldermen to crowd out the Independent
ad operators who pay tribute hotels and who wou
glsdly from free public stands at low ratesp
Will the Aldermen coddle the hotels and the Taxi
win they last help this backward city the great long
convenience Of cheap, well regulated taxi service?