The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-12-13
EUROPE HAS NO PRIVATE HACK.
STANDS.

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EUROPE HAS NO PRIVATE HACK
STANDS -.,
q. WAY shouldn't hotel man be abba
TO enjoy me privileges Of private hack
stands IN front OF his door just as much
as having barber shop within his
hotel? ....
4. Because barber s7hop operations
COME under the rules Of Individual en-
terprises. while t3xlcaos are granted
licenses with restrictions. rules and reg
uiations ms common carriers who must
serve every man. woman and child who
solicit them In a public capacity: and
tot which the city Is responsible. There
are no private hackstands in Europe
Q. Mr.. Stern stated in substance that
the drivers of his taxica5 company were
''respecta Bile, Godfearing men. while
Independent hackmen were "irrespons!-
ble." 1870 .
4. Why should, conditions be such In
New York City that all drivers operat-
Ing as public carriers should not be
respectable, God-fear!ng mem" Also
upon investigation. from Commissioners
Of Police Waldo and. Chief Inspector
Drennon. the independents who operate
their own cabs give less trouble than
the companies. Against the Independent
Taxi Owners Association. comprising
over one hundred men who own their
own cars and operate at a lower rate.
there has not been one, complaint.
Q. Chauffeur Kenny Of the Mason
seAmon Taxlcab Company was asked,
What. would happen II the private
has list, rdo hAl chAl
rates Instituted?
4. He said that every man with two
or three hundred dollars capital would
30 into the business and take the trade
now enjoyed BY the cab companles. ...
CITY NEEDS MORE MEN in TAXI.
CAB BUSINESS.
This Is Just what New York wants.
more men to 20 into tho business. GREAT
ing q competition that the monopoly 0,
cab companies now makes impossible
Under the proposed strict rules these
men would bs compelled TO give efioien,
service or get out. The driver also
stated that with tho abolishing Of the
private hackstands there might even be
one cab to every three CT four persons
in New York, after which the lawyer
wisely called him off tho stand.
1--WE are willing to show you oul
books. Why DOM You come and ex-
anime them sskei tire cab companies
II saw some OF these statistics wher
l visited Il plant and was shown lost
Of $4,000. yet that company hos Jus
taken over two or three ntfe bankrupt
companies TO enlarge rs business
O. From time "immemorlal," since the
"staeo coach" days. hotel has been
allowed to have It's service. Why mo-
now?
A. We are living in 1872. when tho pro-
prsctor Of hotel does not personals
know all his guests. where the streets
OF New York In front OF hotels seen
,u,y. 10 be sold to tho highest bidder
and where with the invention OF TAXI
meters that have turned taNi-cheattr'
the public must needs fight for protec
ton.
O.. Mr.. unger's contentoa' Wh!
should not a hotel proprietor allow
cab 20 stand On front Of his place o
btislrIe -, for his purposes AS long as n
wishes Just the same as he could hav'
his own little limousine or his mi
tic ,artiage' stand In front OF his owl
door:
A. Because these cabs secure a iicens
from tho Bureau IA PUBLIC hacklnei
and are under those rules ana resu!a
rons TO serve the public, not as pl1va,
individuals, and must move act AM
have their being accordingly. Beside
the law plainly says that there must b
no obstructions on the streets OF New
York anywhere to the point OF becomin
a nuisance, and private cab stand
would assume that proportion II the nc
~ man might say only HIS cab