The evening world., 1913-08-29
HOTEL TAX|CAB
SERVICE NOT HURT
|, BY THE new LAW
Any Stand Can Be Kept Filled
by Merely Using
the Phone.
PUBLIC IS DELIGHTED.
appreciation Testified by In.
I creased Patronage of the
Independents.
PUBLIC IS DELIGHTED.

Ths complaint of hotel owners that
hey are unable 70 procure Q sunicisnt
ceb service under the new taxicab ordi-
nance which abolished private hack.
stAads v based more upon their piaus
svsr losing the thousands Of dollars
they received for the private hackstand
privileges than II 10 upon the true state
u Affairs.
Smaller hotels ana clubs. where the
nty has provided public hAckstands for
pns or two automobiles only. declare
tAat when these cars are gone they
ssvs no assurance that other indspen-
lea drivers will appear to take up the
asxt !! -. Under the old system Of
private hackstands. they declared, the
starters could phone 70 the nearest large
hoehstand and procure . car immedi-
stsly.
For the information OF the public The
Evening World shown to-day that the
ss0s condition Of affairs prevails. and
hat the hotels and clubs can mako the
IDENTICAL arrangement with the Inde-
,sndent Taxicab owners Association a.
hey formerly had with the yellow and
the .Mason-seaman Company and get
equally prompt service.
WILL INSTALL SPECIAL PHONES
IF ASKED.
I'VE are prepared TO place private
:e>ophones in every hotel or club which
will ask them and to guarantee to have
! taxicab IN any part Of New York IN
ive minutes" said Edwin s. 0oodnow.
manager Of the I. r. o. A.. to-day.
Already four large clubs, several large
apartment houses and several hotels
aave asked US to install private tele-
phones connecting with our headquar-
ters at No la7 Broadway. so they can
bs sure OF prompt and cheap taxicab
service. A. soon as the hackstand In
, front OF these places 10 vacated . call
10 Us will result in other cars being
'ushsd there Immediately, exactly az
@6s done before by the yellow and the
\ Mason-seamSn COMPANY.
I'VE have ArtAlkeh Hor telephones to
he public hsclytends n Greeley Square.
? Lonxacre Square,' Broadway and Sew.
enty.second. street, .Elghty-hrst street
and Columbus sAvehde. one Hundred
and Tenth ana broadway. Eishty-hrs'
and Fifth avenue. Nlnsty.eighth and
Fifth avenue. Ewsnty.third and Fifth
avenue. and are arranging for others
u Union Square and in Broad street.
,..:When our headquarters 10 notified
that Q public hack stspd Is not occupied
With cars We get the nearest large
ltation on the wire and can thereby
assure having . car anywhere In the
.ity In Ave minutes. II . man wants 4
sar to come to his homo he has only to
call bryant sOtO and give W the call
We viii Immediately get the nearest
evbhc hack stand on the wire and dis
: ,atch Q car to him. getting one there
In ave minutes. The Yellow and th'
| Nssou-6 man could offer nothing bet
iee. 10 ~ Va
DON'T CHARGE As MUCH Al
49, LAW ALLOWS.
"And our patrons must remember ths
- We don't charge the double tar!n al
lowed by law. Our rate Is thirty cent
ear the 'frst drop' and nifty cents fo
~ male, irrespective Of the number o
passengers carried. The law allow
us 70 charge more for three or fou
passengers. but any member Of our as
socistion found charging more than tn
singis rate win be dismissed immediate
". That 10 Q Arm rulA
The city will soon establish . mum
cipal telephone service. to which call
may be sent for automobile taxic Abs
We want one phone there for the gen
erAl use, and the call going over It
70 b given to the first car IN the line
no matter who owns It. Then. for tn
convenisnce of each Of the sixteen ca
csmpaniss. including ourselves. We thin
sabh Of US should be permitted to hav
. private phone In the city's variou
booths, % that a charge customer wan,
ting any particular cab may call to
what he wants.
The !. T. o. A. has 100 charge q
counts, and we are prepared to ope
charge accounts with any hotel this
asks II. SO II can receive from the ind
psndents the same service II formeri
got frem the big monopolies. The onl
Adherence will be that we will not pa
VI huge sums Of graft to the hotels, - Ii
big corporations used to do.
4 PUBLIC SHOWS APPRECIATE
OF IMPROVEMENT.
q, ~OW men are doing 30 we'll that
large number OF our 1856 members ha,
placed orders for additional cars to tai
" care Of their increased business. "
have thirty-seven applications for men
berahip, and we feel we will have
mora members by the frst OF the yea