The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-01-07
TAX|S MUST GO,
CITY DETERMINES
TO BE Barred From Park
ing in Business Part
Of City in New Law
DRIVERS 'BAWLED OUT
Attorney Says They Help in
Traffic of Women, Booze;
Meeting Is Lively

TaSl,nbg are to be- ruled or Of
tho downtown strort4 hg far ~ park
ing D. concerned. At q special meet
iug ~ the city commissioners hcld
Thursday morning this rdlct was dc
livcrcd to about 20 taxi drivers who
were called for hearing on the
prouogod taNlCnb ordinance, whirh h
was prepared a fcw days uRo by
CITY Attorney Frank u Duncan aud
which rs 10 be passed, possibly with
some odificntiou.
Tho meeting was a ly,iy ono from
beginning 90 ond. on several or-
cHsions two and three ~ the taxi
drivers tried TO talk simultaneously,
intcrruptlnE city Attorney Duncan
nnd the commissioner as they at
tempted to explain the ciiys ntti-
t1do toward taNicnbs ms they arc
now o-erntcd.
Alleges Bnd Practice.
Tho most bitter arrnignmcnt ot
the drivers was made hy G u.
NtXon. attorney. who iA interested
with his brother, !. Truman Nixon,
In the building a. Third and tiu-
clnuati. opposite the Hotel Tulsa.
NiNon declared without reserve
or hesitation that the taxi drivers
whose cara are parked near th"
nixon building are frequently hailed
by bcllboyR and portcrs from Hotel
Tulsa and asked To bring booze or
women, or both, to the hotel, wh'i"
he prcsumcs. they are taken To the
rooms OF guests.
II have heard thcAc orders from
hotel employees TO taxi drivers, 80
know what I'm talking about
Nixon declared. The portors even
cali the names Of girls That ar"
wanted And I believe most OF inc
taxicnba contain whisky most ot the
time or else the drivers know
where TO obtain II quickly.
~ mosphcrc Foul. lie Sn,s.
when Tho cars are parked they
take up u lot OF room because inc
rear ends project over IN" alhc-
walk. Again. the drivers, when
their machines are parked, usually
congrcvnto on the sidewalk ana not
only take M "a lot Of room but thcy
swear continually and leer oNilly NJ
women and girls who pass why,
IL is getting 80 good women OBJECT
to passing thc% taxi sthhds ana
drivers because vof the foul atmos-
phcre there"
Taxi Man Answers.
!. W. simpson, attorney repre-
scuiing "a portion OF the tax drivers
declared his clients are entitled To
tho use OF the streets for parking
AZ long as they have the permission
Of tenants of buildings In front OF
which the stands are located.
one OF tho drivers arose during
the meeting and declared loudly
that the city In trying To drive taxi
cabs out OF tho city. Hc declared
that the proposed fee OF $50 IN
stead OF s,b IL prohibltivo and that
tho drivers cannot afford to furnish
a liability bond of $1,000 TO $4,000
A representative OF the baggage
mon, who will also bc hit by thc
ordinance. protested against regula
lion of their prices and against tho
proposcd bond required OF them.
1--WE expect to require bona Rur
ficient To- protect tho city AGAINST
loss through taxicah drivers" the
city attorney said "At present the
regulations concerning them nre
loose and must he tightened. we
believe tho city has every right tc
bar them from parking on the doNh'
town streets
LAW Not Strict Enouch.
Police Commissioners j. NJ. Adki'
son declared after the meeting tina