Putnam patriot., 1930-12-04
PERMANENT TAXI FARE RATE
 BLOCKED BY ONE HOLD-OUT
Tentative n d Provisional Agreement Signed By All
 Operators at Meeting
Difference Arises in Rate Within
 City Limits

Because Arthur l.. Dupre, proprie- tor of Providence Street Twenty Cent Taxi and pcpin's Twenty Cent Taxi, operating a fleet of six cars, refused to agree to rate 0f 25c for two passengers to the same destination within the city limits and ten eents for each additional passenger, a rate agreement signed before A. S Gates, superintendent of buses and taxieahs of the Public Utilities Commission. Monday. Is in its nature tentative and contains q proviso that the rate may be changed by any dissatisfied ope- rator who so notifies the Public Utii- itics Commission.
 Other operators other than Dupre plainly resented the situation where one operator could hold up the agree ment They were informed by Mir. Gates that he had no authority to coercc any owner and that if an agree ment was entered into that if must be voluntary on the part of each ope- rator.
 The agreement as to ali rates other than those within the city limits was readily brought about. All but Dupre agreed to establish Il rate of twenty five cents for one or two passengers to
 
 for each additional passenger in the city limits Dupre would not meet this proposition. He held out for his present rate of twenty cents for one passenger and teii cents for each additional passenger. It was pointed out that his rate would be more for two passengers than other taxi own CTS. Still he remained unshaken in his position
 Can Withdraw
 lt was agreed that all but Dupre should sign the agreement after James B. Tatem's suggestion that n clause be inserted whereby any company or individual taxi owner can withdraw from the agreement by letter to the commissioners. Those who signed the agreement were Mrs. Flora Auclair. James E. Tatem, Alphonse Dumas, Eugene Mouir. Charles Ryan, George Phillips. Evan Erickson and Zito Guy. Dupre signed all excepting the local rate which he set at twenty cents for one passenger and ten cents for each additional passenger.
 The rates agreed to which wIil be- come effective, Monday, December S. are as follows: Putnam to Pomfret, ! Ben- -Grosvenor Inn, yI.O0; to Poinfret Center. gl go; penfre. Landing, &2 South Woodstock. post office, HOO; Roseland Park, sl.2b: Woodstock Hill. $160; West Woodstock, $2.b0; East Woodstock, $2.50; Woodstock Valley. $500; North Woodstock. S2.b0; Me chanicsville. 7b cents; Thompson Town, $f00: West Thompson. $l.00. Brandy Hill, filling station, Si.b0; East Thompson, x2b0; GroAvenor- dale. S1.25: North Crosvenordale. center, St.50; Attawaugan. Four Corners. $i.O0; Ballouville. Sl.2b; PinevilIc. Si2b; Putnam Heights. 7b cents: DayvilIe. Si i50; Goodyear, $2: Elmyille. $200: Danielson, s2.50; East Killingly. $3 co: Wildwood Park. si.5t: Webster. sa.00: East Putnam. Four Corners. Si50; Quadic. sI.60; Abingdon, S2.00; Sprucedale. si.b0; Wilsonville. s2.00; Quinebaug. $500; Fabyan, $500: children's Home, 7b cents Between points fifteen cents per mile additional to fare to the nearer point. The rate ia from one 1 to four passengers.
 1 Local rate, all but Dupre, 25c tor one or two passengers Co same des- tination; 10 cents each additional pas senger. i.
 The rate for long trips was hxed at fbc per running mile.
 i Funerais and weddings 5000 for large and $3.00 for small ears.
 The following rate was fixed for mill help; Local 10 cents per pas senger per load: Ballouville, $2.0O per week; North Grosvenordale. $2.00 per week; Danielson. S3.00 per week {; Goodyear, S2.0O per week for day help and s2.b0 for night employees. Makes it Unanimous
 As the Patriot goes to press 1t learns that Arthur s. Dupre. the on- I ly taxicmb owner who refused to subscribe Co the local rate. has re- ] versed his decision and will sign with the others, making the agreement unanimous