Evening star., 1946-05-08
New Taxi Fare
Cut Sought in
Prince Georges
Luebner Also Asks
Commissioners to
Tighten Inspections

A further reduction in the cab
rates in Prince Georges County
from straight 80 cents a mile to
Is cents for the first mile and S
cents for each additional quarter of
a mile has been recommended to the
county commissioners.
Charles F.. Luebner, chairman of
the Law and Legislative Committee
Of the county's Civic Federation,
told the commissioners yesterday
rates were still too high" and that
new ones should be included in the
cab ordinances.
Mr.. Luebner, who also is a Demo-
cratic candidate for the Maryland
House of Delegates, urged laws re-
quiring cab inspections twice a year
and authorizing spot inspection of
cabs by the county taxicab inspec-
tor at any time.
Overcharges Claimed.
Despite regulations which went
into effect April l, Mr.. Luebner also
declared some cabs were continuing
to overcharge passengers, but added
they weren't "gouging the public as
they did before ordinances were
adopted" The commissioners took
no formal action.
Applications by William D. Robe
son and Earl Pryor for rezoning OF
property from residential A to COM
mercial D were approved. These in
volved small parcel of land at
Sixty eighth street and George
Palmer highway, Seat Pleasant, and
property fronting on the south side
of Tuxedo road, adjoining the Tux
edo subdivision. The commissioners
rejected the application of Beatrice
Hawkins for Redistribution from
residential A to commercial D OF
property at lots 49, so and 81, block
Is, Greater Capitol Heights (Hill.
side), after members of the Hillside
Citizens Association and other resi-
dents protested.
Commissioners Theodore Siehlel
and James B. Bland were named
to make arrangements with c. c
Gilbert, owner, for purchase of g
strip of land through which resi-.
dents Of Dillon Park want to ex.
tend a road to permit entrance from
Pennsylvania avenue Sc.
Reports on Collections.
Trial Magistrate Alan Bowie re.
ported $5,82705 was collected al
Hyattsville and Laurel during
March, of which s2,993. 80 was turned
over to the commissioners, and $4,-
046.10 at Upper Marlboro in April
including $1,08590 given the COM
missioners. Substitute Trial Magi-
strate Henry H. O'Neil reported the
collection of s294.55 during March.
Linden Briscoe, clerk to the COM
missioners, reported $39, ,02926 ha6
been collected during April from
the sale of license for beer, wine
and liquor, ice, hawkers and ped.
dlers, and trailer camps. All but
$500, he said. was from the sale o1
new beer, wine and liquor licenses
The old permits expired April 80
Sheriff r. Earle Sheriff reported
the collection Of $53.51 during April
County Taxicab Inspector Joseph G
Mercer reported the collection ol
SIS for the last two weeks in April.
The Commissioners also received
voucher for s33, ,655.76 from the Fed
eral Public Housing Authority fol
payment of services from August l
1945, to March 81, 1916, in lieu o1
taxes for the original Federal pro-
ject to Greenbelt, in accordance
with an agreement between the
agency and the county heads.
Report on Veterans Aided.
The Prince Georges County Vet.
Grams Service Council informed the
Commissioners it had offered as.
sistance to 800 veterans during April
In a letter to the Commissioners
James v. Bennett, director of the
Federal Bureau of Prisons, com.
mended them for their action ir
cleaning up conditions at the tenn.
porary lookup in the County Ser.
vice Building, Hyattsville. Trial
Magistrate Arthur P. Owens, whit
directed letter to the Commission.
ers informing them of prisoner.
disappearing into thin air." had re.
ceived a similar letter from Mr.
Bennett.
Davis avenue, from Belt avenue tt
Porter avenue, Suitland, was accept.
ed as a County road, and the boare
took under advisement considera.
ton Of another, Tuxedo road, be.
tween Landover road and Defens,
highway, Tuxedo.
Permission to operate a ridine
academy at the Three Naples, OF
the Baltimore boulevard, Beltsville
was approved for Ralph and Mar
garet D'Amici. A permit to hold {
carnival May 20 to June l, was alst
granted the Mount Rainier Fire De,
partment and Charles F. Hunter.
man Post No. ITO, American Legion