Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-17
Extensive Car Business in District Of

their own" he said. TT gets rid
of a lot Of headaches"
$3.50 q Month.
Under the basic plan, a Ford
or Chevrolet is rented for
$3.50 a month. Fire, theft, and
$50 deductible collision insur-
ance is provided, but the renter
pays for gas and oil.
If the car is run more than
$4,000 miles in the year, the
renter, pays an additional charge
Of 2 cents mile for the mileage
over $4,000. If it is run less than
$4,000 miles, he can rent 1t the
second year at $77.50 a month.
The company also has daily
rates-$5.75 a day plus Z cents
a mile, except on Saturdays,
Sundays and holidays, when the
rate is SITS day. The weekly
rate is SGT. plus z cents a mile.
The limousine rental business
is for what used to be referred to
as the carriage trade. P. j.
Clancy. who heads the Clancy
Limousine Service, Inc, has been
in the business for 80 years, and
for rs years he has handled the
business in the Mayflower Hotel.
Mr.. Clancy boasts that his
cars have carried kings, queens,
princes and princesses, presi-
dents Of foreign countries and
other distinguished visitors. He
said he has taken care of every
thing at the State Department
for 26 years"
But he won't talk about his
patrons, who they are or where
they go. That's against the
ethics of the business. Besides.
when he retires-"when get in
the rocking chair" is the way he
put it-maybe he will write a
book.
wa A~6Cs
The rented limousine with
driver carries a license number
beginning with "L." Rented
cars you drive yourself have "R"
on the license. When the King
and Queen of Greece were here,
these was no license number on
the car. but plate with a crown.
This was one of the things Mr..
Clancy wouldn't talk about.
when the State Department
is using my cars they may have
different plates" he said mys-
teriously.
The hourly rate for a limou-
sine-they seem always to be
Cadillacs-is Sc an hour, with a
minimum of $12, or even more.
For an out-of-town trip, the
rate is usually Sc an hour or
80 cents a mile. whichever is
greater. The usual rate for
funeral is SIS, and for a we'd
ding. $12.
Peter j. Healy. who operates
five cars. started in the limou-
sine business for himself on ST.
Patrick'S Day. 1917. Those were
the days when a well-turned-ou
private car had two men ION the
box"
White House dinners and re-
ceptions bring out the business"
Mr.. Healy said Also one of Mr..
Healy's old customers may en-
gage a car for a trip to New
York. Said Mr.. Healy: Round
trip. two days. 40 miles, $3.50 |
But some people don't like
trains"
Some Flat-Rate Trips.
The Mayf1ower Limousine |
Service said representatives Of |
big companies coming to WASH !
ington may call for a car for
three or four days. The company
also has patrons who make trips
to Richmond or Williamsburg,
and for such trips it quotes a fiat |
rate. +
The Gray Line, Inc, which
provides limousineS as we'll as
doing a rental business, said.
big businessman here for a cou- /
pie of days to call on Govern /
ment officials may engage a
limousine to do it in. Clayton P.
Wells, assistant general manager,
found satisfaction in the fact his
company had two limousines in
the inaugural procession of a
year ago. They were also used
to carry guests to the inaugural
balls.