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The annual report of Charron, Ltd.. discloses a net profit to the extent of £59,800. A sum of .C35,000 is to be placed towards the goodwill account.
New York Taxicab Co.
At an extraordinary general meeting of the New York Taxicab Co., Ltd., which was held at 32, Old Jewry, E.C., a resolution was passed to the effect that the company he wound up voluntarily. Mr. Reginald Bernard Petro, 11, Ironmonger Lane, E.C., was appointed liquidator. On the 19th of May, we reported the placing of a scheme of reconstruction before the shareholders of this company.
A Recent Registration. Derby Motor Cab Co., Ltd., with a capital of £2,000 in £1 shares, to carry on the business of owners of motorcabs, omnibuses and cars, carriers, etc., to acquire the business of the Derby Motor Co., and to adopt an agreement with H. Shreeve and A. H. Shreeve. This is a private company, and the first directors are A. H. Shreeve and A. R. Walker. The registered office is at 42, Midland Road, . Derby.
Nottingham Club Intervenes.
Complaint is made in some quarters in Nottingham that the drivers of the local taxicabs will not take turns with their horse-driver confreres, but that they attempt to monopolize positions on the ranks. The Nottingham Automobile Club has memoralized the Watch Committee with regard to the present. state of affairs, and the club strongly recommends that separate waiting places should, without delay, 4be provided for all the taxicabs, in order that the public may reap the full ad' vantage of the improved method of Outside the Carlton Hotel.
This device was described in our last issue. It is intended to supersede the cab whistle when s taxi, hansom or four-wheeler has to be summoned to the hotel.
transport. This would involve no further hardship on the horse-cab driver, as the fact that the latter may have secured a premier position on a rank very seldom implies that he will secure a job, which it was originally intended to give to a taxi-driver.
Calcutta Progress.1
The first shipment of taxicabs for Calcutta arrived in India by the s.s.
Kincraig," early in May. Preparations were immediately undertaken for the initiation of the new service. A large construction garage and repair works is being provided.
Bristol's By-laws.
A Local Government Board inquiry has been held into certain objections which have been lodged by the Bristol Tramways Co., Ltd., against the bylaws relating to hackney carriages that have been proposed by the City Council.
In the course of this inquiry, it was stated the motoreab licences in force comprised : 12 to the Bristol Tramways Co.; six to the Provincial Motor Cab Co.; six to the Bath Carriage Co.; and eight to three local cab-drivers. At the present time, there are only 49 horse-cab licences in existence.
The objections to the proposed bylaws were three in number, as follow: that there should be no obligation upon a driver to attend when and where ordered ; that extras for persons carried beyond two, for a double charge between midnight and six a.m., and for parcels carried outside, should be chargeable ; that fares should commence from the point at which the cab is first summoned.
Didn't Pull the Flag Down.
A case which is of considerable importance to motorcab users and proprietors, was decided, at Marylehone police court, recently. The London Improved Cab Co., Ltd., was the complainant, and it was alleged that one of this company's drivers conveyed a passenger, on one occasion, while the flag of his taximeter was up. The excuse offered by the driver was that he had forgotten to pull it down, but that the passenger had paid is. 4d., and that this amount had been recorded on the meter subsequently. In the course of the proceedings, it was stated that the defendant went to his employers and said that, if any proceedings were taken against him in this matter, it would cause a big upset amongst the company's drivers. Mr. Paul Taylor, in giving judgment, stated that he did not believe that the neglect to pull down the flag was an act of inadvertence: it looked as if this sort of thing was a recognized practice amongst the defendant's associates. He imposed the full penalty of 40s. and ordered the driver's licence to he endorsed.