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Napier taxicabs are about to be introduced at Dundee.
The Salisbury Town Council, after consideration of a petition from cabmen and cab proprietors in the Wiltshire town, has referred back to the Watch Committee the matter of several applications for motorcab licences.
Licences at Hastings.
The Licensing Committee of the Hastings Town Council, acting upon grounds which it is somewhat difficult to follow, has decided that all future applicants for licences as drivers of motor stage or hackney carriages must hold the Driver's (Public Service) Certificate of the Motor Union. We wonder whether the terms tinder which this certificate is issued have ever been put before the Executive Committee of the C.M.U.A. ?
General Motor Cab Co.
The current traffic returns of the General Motor Cab Co., Ltd., are sent to us as follow :— Week ending Saturday, 14th August, 214,370.
Previous week, 213,668.
Corresponding week, 1908, 211,530. Increase on previous week, 2702. Increase on corresponding week, 1908, 22,840.
Total receipts from 1st August, 1909, 228,038.
Increase on previous corresponding period, 23,774.
It should be noted that the above figures take no account of the average number of cabs in service. Walsall's Requirements.
The Walsall Town Council has declined to grant licences to the Provincial Motor Cab Co., Ltd., on the ground that the vehicles submitted were really " touring cars of high speed, and quite unsuitable for Walsall," which place, apparently, does not know that there is " another world outside its own little fence," and that taxicabs are not wanted merely to perambulate round its uninviting streets.
Exclusiveness at Vienna.
The motorcab proposition in Vienna can only be worked through one channel, and failure has already attended the unintelligent efforts of numerous promoters who have endeavoured to move ahead along other lines. The Vienna Motor Cab Co., Ltd., for example, which a French automobile house organized early in 1908, succeeded in acquiring only a single licence. We still expect to see British efforts come to fruition in this matter.
New Registrations.
The Euston Motor Cab Co., Ltd., with its office at 24-26, Drummond Crescent, Euston Road, .N.W., and with an authorized capital of 22,000 in 21 shares.
The First Co-operative Taxicab Co., Ltd., with its office at 783, Salisbury House, E.G., and an authorized capital of 21,250 in 250 shares.
The Blackburn Taxicab Co., Ltd., has recently been registered by Mr. C. Doubble, of 14. Serjeant's Inn, E.C., with an authorized capital of 22,000 in 21 shares. M.P. Motors, Ltd. with an authorized capital of 24,000 in 21 shares,. by Arthur Veasey and Co., of Queen's. House, Queen Street, E.C.
The rate of Is. per mile at Newcastle-on-Tyne, for the hire of a taxicab, now covers as many as four passengers and a reasonable amount of luggage without extra charge, whilst this fare applies both day and night.
Wimbledon's Motorcabs.
The group of motorcabs shown, below is the fleet of 14-16 b.p. fourcylinder Vinots, which are operat,--E by the Wimbledon Motorcab Co., Ltd.. Four of the vehicles are licensed taxicabs, and the last but one on the right has a better-quality landaulet body mounted on a cab chassis. According to Mr. Wm. Oates, of the. Wimbledon Company, a considerable. amount of success has attended the running of these cabs since their first appearance last November ; apart from their runs to town, and taxicab work generally, the proprietors, being well known locally, are fortunate. enoughto secure a good deal of private patronage, runs at a sovereign or so being quite common, whilst daily trips to such places as Oxford and thesouth-coast towns come their way
well. in In spite of the fact that sixpence a mile is usually taken as the minimum at which a standard taxicab can be run at a decent profit, it is found that these Vinots can be run so as to pay on slightly less. In addition to Wimbledon, Messrs. Harman and Co., the London agents, report the further employment of their cabs. in Bournemouth and district.