Car Hirers Under Council Control ?
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N inquiry opened in Glasgow last week before tho Sheriff of Lanarke at which confirmation to the tor Hackney Carriage By-laws wn up by the magistrates' commitof Glasgow Corporation was sought. !se provide for bringing all private hirers in the city under the corporal's control in the manner already likable to proprietors of taxicabs. he objectors to the proposal were Passenger Vehicle Operators' Assoion and the Glasgow District irate Hirers' Association, representa!s of which disputed the necessity the corporation exercising control of
irate hirers at this stage. In their w, the by-laws exceeded the corporais powers, in that an attempt was ng made to control the fares of irate hirers outside the city indary.
kn assurance was given by counsel the corporation that there was no ention of controlling fares outside ! city boundary.
Thief Supt. M. MacLeod, traffic aartment, Glasgow' Police, said that idea of control arose because artly after the outbreak of the war !re were complaints of overcharging private hirers and about the poor ndition of some vehicles. There was o a number of prosecutions involving ivate hackney carriages plying for .e. The fares proposed in the new -laws had, he said, been suggested by -art themselves.
The inquiry was adjourned sine die.