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Show A CHECK ON CABBY. ' The taxometcr, a new int'trumtnt resembling re-sembling a big alarm clock, has been affixed to. Parisian' cabs to determine the distance and the amount of fare. It seem unjust to pay for a trip of 100 yards1 the fame as for one of several rr.iles, ami the aim of the taxometer is to make the charge equitable. The instrument is surmounted by a small metallic nag carrying the word "free," which -is horizontal or vertical, according' as the cab In occupied or unoccupied. un-occupied. When one gets Into a cab now th driver immediately lowers the flag ,to a horizontal position and' the taxometer taxo-meter begins to work. At the beginning it la pet at 75 centimes' (14,476 centso, which remains unchanged for 1300 yards, after which 10 centlrr.ee (1.S3 cents) are added every 430 yards. Below the large dial is a supplementary dial marking L'6 centimes (4.825 cents) for packages. After Af-ter the passenger pays the drive raises his flag, which effaces all the figures.. Should the pasrenger desire to stop several time?, the charge Is by time and distance. As soon as the cab stops, the coachman turns a hand- which sets in motion, the mechanism which marks by tlrr.e, 10 centimes- (1.83 cents) for three minucs. If one wishes to go very slowly less than five miles1 an hour the tariff (marked by time. As soon & the speed becomes greater than five miles the mechanism adjusts Itself automatically and. records by distance. This Instrument, or something similar, Is Used in other large continental cities, and leaves no possibility for disputes between be-tween the passenger and the coachman as to fare. Consular Reports, t i |