Show THE HACKMEN Their Prices and Practice to be Ilcculatcd by Ordinance I is learned upon good authority that certain members of the City Council have under consideration a bill for an ordinance ordi-nance to regulate the prices and practice of hackdrivers within the city limits I the ordinance is a go there will be a noticeable change in the maneuvers of some of the festive whipcrackers though many of them are now models of their profession and do not need reforming The object of the ordinance is to put a limit on the charges for different kinds of service just as the street cars are limited lim-ited to a certain fare Thus a certain sum will be the maximum that can be charged for taking a passenger from either of the depots to any part of the city Another limit will be set upon the charge per hour for ordinary service The hack fiend nuisance at the depots will be to some extent abated and altogether the hackmen will be h kept strictly under the thumb of the City Council Copies of the regulation must be in sight in every licensed carriage car-riage or hack and thus the passengers will he protected against excessive charges Something in this line is needed and i this ordinance turns out to be the right one public it will prove a boon to the suffering |