The evening world. Newspaper, August 28, 1913, Page 16

TAX! MONOPOLIES PLAN NEW FIGHT THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1918 |\What Two Happy Little Cripples Saw Yesterday At the Polo Grounds and How ON LEGAL RATES Will Operate at 50-Cent-a-Mile Tariff and Try to Prove a Loss Results. INDEPENDENTS GLEEFUL Declare They Are Making Money and Cannot Handle the Business of Patrons. ‘The taxicad monopolies have not given @p their fight for the retention of illegal Private hack stands and excessively Righ rates of fare, but are prepared, in w fight, to attack Justice Seatury's Gecision that the new taxicab ordinance, for which The Evening World made Such a long fight, is valid. In addition to appealing from Justice Benbury’s decision the taxicab com- panies are preparing @ new Iine of at- tack, and that new line is responsible for the seeming surrender of the Mason- Beaman Transportation Company, which has equipped 300 of ite 700 cars with the Mew rate meter. ‘William H. Barnard, president of the International Balt Company, and mult'- @illiionaire head of the Mason-Seaman ‘Transportation Company, is authority the com: | by oper- Gting care on the 60-cent-a-mile basis, ‘that ft cannot Work at @ profit, and thus attack the new rate as confiscatory. EXPECTS TO PROVE NEW RATE CONFISCATORY. “The taw has said we can ch only Bo-cents for the firat half mile and conte for the mile, instead of 6 cents for the first half mile and % cents for @he mile, as we formerly charged,” sald Mr. Barnard, “and we have complied with the law, following Justice Sea- Dury's decision, which makes the law binding during appeal. We are s to money during the fight, but we woul lose a lot more money if w: down our immense plant com- @letely. “We have been informed that we can- Not press our charge that the new rate 4s confecatory until we can go into court and show actual figures to bear out our contention. 80 we have equip- bed 900 of our cars witn th ®-cont firat drop meters and will operate them fm the public hackstands and in com- Petition with the ‘buckers.’ “Th f @ reasonable time, we will make a complete computation of our cont of operation and our receipts. If these figures show a loss to us, we eel sure the courts will give us rellef, Or, if the courts still Insist that the ordinance ts binding, that the Board of Aldermen will so amend the rate as to Profit. &# lot of money to oper Plant we manufacture one ery two days to take the Place of cars worn out in the service. ‘That is just one example.” THE INDEPENDENT FINDS REAL PROFIT IN NEW RATE. ‘The claim that cars cannot be op- erated at @ profit on a “first drop" of © cents and a rate of 50 cents a mile tn laughed at by Edwin 8, Goodnow, treass Urer and general manager of the Inde- Pendent Taxleab Owners’ Association, which long ago adopted the cheaper rate and which led the fight for the @doption of the new ordinance. “T own a taxicab myself, and I cord Money on it the S-cent rate,” sald ‘Mr. Goodnow. “If I didn’t, I'd quit the business. But Ido make money. I have to pay @ chauffeur to run the car, and T have to pay more for my tires, gaso- Hine, oll and repairs, because I cannot uy in such quantities as the larger corporations, "Of course, I have no such overhead expenses as the large qompanies, but ‘that ts easy to explain. If they did not have so many high-priced and unneces- ind had not been paying ‘hy year for the illegal private hackstand privileges in front of the hotels, they wouldn't have such enor- mous overhead charges, That in whore their profite go. No wonder the stock- holders don't get dividends. “I have kept absolutely accurate fig- ures, and I know 1 i taxicab’ for less thi and a big taxicab for less than 12 cents ® mile. You must take into considera- Yon that in operating my car I had far more ‘dead mileage’ than the big com- Danies, and every dead mile is dead loss, Yet 1 operated for the figures 1 ha given, I had more ‘dead mileage’ be- caune, under the old system, there were few public hackstands and when my car took « passenger way up to Harlem it had to come back downtown to @ pub- lie stand without a passenger. Th: companies owning the city Private hackstands, could send a paa- we to Harlem et another passenger downtown, avoiding dead mileage. MORE PROFITS NOW WITH have the same TWO CRIPPLED BOYS SAW GIANTS PLAY: Didn’t They Ride in a Red Auto to Polo Grounds? Ifideed, Yes! ALL HANDS GOOD TO'EM. Bellevue Hospital Is Full of Sunshine To-Day Over Their Happiness. ‘There wan sunshine all over New York to-day, but In the main court of Bellevue Hospital there was double sun- HAPPY? WEL SAY! shine. Cruising about near the entrance to the bi main building was a whec- chair, and tn this vehicle of usual mel- ancholy were two of the happiest mor- tale ever a whoel-chair carried. They knew very well why they were happy and every one who came noar knew, too, for they were two bright-eyed Ameri- can boys, and after many long, dreary months in plaster casts and flat on ther backs in bed the little cripples had seen Compared with lege and twinted The llttle tade who throughout the vast cou en the face of many a forlorn sufferer were Harold MoMahon, fifteen years olf, and Eddie Messemer, one year his junior, Yesterday in a big red automo- bile they were whirled to the Polo Grounds, where, as the guests of John McGraw, they saw the Giants and Cin- cinnat! teams clash in the final game of thelr series. True, they eaw their idols, the Giants, go down to de 4 but other features of the wonderful outing helped heal this wound, and, anyhow, didn't the villainous Phillies Riso lone? WHAT THE POOR LITTLE CHAPS HAVE GONE THROUGH. Porsibly in all Bellevue there are not Uttle patients who have had r share of trouble than these youngsters, but stout little hearts (and LEGAL FIGHTS WON BY PEOPLE TO PROVE NEW TAXI LAW VALID The new taxicab ordinance for which The Eventi World began a fight three years withstands the acid tent applied it by more than score of the city’s ablest attcrneys representing the big taxicab com- panies. Below ie a brief history of the measure: ele sansa ons of totes, my word for dt that there will be 1,00 more cara on the streets of New York within @ year—and every one of them will be making money. ‘The cheaper ‘The taxicabs will no longer be a luxury which only the richest can afford. Every one can and will use taxicahe the rates the more demand for cars. |" Harold) M¢ Mahon. who may not say complete the fortunes of baseball t Given both dispositions that belie the! Physical misfortune@ Young McMa- home i# in Staten Island. His dated from a wint when he was visiting in Holyo Putation became-necessar; er he fell down a flight of wan broken. He ha: been In Bellevue ten months and the broken ilmb ts to-day imprisoned in a heavy plaster cast. Eddie's misfortune, too, has been hap- fold. A leg injured while playing foo ball sent him to the hospital with a Puncture of the spine and elght weeks later a tonsing in bed brought on agony that revealed the iact that his leg was brok Blood poisoning was his further Portion and for eight months he lay in bed and never stirred, r To-day natural rugged constitutions struggled to give both boys the color =| Not tat _———— adequate to the demand when the pub- Mo realizes how cheap cabs can be got- ten." ‘The legal fight to overthrow the Led taxicab ordinance, #0 far as the Su- Prem Court ts concerned, ended yea- terday when Justice Donnelly, before whom the big taxicab companies madi their last stand, threw the tnjunction Applicat of the American Taximeter Company and the Broadway Auto Tour- ing Company out of court. It took Justice Donnelly scarcely more than twenty-four hours to make up his mind that the taximeter com- pany and the touring company had no standing in court and by concurring in Justice Seabury's decision «upholding the ordinance, further injunction pro- ceedings against the jaw ure practically barred now. os SEES MAN DROP TO DEATH. to Whom He Just Said ‘Good Ni; After Ludwig F. Georne, thirty-nine, ® bartender, had closed up his saloon at One Hundred and Thirty-seventh street find Brook avenue about 880 this morn- ing, he stood for a few moments chat- ting to Policeman Lorber, a block away, before going on to his home, at No, Brook avenue, A little time afterward Lorber saw something come hustling down from the fifth floor of the house where Georne lived, and, running up, found Georse on the pavement, dead, Mrs. Georae, aroused by Lorber, sald husband must have dropped off to and fallen out of the window, oe- je the sill of which he t fora while e after coming from work. several times now, and the present supply will not be wakened him, she Nr, What Edgar Messemer maith and happiness completed the illu- sion. Joyously they told all who stopped to apeak with them of the fairy-like Journey to the helght of all youthful New Yerk's ambition—the Polo Grounds, Harold was a leader in the description of the outing but anythihg he overlooked Eddie quickly mentioned. “Of course sorry to see the Giants lose,” but I've always "t look upon us noon will probably be good Benim cay Uh, ties the suppose Tesreau will pitch.” This laat with the knitted broW of the ba: Mt student who delights in forecasting bat- tertes, IT WAS EDDIE'S FIRST AUTO TRIP, HAROLD SAID. “How about the grip?” resumed Har- old presently. urely did enjoy it, I have been in automobiles before, but this was the first time Eddie ever rode in one.” At this point Master Eddie roused himself from gazing raptly at a pic- ture of the boys taken at the Polo Grounds yesterday, and allowed that the auto ride was great stuff, but not) good as the game. . ‘But you ought to have seen ts ing through Twenty-necond atre put in his chum, “You know E Mves over there, and Dr, who drove us up to the through that block. When all the kids that Eddie knows saw us there was « crowd around that we could hardly get through, Those kids seemed as wind as If they were going to the game, too.” Hoth lade were chockablock with com- ments on the game and their delight in They Enjoyed Game Wy the bow’ Saur at the game really secing the'heroes they dreamed about and read of religiously tn ¢ newspapers. Tinker's home run w discussed from every possible angle, Burne's remarkable running catch In the third was thoroughly praised, and the new pitcher's (Slim Schauer) Promising debut was commented upon. To express more fully hia pleasure during the outing, Harold raked his mind for a compa in. ‘The only thing that approached It, hought, was the fined to the bed that he didn’ ‘ht months, but Harold was in the x MURDERS HIS BRIDE OF BUT SIX WEEKS AND GETS AWAY IN SAFETY Unhappy Honeymoon Fol- lowed Elopement and Slaying | Ends Breaking Up Home. After an unhappy married life of atx weeks, Savuroro Parulo, a young man whore good looks and fine clothes have caused sighs from Mulberry Bend to Sullivan street and East One Hundred | and Sixteenth street, strode out of his) apartment, No. 4% West) Thirtteth! street. He left behind him his bride, who, as Maria Ferrone, has been pop- ular for @ year oP more Inger in the Itallan moving picture theatres all over the city. With her was her brother Pasquale, who ts @ moving pic- ture actor. The three had deen quarreiiing all night, It had been agreed that the home should be broken up, Youns| Parulo safa that it was more than he could bear to have his wife going around to theatres where strange men made eyes at her and threw her kisses every night. Maria sald that it was e and going strong until a collision put him out of the running. Did he get hurt? Well, you can't get hurt very much with an inch-thick plaster-cast on your leg. s Harold expecta to be out of the hos- pital in about @ month and, with the ald of crutches, will be able to take in games. Eddie for three or he thinks. This af- ternoon they are collaborating of letter of thanks to Manager McGraw. THE CENTRE OF INTEREST THROUGHOUT THE GAME. At the grounds yesterday the two little cripples were the centre of all in- terest. They were provided a piace in one of the lower tlen boxes, to which they wore conveyed In a wheel-chatr, from which the la! owner of the Giants, John T. Brush, used to watch the games. Sympathetic spectators saw to it that the little fellows got thelr fill of peamuts, candy and pop, and if there was one detall that could add to the boys’ pleasure that waa overlooked, no one In the theusands thought of it. To realize thelr gratitude one must fee the sunny faces of the youngsters, wreathed with iies that won't fade for many a day, Last night they were so excited that they declined supper. Bed time was postponed from § to 10 o'clock and even then (Eddie will prob- ably deny this) Eddie smiled in his ep and murmured: “Smash it out, ‘kle,”” “Datta boy, Burns. what one ball ga: th oh. .—Albert Williams and David Garvin, both of ere killed to-day when an in*which they and five others were travelling to Springfield over- turned while descending a steep hill known as Jacob's Ladder, ‘an killed instantly and Williams died abo: an hour after the accident. The acci- dent was caused by the collapse of a wheel. i “etlric, Liverpool, Usaniim,, Iotterdam, City of Bt. Laie, SA Allemannia, Hayti, Mexico, Havana, ital more than she could bear to have a hus- {to the Tombs by Maxistrate Levy | $500 ball on a misdemeanor assauit charge which would have carried but ;& small penalty with tt had he been i nd guilty in § 1 Sessions, fond that the pris- r had wrapped his belt about his kK, passed an end through the frame of his cot and strangled himself by pulling at the end of the belt, MAN WHO KILLED TO SAVE GIRL'S HONOR IS SET FREE Coroner's Jury Exonerates Carnegie Medal Hero After Full Hearing. William C, Cuff, a clerk, twenty, who unintentionally killed a man to gave & woman's honor, was to-day © x- onerated by a jury under Coroner Hul- lenstein, Karly on the morning of Aug. 4, Miss Mary Burns of No. %2 East Fifteth street, ‘vhile on her way home, was accosted by Joseph Berandes of No. 30 East Seventieth street, who had fol- lowed her along Kast Sixty-fifth atrect to near Third avenue, Here he di age d her into a hallway. Her screams at- tracted Cuff, who lives at No. 42 East Bixty-fifth street. Accoraing to the testimony of the girl before the Cor- oner, her assailant said that he woud blow Cuff's brains out if he attempted to interfere with him. Berandes then aimed a blow at Cuff, who knocked him down. In his fall Berandes‘s skull was fractured and he died some time later at the hospital. band who thought her @ fool and a ‘men came end all the furniture on Paru! order, even to the carpeting and the Pictures, Mrs. Parulo went across the street to the home of Mra, Rosa Tam- borine, with whom she had a nodding acquaintance, Her brother promised to come and get her soon. As she telling Mra, Tamborino her troubles Savuroro Parulo walked in, He asked Mra. Tamborino to hoid an umbrella which he handed per and waiked to where his wife sat by the window, staring at him angrily. He drew @ revolver, placed it against her neck and fired. She slipped down to the floor and rolled into a heap He Watched her for @ moment. She did not move. He ran to the door id went down the stairs two steps at Jump. Tenants, alarm. 4 by the shot, started after him. Parulo turned at the street door and leveled his revolver at the foremost, who ran back upstairs. From the tenement windows he was seen to run to Tenth avenue and then up to- wards Thirtieth street, Others who watched him after he turned the corner. saw him jump inte @ taxicab which! whirled away throw While Policeman Yost and Ambulance! Surgeon Farnum of \ York Hospital were questioning the TWmorino family, the dead woman's brother Pasquale, walked in. When he saw what had happened, he fainted across her body. After Pasquale had been restored, he told how his ter and Parulo had eloped six weeks ago, had been for- given by her parents and had quarrelied ever since, -—— PRISONER STRANGLES SELF. Victim Was Held on Carrying Small Penalty. 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