The evening world. Newspaper, July 25, 1918, Page 7

FUEL HEAD TO LOSE AID. Will Restan, D, Delos W. Cooke, the new State Fuel |)t Administrator, struck his first snag yes- terday in the report that Charles Robertson, Assistant State Adminis- trator, would resign and would retire @iso from the State Advisory Commit- tee of the Fuel Administration. Reeve Schley, County Fuel Adminis- trator, who has been offered a deputy- BAN FRA fort of every C tution in the coun production and to Foo! », July 25.—The ef- educational insti- y in furthering food onservation was pledged uses. or weekly if you wish. Care [Pass the Doors. Stylish : OF THE: : 1 bene ACTURERS Close Bntur- at ar. M. Western Front. ing mark of the U. S. Cooke Learns) Ho rday the E.| Brent Named to ST. 14 an Jin resolutions passed by the Catholte | Pducationsl Association Convention yes ions praised Mr. The Right nan of Washington, ed President Generai janage Misnis~ aippt Barge Line. UIS, July 25, — Theodore Rrent, former member of the Shippiny Board, the Fuel Administration, pointed traffic manager ‘of the Missis- d now a traffic expert wit has been ap- er Barge Line. He will as- tles Aug. nee ship under Mr. Cooke, could not be| sippi Rive Feached yesterday, and it could not be| sume his learned whether he would take the po= tion, ini feria Catholics Will Save Food, Crepe Georgette, Satin Taffeta, Crepe de Chine Our Club Plan Women planning vacation trips will especially benefit by our Famous Club Plan. new and better kind of charge account—You mer purchase a frock or suit or wrap and pay for it monthly Payments may be as little as $1 Weekly 53 to 57 West 14th St., N. Y. t uly Ir 2%.—Andrew Bonar Debate. Law, speaking for the Government, announced in the Commons yesterday that the motion laid down by John Dillon, the Irish regarding the Irish question, Administrator Herbert Hoover | be debated next Monday. 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Post Office Bail 19 Congress Sti PRIVATE CAB C0 ATITSOLD TREKS TO RASE RATE Westcotts Continue Fight on Ordinance Championed by Evening World. By Sophie Irene Loeb. As once stated in The Bvening World “just what sort of a figure does the Public Service Commission cut” In calling for a hearing July 30, for the purpose of raising rates for the Wescott Express Company in the operation of taxicabs? This view is shared by Corporation Counsel Burr, who has the matter in hand and means to fight it to a finish. The company, operating at the Grand Central Railroad Station, was not satisfied with the amendment tlt made all vehicles using the streets procure a city license and operate the same as other public vehicles, secured an injunction against the city. | But seeing the futility of this, a few weeks ago they applied for |ticenses for all their vehicles under the city ordinance. ‘They were granted an unusual extension in re- |gard to time for making their cabs fit the regulation and are now work- ing under the license, enjoying the privileges of the city streets and picking up passengers therefrom, Yet they now seok to avoid the legal rates and again try to assume the same old guise, that of “com- mon carriers” running in connection with the rallroad and therefore a con- tinuation of the railroad and amena- ble to the Public Service Law. As previously set forth in The Eve- ning World when the last amend- ment was passed: “How does the Public Service Commission claim to be serving the public by going out of its way to dispute the city’s au- thority in this direction, thereby en- couraging cab companies concerned to do the same? “What public service does the Com- mission claim it renders by del\ver- ately showing unwillingness to co- operate with the city in a matter which involves nothing but the most obvious public interest and advan- tage? “Is the Public Service Commission more zealous to stretch its powers | than to live up to its name? | “Phe Westcott Company, however, | would be ill advised to trust to what |the backing of the Public Service Commission could do for it in a claim against the taxicab ordinance. | “Other taxicab concerns tried it in the past. ‘They found it a long and costly business. The courts were against them, The ordinance held.” And now comes another chapter in the actions of the Westcott Express | Company, to add to the forbeara of the long-suffering public in con- nection with their service. This concern has persistently defied the city ordinance and continued to © taxicabs on the streets of the of New York without a licease. They maintained their position oy assuming that the Public Service Commission had jurisdiction over the taxicabs operating from railroad sta- tions, The original ordinance, passed in through the efforts of this news- paper after a long-fought campaign, a8 upheld through all the courts. ce that ordinance they have re- cured one injunction after another against the y in an endeavor to | continue to operate without a license. After the p of that ordinance “More Marines!” is the call, Washington responds with an increase in the Corps. Can, you fit the hat? 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MARINE CORPS RECRUITING STATION 24 East 23d Street, New York City 1020 Gates Avenue, Brooklyn 190 Market Street, Newark U.S. MARINES Ages, 18 to 36 years. ding, Jersey City reet, New Haven and at last made it possible for pas- 1 the former Public Service Commission | accepted the decree of the courts and | kept “hands off.” | But now ex-Justice William 1. | Ransom, counsel for the Public Ser- | vice Commission, has been upholding the Westoott Express Company in its position that it is under the Public Service Law. Last November the Board of Alder- men passed the amendment to tho or- dinance which made it compulsory for every taxicab operating from ratiroad stations and steamship docks to be properly licensed and charge only legal rates. This amendment, which practically completed the original ordinance, was also urged by The Evening World. sengers everywhere to assume that every vehicle subject to hire was operating under legal rates and under control of the License Bureau. But Lawyer Ransom again con- tended on the side of the Westcott Express Company, after the amend- ment was passed, and assumed guar- dianship over them under the Public Service wing. A few days after the amendment was passed the Public Service Commission ordered the ‘Westcott rates to be the same as tho public rates, which the Westcott Ex- press Company promptly accepted, and Judge Ransom issued this state- ment at that time: “That the action of the Commission and of the Westcott Expreas Com- pany is to be regarded as ending the long-etanding controversy as to the legal status of the Westcott Com- Pany’s cabs and as establishing the Jurisdiction and power of the Public Service Commission to regulate the rates of taxicabs operated from pri- vate, hackstands in railroad tormi- nals.” But the decision of the “long- standing legal status” of any company’s cabs was seemingly overlooked by Judge Ransom. Through all the contesting of the original ordinance the courts consistently held that the Board of Aldermen has complete jur diction over every hack that uses of the city for hire tinction from where they op long as they use city str The Westcott Express Company, however, continued to operate under the guise of using “a private nack- stand upon its own property on the station” and secured an injunction. In the Supreme Court Appellate Division the opinion of Justice Sea- bury In regard to the original ordi- nance was upheld. In his concur~ ring opinion the Presiding Justice, Ingraham, ald “The Legislature intended to vest the Board of Aldermen of the City of New York with entire power to regulate the use of the streets in the City of New York: to regulate the nature of the Vehicles that use the streets, and ribe the conditi which they shall in the city limiti unrestricted power to reg the rates of fare to be char; by public conveyances using the streets.” ——— DINING CAR FLIES, WEEP! Suger owls ‘ nished From Vehicles by Food Board, Sugar bowls are to be banished from ining cars, the Federal Food Boa announced yesterday, Hereal Jers will receive not more half-lumps or one teaspoo: ‘at each meal. Since earl of the cars, it ie said, wheat in any form. ‘The board will moveto Monday to larger quarters at No. 6 West Fifty-| seventh Street, where tt will occup the eighth, . tenth and clevent rs, T my than two nful of sugar in Aprit most ave served no floor work an extent that the present quarters at | No. 220 Weat Fifty-seventh Street have become inadequate, Business will con- | tinue uninterrupted during the moving. | ENLIST IN THE ARMY OF SAVERS— BUY WAR SAVING STAMPS B. Altman & Co. A Quantity of Misses’ Cotton Dresses prettily made of the wanted Summer fabrics, will be placed on the clearance prices of $7.75 at these reduced figures, $5.50, representing, very remarkable values (Misses’ Department, Second Floor) An Attractive Selection of Silk Parasols of superior quality, embracing a number of smart styles in plain and fancy effects, fash- ionably mounted, will at the special price of on special sale at one’s friends. notice, (First 34th and 35th Streets, $3.00 each Sun-or-Rain Umbrellas of green, navy, purple or black silk, with cord-loop handles, will at the same time be $3.50 each The Kodak Season now at its height, offers innumerable oppor- tunities for giving pleasure to oneself and The Camera Department is | amply supplied with every requirement of the amateur photographer, including cameras of all the popular types, films, albums, etc. Negatives developed and printed at short | The Store will be closed all day on Saturd and on Saturday sale to-morrow at & $9.75 be offered to-morrow Floor) s during August Madison Avene - Fifth Avene Bem Bork Lord &€ 38th Street —FIFTH AV laylor soth Street DAILY A Special Purchase FECT FUR Misses’ Summer Dresses To Be Sold Tomorrow at $7.50 A Price Representing Less Than Actual Wholesale Cost : Prettiest of models, with the deep collars, sashes, dainty frills and finish- ing touches that make Midsummer Frocks so youthfully charming. 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