CAB FARES

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1726, 18 April 1913, Page 4

CAB FARES

COUNCIL ADOPTS NEW SCALE. A new scale of cab fares for the city was adopted by tho City Council last 'light. The old districts havo been abolished, and three new districts substituted, in which the average length of tho ™i\"ll. correspond with the number of tho district and the faro thus: District 1, one mile Is.; district 2, two miles 2s; district 3, three miles 3s. \ The boundaries will fit the configuration of the city: No. 1 will take in the iriaiii part of tho city bounded by Kent Terrace , ny de Q ua y ou t,ic east > tho Terrace and Tinakori Roud on the west and north-west, and Ellice, Buckle, and Wi Streets on the south shown in pink on the accompanying map.. No. 2 would be hounded on the north by tho southern boundary of No. 1 on the south by a lino drawn from the original city boundary through Hall mid Mem Streets. No. 3 will be the remainder .of the city within the. original city boundaries. / Special fares are provided for according to the number of passengers and tho timo of the day. 3y another provision tho hirer is entitled to tho exclusive uso of a cab during such hiring, and it is au offence for tha driver of a cab, which shall havo le«n hired, to permit other passengers to be carried without the consent of the hirer.