Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 December 1936 — Page 36

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- INSIX MONTHS

Most ‘Successful Regulation Measure in City Code, Controller Claims. BY JERRY. SHERIDAN

The taxicab ordinance, which has brought tely $36,000 to

approxima the City Controller during the last |' six months, today is considered the |’

most successful regulation measure in the code, city officials said. Nine cab lines operating 304 veicles: are under provisions of the ‘#ct which went into effect in July. “It functions perfectly,” Thomas Tarpey, Weights and Measures chief , said. “During busy seasons our personnel is inadequate for re-inspections, but results have been excellent.” The ordinance calls for a meter check-up every 30 days for all cabs, Tarpey explained. = Between periods, broken meters must be inand _ sealed by the Weights and Measures Department, An acute municipal problem in most - major cities, taxi regulation here provided controversy until the recent ordinance, The measure requires insurance for each cab covering $5000 and $10,000 liability and a $500 property damage policy. Monthly certificates to be displayed on wind shields are issued when insurance receipts are presented to the Controller, License Fee Is $36 A license fee of $36 for each cab, plus a $1 issuance fee. is required anwvually. Approximately $200 is paid each year for transfers and additional vehicles, according to Mrs. Mary Seay, in charge of licenses for ‘the Controller. Meters are required in 54 of 90 cities reporting in a recent survey. According to this survey, IndianapoHis operates under a model ordinance. Cabs might go for several months with faulty meters previous to the - present ordinance, Mr, Tarpey said. Inaccuracies now are reported immediately and the meter set on a trial run.’ Mr. Tarpey praised the ¢ab companies for co-operation on re-inspections. Aftempts to regulate taxicabs through public service bodies recently have been reported in numerotis states, but in only one, Colorado, has such a statute been passed. * Regulations necessary in larger cities but not included in the local erdinance are fingerprinting and photographing of operators, shatterproof glass in vehicles and a city operators’ license. New York requires its 16,219 cabs to provide bonds of $2500 to $5000 personal injury, $1000 to $5000 property damage; a -$1-city license -fee,

$5 state license and $10 individual

cab license. Fees High in Chicago In Chicago state and city licenses, . a $5 special license and $50 for “use of streets,” is charged, Semi-annual reinspections are made “Tor ‘a $2.50 fee Requirements are less strict in St. Louis; where the number of cabs is approximately the same as in Indianapolis. No standard fare is required by ordinance and:a license dosts $15. Cabs . are bonded for $1000. - Commenting on the local ordinance, City’ Controller Wélter C. Boetcher said the liability .insurance and reinspecting of meters gives cab patrons ever possible advantage. The local ordinance sets fares at 15 cents for the first mile and a half, 10 cents for each additional mile, with a maximum of 55 cents anywhere in the corporate limits. Included in the $36,000 revenue from taxicabs here during the sixmonths are delinquent fees, transfers and issuance fees. Indianapolis cab lines are increasing facilities each month, according ton city records.’ Two lines have Buded vehicles during the last 10 ays The ordinance is a great improvement over previous regulation attempts, according to Theodore “H. Dammeyer, Safety Board president.

HELD GUILTY OF ASSAULT

By United Press FORT WAYNE, Ind, Dec. 4— Elmer Adams, 34, father of six, was found guilty of attempted criminal

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Allen County jury yesterday. Judgment on the verdict was deferred pending the filing of a moHon for new trial.

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Baby Failed To Inhale For Three Hours After Birth.

By United Press TLANTA, Ga., Dec. 4—Shelby Claudette Scott, day-old infant who did not breathe for three hours after birth, blinked beside her mother, Mrs. C. C. Scott, 19, today. Hospital records showed Claudette was born at 2:30 p. m., but did not take her first breath until 5:30 p. m. For three hours, - a physician forced his own breath through a gauze bandage into the baby's lungs. Several times during the process + of applying artificial respiration, doctors despaired of saving the baby’s life. When the infant’s' body began to turn blue, the physician gave up hope and turned aside. A nurse then moved the infant, turning it half way on its side. Claudette gave a faint gasp, momentarily choked, ‘and then began to cry. Physicians ‘later discovered the babys lungs had been filled with wate

The baby weighs eight pounds.

RAILROAD EARNINGS SHOW HEAVY GAINS

By. United Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 4—American railroads earned net income of $42,789.982 during the first nine | months of the year, compared with a deficit of $66,180,281 for the corresponding period of 1935, the Interstate Commerce Commission - re- | ported today. A compilation of earnings of class one steam railways, based on reports of 144 carriers, showed: Net railway operating income for the nine months period at $434,864,001 this year against $321,201,770 in 1935; depreciation of $145,140,542 this year against $146,287,646 in 1935, and federal income taxes of $19,502,668 this year against $12,866,261 last year.

INQUEST TO BE HELD IN 3 TRAFFIC DEATHS

By United Rress DETROIT, Dec. 4—An inquest

of three prominent Toledo (O.) residents killed instantly when their | automobile collided with a truck last night on an ice~coated high- | way. The dead were Mr. and ‘Mrs. i Ww.

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