Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 November 1946 — Page 35

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Safety Board Approves 20 Per Cent Taxi

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Times State Service LEBANON, Ind, Nov. 21.— The Methodist Children’s Home here is propably the most fortunate Boone county institution ‘relative to the coal shortage. It has a “double” winter supply on hand, enough to last through the winter and probably most of next winter. Mrs. J. C. Coons, the supervisor, explained that a southetn Indiana friend of the institution who owns a mine and had been supplying the home for years, decided to close the mine several months ago and before he did supplied the home with

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a “double” supply. Other Boone and Lebanon insti{tutions have a fairly ample supply | —except city hall. City hall here |has only a week's supply ahead |which it had to buy this week. Al {car is in shipment, but its arrival |is uncertain.

courthouse, heated as a single unit, | have enough until the middle of December and another car ordered has been on order for several weeks.

Urges Council to Consider Boost as Mea s ACOUSE 2 HOOSIERS Of Eliminating Overcharges, Doubling Up IN THEFT OF GATTLE

The board of safety today ap~- and Jesse P. McMurtry, chief of) lbut going in the same Senerel ai-|

proved a request by taxi companies for higher fares. It recommended that city council consider the estimated 20 per cent boost in fares at its next meeting a week from Monday. Now before council is an ordinance calling for: 25 cents for the first one-third of a mile, 10 cents for each additional two-thirds of a mile, 10 cents for each three minutes of waiting time and a $2 rate for hire by the hour, Prevailing rates are 25 cents for the first mile, 10 cents for each additional four-fifths of a mile and other charges the same. Consults With Officials

Thomas R. Kackley, president of Red Cab, Inc. visited city hall yesterday to ascertain whether the safety board would be inclined to approve the increase.

effective. He consulted with William R. Remy, safety board president;

police.

Said Mr. Remy: “You cab com-

co-operate with you.” “We have got to do away with

provide better service for the puble.” McMurtry Non-Committal Mr. Browne said he thought the! requested increase reasonable, Police Chief McMurtry was noncommittal about the proposed in|crease. He expressed concern, however, over the large number of unpaid stickers he sald had been accrued by Red Cab drivers over a lengthy period. . Other cab companies (United and Yell-O-Cab have paid for their traffic violations as they occur, board members informed Mr.

The county infirmary, The bill, though it were to pass | Kackley. ‘has enough for most of the winter|the council, must be approved by | and the Boone county jail and the safety board before becoming doubling up by taxi cab drivers, are transferring the bodies of 122

In reference to over-charging and |

{ Mr. Remy explained: “It is becoming common practice for a cab driver to load up his cab

panies co-operate with us and we'll

over-charging and doubling up.and

“The driver assesses each pas{senger the total fare from the joriginal point of departure to that | passenger's destination, without resetting the meter. | “This 1s not legal. The fare is {based on the trip, not the number of people or their individual destinations, “The total fare collected by the (driver should be no more than if one person were to ride the entire ‘distance alone, “As it is now, drivers are pocketing a lot of money to ‘Which they are not entitled.” go Kackley agreed with Mr. Remy and promised to explain the | sttuation Dh to his drivers.

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Times State Service BEDFORD, Ind, Nov. 21. re,

Dapidson, 1, and Orie F. Baker 26, both of city, are held in jail g pleas Of innocent to grand larceny charges in Lawrence ¢ircuit court. No tfial: date has Been set by Judge Chester A. Davis. | The two men: were apprehended | by Sheriff Lester W. Hayes for the theft of cattle from farms in| the county. Three cows and two | calves were stolen Nov. 5, the sheriff said, and taken to St. Louis where they were sold. Sheriff Hayes said the men had | purchased other livestock from | farmers in the county. Baker faces | a fraudulent check charge after | several farmers reported he gave | them worthless checks in purchas-

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