Springfield city directory, and business advertiser, 1915, Part 165

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Publication date: 1915
Publisher: Springfield, [Mass.] : S. Bowless and Company
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History Club-President, Mrs. How- ard R. Bemis; Secretary and Treasurer, Miss Ruth M. Kenyon.

Keystone Club-Social and non- political. Founded 1910. 22 Worthing- ton street. President, David B. Leavitt; Vice-President, Edward Levinson;

Financial Secretary, Benjamin Harc; Treasurer, Jacob Steinberg; Recording Secretary, Henry Cohen; Trustees, David Swirsky and Charles Baker.

Hotel and Railway Men's Social Club-37 Stockbridge street. President, L. R. Ball; Vice-President, J. Whitfield; Secretary, C. L. Baker; Treasurer, H. E. Chase.

Lowell Club-Organized October 29, 1912. Meets second Tuesday of each month at homes of members. President, Luke H. Clark, Sr .; Secretary, Joseph H. O'Brien.

Manchconis Club-Club house, North Wilbraham. President, Charles S. Potter; Vice-President, Harry R. Wright; Secretary, Cyrus H. Converse; Treasurer, Albert D. Shaw; Directors, Ralph W. Wight, Fred W. Hawkins, William M. Lester.

Masonic Club-Masonic building, 115 State street. Regular meetings second Thursday of each month. Presi- dent, Dan J. Kimpton; Secretary and Treasurer, Howard C. Kelly.

Massasoit Canoe Club-Hickory corner Wilbraham road. Commodore, Milton M. Griffin; Secretary, R. W. Kreimendahl; Purser, Charles H. Mun- ger.

Nayasset Club-Organized Decem- ber, 1891. Club house, 65 State street. President, Fred T. Ley; Secretary, Brewer Corcoran; Treasurer, Ralph P. Alden.

Negro Civic League of Springfield -Meets 455 Main street at Odd Fellows' Hall, second Wednesday of each month. Organized for the promotion of good citizenship. President, Robert S. Frazier; Secretary, Bruce T. Bowens.

Rockrimmon Boat and Canoe Club -Foot of West street, at North End bridge. President, Edward E. O'Con- nor; Financial Secretary, J. J. Ferriter; Recording Secretary, H. E. T. Pineau; Treasurer, James J. Downey.

Sapiens-Meets (5 and 7) 148 Main street. President, Walter Bearg; Treas- urer, Herman Lasker; Secretary, Louis Richmond.

Springfield Boat Club-Organized 1886; incorporated 1892. Meets first Sunday of each month. Boat house, foot of Elm street. President, M. B. Mahoney; Vice-President, L. J. Bor- deaux; Secretary, E. S. Haswell; Treas- urer, W. J. Quilty; Captain, Frank Hardina.

Springfield Canoe Association- Club house foot of Elm street. PO Box 1436. Organized March 31, 1882. In- corporated January 21, 1885. The club has a 60 x 40 ft. club house at the foot of Elm street containing an assembly room, shower baths, lockers, work room, etc.

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President, Fred C. Hubbard; Secretary, Fred L. Hunn; Treasurer, Fred A. Bearse.

Springfield Duplicate Whist Club -Organized 1895. Meets every Mon- day and Friday at 8 p m in room 316, Myrick Building. President, F. R. Hutchinson; Secretary, R. N. Watts; Treasurer, John T. Humberston.

Springfield Schuetzen Verein- Meets first and third Fridays of each month at 249 Bridge street. President, Kurt R. Sternburg; Financial Secretary, C. Neubauer; Treasurer, F. A. Wake- field.

Springfield Women's Club-Corner Spring and Frost streets. Meets every other Wednesday from November to April inclusive. President, Mrs. Clinton E. Bell; Recording Secretary, Mrs. D. R. Thayer; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. Robert C. Cooley; Treasurer, Mrs. Charles E. Galacar.

Winthrop Club-137} State street. Organized December 12, 1874, and in- corporated October 3, 1881. The pur- poses of the club are to maintain a library, reading and assembly rooms, and promote social intercourse among its members. President, R. A. Knight; Secretary, Albert D. Shaw; Treasurer, Fred L. Safford.

MILITARY

Second Regiment Infantry, M. V. M .- Headquarters, State Armory, Howard street, Springfield, Mass. Meeting, Thursday evening. Colonel, Wm. C. Hayes; Lieutenant Colonel, Edwin R. Gray, Orange; Major, A. G. Beckman, Northampton; Major, A. F. Foote, Holyoke; Major, H. H. Warren, Worcester; Surgeon, Major, E. A. Gates, Springfield; Adjutant, Capt. Paul J. Norton, Springfield; Quartermaster, Capt. Herbert F. Hartwell, Springfield; Paymaster, Capt. A. C. Edson, Holyoke; Ordinance Officer, Capt. Frank A. Wake- field, Springfield; Commissary, Capt. Ernest R. Burger; Chaplain, Rev. W. S. Danker, Worcester; Asst. Surgeon, Capt. A. C. Williams, Springfield; First Lieutenant, Harry C. Martin, Spring- field; Batn. Adjutants, First Lieutenant H. P. Ward, Springfield; First Lieu- tenant Alexander Macdonald, Holyoke; First Lieutenant Howard W. Robbins, Worcester; Batn. Com. Quartermasters, Second Lieutenant Burdett R. Madison, Springfield; Second Lieutenant Henry R. Hoyle, Worcester.

Company B, 2d Regiment, M. V. M., " City Guard "-Armory, Howard street. Organized 1842. Drill every Monday evening. Business meeting the first Monday evening in each month. Captain, James L. Loomis; First Lieu- tenant, Benson G. Munyan; Second Lieutenant, Frederick R. Daniels.

Company G, 2d Regiment Infan- try, M. V. M., " Peabody Guard "- Regular meeting first Tuesday evening of every month. Annual meeting at the regular meeting in October. Drill every Tuesday evening, State Armory, Howard street. Captain, W. A. Smith, Jr .; First Lieutenant, Ralph W. Stone; Second Lieutenant, John M. Fraser.

Company K, 2d Regiment, M. V. M .- Regular meeting third Wednesday of every month. Drill every Wednes- day evening in State Armory. Cap- tain, George A. Roberts; First Lieu- tenant, George W. Hosmer; Second Lieutenant, Albert F. Christensen.

H. Company, 7th Division Naval Brigade, M. V. M .- Regular drill Thursday evening of each week. An- 'nual meetings first regular drill night in March, at State Armory, Howard street. Lieutenant and Chief of Com- pany, Clifford A. Tinker; Lieutenant (J. G.) William A. Prentice; Ensign, John B. Arnold.

Peabody Guard Veteran Associa- tion-Organized . August 29, 1900. Meets quarterly, January, April, July, and October, at the quarters of Co. "G," 2d Regiment, State Armory, How- ard street. Major Commanding, Wm. Buteman; Captains, Edward M. Estes and W. E. Parsons; Paymaster, J. F. Scully; Adjutant, J. A. Shea.

U. S. Army Recruiting Station-17 Hampden street. Following are now on duty at this station; Sergeant, Richard Tattersall; Corporal, Lucien E. Provost; Privates, Patrick J. Tierney, William L. Reihl.

LIBRARIES AND FREE READING ROOMS

City Library Association. Officers -President, Nathan D. Bill; Vice- President, Robert Morris; Clerk, Hiller C. Wellman; Treasurer, Henry H. Bowman; Directors, Dr. Luke Cor- coran, G. W. V. Smith, James W. Kirkham, Frederick H. Gillett, Henry J. Beebe, Marcus P. Knowlton, Henry H. Skinner, Walter H. Wesson, Andrew B. Wallace, George Dwight Pratt, Stan- ford L. Haynes, A. A. Packard, Mayor of the City, the President of the Com- mon Council, and the Superintendent of Schools. Auditors, W. C. Simons, A. Willard Damon.

Staff: Librarian, Hiller C. Wellman; Assistant Librarians, Alice Shepard, Mary Medlicott, William C. Stone, Ida F. Farrar, Ida M. Taylor, Grace Miller, Nellie E. Dodge, Alice M. Bridge, James A. Lowell, Effalene H. King, Hazel M. Benjamin, Marion B. Lewis, Nellie L. Chase, Flora F. Prince, Jennie M. Read, Marion Bowler, Florence M. Wood, Mary C. Farnham, Alice K. Moore, Mrs. Kate W. Barney, Fanny R.

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Childs, Ruth L. Clifford, Florence L. Ladd, Lucy I. Lamb, Avis M. Morison, Marion G. Nelson, Helen A. Under- wood, Elizabeth A. Hull, Mary E. Hyde, Edith L. Little, Nancy S. Hap- good, Mabel A. Staples, Basil B. Wood, Lucy C. Richmond, Marie L. Barrett, Ruth I. Codaire, Marian E. Day, Marietta Lester, Marjorie M. Spencer, Mildred L. White, J. Ethel Wooster, Cordelia C. Sargent, Helen M. Hastings.

The Library is located on State street above Chestnut, and open week days from 9 a m to 9 p m. Sundays, from 2 to 6 p m (fiction department closed). Holidays, except Christmas and the Fourth of July, from 9 a m to 9 p m (fiction and children's departments closed). The number of volumes in the library is about 197,000, exclusive of unbound pamphlets.

Residents of Springfield and non- residents employed in the city are en- titled to draw books, on agreeing to conform to the regulations; other non- residents, by paying $1 per year.

Card holders may take one work of fiction and a reasonable number of other books at one time, for periods of two, four or six weeks. New works of fiction are restricted to one week.

The use of the Library on the prem- ises is free to all.

Connected with the Library is a Free Reading Room, well supplied with American and foreign newspapers, maga- zines, and reviews, which is open week days and holidays from 9 a m to 10 p m, Sundays, 2 to 10 p m.

Indian Orchard Branch, Oak and Worcester streets, week days, 3 to 9 p m. Closed holidays.

Forest Park Branch, Belmont ave- nue and Oakland street, week days, 3 to 9 pm. Closed holidays.

Memorial Square Branch, week days, 3 to 9 p m. Closed holidays.

The Art Museum-The George Walter Vincent Smith Collection, in the Art Building, is open to the public week days, including holidays, except Thanksgiving, Christmas, and the Fourth of July, 2 to 6 from March 21 to September 21, 1 to 5 from Sep- tember 22 to March 20; Sundays, closed.

The Horace Smith Collection of Casts of Greek and Renaissance Sculp- ture, in the Art building, is open to the public every day in the year, ex- cept Thanksgiving, Christmas, and the Fourth of July, 2 to 6 from March 21 to September 21, 1 to 5 from Septem- ber 22 to March 20.

The Science Building, containing the Museum of Natural History, and the Catharine L. Howard Memorial Li- brary of Science, is open to the public every day in the year, except Thanks- giving, Christmas, and the Fourth of July, from 2 to 6 from March 21 to Sep-

tember 21, 1 to 5 from September 22 to March 20, and every Saturday morn- ing from 9 to 12.

The Catharine L. Howard Memo- rial Library of Science-Science Build- ing, State street. A memorial to Catharine L. Howard, who for many years conducted The Howard School for Girls, now known as The MacDuffie School. Part of a sum of about five thousand dollars, raised by the alumnae, was expended in fitting up the library, and income front the remainder is used in purchasing new books. In the se- lection of books, great care has been taken to meet the needs of students in the subjects of geology, physical geog- raphy, zoology, botany, and astronomy.

The library is open week-days and Sunday, 1 to 5 in winter; 2 to 6 in sum- mer; also 9 to 12 on Saturdays. Presi- dent, Julia B. Phillips; Secretary, Susie B. Chapin; Treasurer, Fanny B. Kirk- ham.

Library of the International Y. M. C. A. College-285 Hickory street. Founded 1891. 11,700 volumes and upwards of 20,000 pamphlets. Special- ties: The Bible, Christian History, Psychology, Sociology, History and Methods of the Y. M. C. A., and Physical Education. Free to all for reference. Loans to students. J. T. Bowne, Librarian; Georgina E. Carr, Assistant.

CEMETERIES

Springfield Cemetery Association -Organized 1841. street. President, Robert W. Day; Office, 32 Pine Vice-President, Robert O. Morris; Clerk, and Treasurer, Philip S. Beebe; Superin- tendent, Edgar King. Annual meeting, second Monday in May. The main entrance is on Maple street, near Central.

Oak Grove Cemetery Association -Was Organized October 6, 1881. Of- ficers: President, Newrie D. Winter; Treasurer, Theodore B. Winter; Clerk, Jonathan Barnes; Superintendent, James C. Sackett.

Maplewood Cemetery Association -Organized 1882. This cemetery is located in the eastern part of the city, on the road from Indian Orchard station to Sixteen Acres. Directors, Leroy Warner, Nathan A. Foster, James Greenaway; Clerk and Treasurer, Jared R. Buell.

St. Benedict's Catholic Cemetery -Established 1847, is situated at the junction of Liberty and Armory streets, under the control of the Roman Cath- olic Bishop of Springfield and the Ceme- tery Improvement Association. Presi -- dent and Treasurer, Wm. F. Maloney; Vice-President, James F. O'Connell ;: Secretary, John J. Garvey; Supt., Pat- rick J. Coughlin.

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St. Michael's Cemetery-Is located on the Boston road about three and a half miles from Court Square.

Old and New Chicopee Catholic Cemeteries-Are located in the ex- treme north end of the city, opposite each other, on Springfield street.

Wachogue Cemetery-Is located on Allen street, beyond Sumner av.

RAILROAD COMPANIES

Boston & Albany-New York Cen- tral R. R. Co., lessee. Capital stock, $25,000,000. Vice-President, H. M. Bis- coe, Boston; General Counsel, Wood- ward Hudson, Boston; General Super- intendent, J. L. Truden, Boston; Gen- eral Passenger Agent, W. A. Barrow, Boston; Superintendent Motive Power and Rolling Stock, R. D. Smith, Boston; Superintendent Albany Division, H. J. Curry, Springfield; Superintendent Bos- ton Division, John B. Hammill, Boston; General Freight Agent, R. Van Ummer- sen, Boston; Asst. General Freight Agents, E. P. Gardiner and A. E. Allen, Boston; D. F. A., H. A. Noble. Springfield; District Passenger Agent, J. Gray, Springfield; Asst. Superin- tendent, S. H. Clark, Springfield.

Boston & Maine R. R., Conn. River Division-From Springfield to White River Junction, Vt., 123 miles; branches to Chicopee Falls, 2 1-4 miles, and East- hampton, 3 1-4 miles, South Vernon to Keene, 24 miles. Assistant Superin- tendent, W. H. Ford; Division Master Mechanic, J. A. Locher; Train Master, Andrew P. Abbott; District Passenger Agent, William H. Shepherd; Division Engineer, C. R. Chevalier; Track Super- visor, F. E. Millea. Offices at 236 Main street, Springfield.

Connecticut River R. R. Co .- Office, 236 Main street. Capital stock, $3,233,300. Road leased to B. & M. R. R., January 1, 1893, for 99 years. Owns capital stock, $1,000,000, of Ver- mont Valley Railroad. Annual meeting, third Wednesday in September. Presi- dent, John H. Albin; Clerk and Treas- urer, George R. Yerrall, Springfield, Mass .; Directors, John H. Albin, Con- cord, N. H., Edmund P. Kendrick, Springfield, Mass., Joseph W. Stevens, Greenfield, Mass., William W. Mc- Clench, Springfield, Mass., George B. Holbrook, Barnstable, Mass., William F. Whiting, Holyoke, Mass., Herbert B. Viall, Keene, N. H., Harley E. Folsom, Lyndonville, Vt., Richard Olney, Boston, Mass., Morgan G. Bulkeley, Hartford, Ct.

New York, New Haven and Hart- ford-Chairman of the Board and President, Howard Elliott; Secre- tary, A. E. Clark; Treasurer, A. S. May; Ticket Agent, F. B. Dearborn; Freight Agent, Shore Line & Midland Divisions, G. E. Boss.

STREET RAILWAY (ELECTRIC)

Springfield Street Railway Com- pany-The corporation was organized in 1869 with $50,000 capital stock, now $3,708,100. President, C. V. Wood; Vice-President, Henry C.Page; Treasurer, L. Candee, Springfield, Mass .; Clerk, F. P. McIntyre, Springfield, Mass .; General Manager, H. M. Flanders, Springfield, Mass .; Directors, Charles W. Bosworth, Springfield, Mass., J. T. Harmer, Springfield, Mass., Fred- A. Willard Damon, Springfield, Mass .. erick Harris, Springfield, Mass., F. P. McIntyre, Springfield, Mass., Charles E. Ware, Fitchburg, Mass., C. V. Wood, Springfield, Mass. Office, corner Main and Carew streets.

Springfield and Westfield Line- From Court Square, through Main, Plainfield and West streets, over North End bridge, through West Springfield to Tatham and Westfield.

Palmer and Springfield Line- From Palmer, through Main, Oak, and Berkshire streets, Indian Orchard; State, Main, to Court Square.

Catharine Street to Agawam Bridge via Main and New Bridge Streets-From corner Bay and Prince- ton streets through Bay, Catharine, State, Main, Plainfield and West streets over North End bridge to Park, Main, Bridge and New Bridge streets to Aga- wam Bridge, West Springfield.

Chicopee Falls, Liberty Street and State Street Line-From Chico- pee Falls, through Broadway, Liberty, Chestnut, Lyman, Main, and State streets to Pine Point.

Mittineague to Page_Boulevard via St. James Avenue-From Healy and Church streets, Mittineague, through Westfield road, Elm and Park streets over North End bridge, Plainfield, Main, and State streets, St. James avenue and Page boulevard to East Springfield.

United States Water Shops to Brightwood via Maple street-From United States Water Shops through Central, Maple, State, Main and North Main streets to Wason avenue, Bright- wood.

Chicopee, Springfield and Long- meadow Line-From Chicopee Junc- tion, Chicopee, through Exchange, Cen- ter, Front, Grape, and Springfield streets, Chicopee, via Glenwood, Rim- mon av, Springfield, Chestnut, Carew, Main, and Locust streets, Fort Pleasant and Sumner avenues, Springfield, to Longmeadow and State Line.

Belmont Avenue Line-From B. & M. R. R., Brightwood, through Wason avenue, N. Main, Main, and Locust streets, Belmont avenue and White street to Girard Siding.

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Chicopee and East Longmeadow Line-From Chicopee Junction, Chico- pee, through Exchange, Center, Front, Grape and Springfield streets, Chicopee, via Glenwood, Rimmon avenue, Spring- field, Chestnut, Carew, Main and Locust streets, Fort Pleasant, Sum- ner and Belmont avenues and White street to East Longmeadow.

Springfield and Hartford Line, East Side-From Court Square through Main and Locust streets, Fort Pleasant and Sumner avenues, Spring- field, to Longmeadow and Hartford.

Springfield and Hartford Line, West Side-From Court Square

through Main, Plainfield, and West streets, Springfield, to West Spring- field, Agawam, Suffield, and Hartford.

Chestnut and King Street Line- From Chestnut corner Calhoun street, through Chestnut, Lyman, Main, State, Walnut, and King streets, Eastern avenue, and Alden street to Highland Div. R. R. crossing.

Crosstown Line-From Wason ave- nue through Plainfield, Main, State and Walnut streets, to U. S. Water Shops, White street, Sumner avenue, Fort Pleasant avenue and Locust street, to Main and Lyman streets.

Bay and Princeton Streets to White Street via Worthington Street and Sumner Avenue-From Bay street through Princeton street, St. James avenue, Worthington, Chestnut, Lyman, Main, South Main, and Locust streets, Fort Pleasant and Sumner avenues to White street.

Springfield, Northampton, and Holyoke Line-From Court Square through Main, Plainfield, and West streets, over North End bridge, through Park, Elm, and Riverdale streets, West Springfield, to City Hall, Holyoke.

Wilbraham Road to Main and Lyman Streets via Dwight Street- From House of Good Shepherd on Wil- braham road, through Wilbraham road, State, Dwight, Lyman streets to Main street.

Chicopee Falls to Sumner Avenue, Springfield, via Brightwood and Dickinson Streets-From Main street, through Grove and Front streets, Chicopee Falls; Front and Center streets, Chicopee; North Main, Main, South Main, Locust, and Dickinson streets, to Sumner avenue, Springfield.

Indian Orchard to Chicopee Falls via Bircham Bend-From East street to Belcher, Court, Church, Main and East Main streets, Chicopee Falls, to Main and Oak streets, Indian Orchard, via Bircham Bend.

Ludlow Line-From Main street, corner Lyman street, through Main, State, and Berkshire streets, Springfield, Oak, and Main streets, Indian Orchard,

to Ludlow, returning via Dwight and Lyman streets.

Worcester Line-From Court Square to Indian Orchard, North Wilbraham, Palmer, Brimfield, Sturbridge, South- bridge, and Worcester.

Hancock Street to Feeding Hills via Park and River Streets-From United States Water Shops through Walnut, Hancock, State, Main, Plain- field and West streets over North End bridge to Park and River streets, West Springfield, over Agawam bridge to Springfield road, Mittineague avenue, Walnut, River, Bridge and Maple streets to Feeding Hills road, Agawam.

All Night, State Street-Main, State, Catharine, Bay and Princeton streets, St. James avenue, State and Main streets to Carew street.

AII Night, Forest Park-Main, South Main and Locust streets, Fort Pleasant, Sumner, and Belmont avenues, Locust and Main streets to Carew street.

CARRIAGE FARES

In Board of Aldermen, April 27, 1908. ORDERED, that Rule II of the Rules and Orders of the Mayor and Alder- men for the regulation of hackney carriages, drays, trucks, etc., be and the same is hereby amended by strik- ing out the whole of said Rule and substituting therefor the following:

Rule II. The prices of rates of fares to be taken by or paid to the owner, driver, or other person having charge of any hackney carriage, shall not exceed the following rates, viz .:-

For the conveyance, between the hours of six o'clock in the morning and ten o'clock in the evening, from any point to any point within that part of the City which is bounded southerly by Whitney avenue, Fremont and Central streets as far east as the junction of Cedar and Pine streets; easterly by Pine street as far north as its intersection with Walnut street; thence north and northwesterly by Oak and Magazine streets, con- tinuing through Armory as far as its in- tersection with Liberty street, thence westerly to Jefferson avenue; northerly by a straight line extending due west from the point last named to the Connec- ticut river; westerly by the Connecticut river to the place of beginning, and in- cluding both sides of all of said streets; of one or two passengers, fifty cents, and for each additional person carried to the same place, twenty-five cents. By a cab or herdic, without trunk, each pas- senger twenty-five cents. For the con- veyance, between the hours aforesaid, to or from any point beyond the above- described limits, and within that por- tion of the City bounded southerly by Mill river from its mouth as far east as

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the New York and New England Rail- road; easterly by said railroad to where it crosses Bay street; northerly by a straight line from the last-named point to the junction of Liberty and Carew streets; thence northwesterly by a straight line to the northerly side of Van Horn Reservoir; thence continuing westerly by a straight line through Rowland avenue to the Connecticut river; westerly by the Connecticut river to the place of beginning, and including both sides of all of said streets, of one or two passengers, seventy-five cents, and for each additional passenger carried to the same place, twenty-five cents; and the rates for cabs or herdics for the same limits shall not exceed fifty cents for one passenger and twenty-five cents for each additional person.

For the conveyance, between the hours aforesaid, to or from any point beyond the above-described limits, and within that portion of the city bounded southerly by the northerly and westerly boundary of Forest Park; easterly by a straight line drawn from the junction of Sumner avenue and Belmont avenue to the junction of Wilbraham road and Reed street, thence northwesterly to where St. James avenue crosses the Boston and Albany Railroad, northerly by a straight line from the last-named point to where Sherman road crosses the Chicopee line; thence by the Chicopee line to the Connecticut river, westerly by the Connecticut river to the place of beginning, and including both sides of all of said streets; of one or two passengers, one dollar, and for each ad- ditional person carried to the same place, twenty-five cents. By a cab or herdic, without trunk, one passenger seventy-five cents, and for each addi- tional person carried to the same place, twenty-five cents. For the conveyance, between the hours aforesaid, to or from any point in that portion of the City beyond the two-mile circuit and within the two and one-half mile circuit; of one or two passengers, one dollar and twenty-five cents, and for each addi- tional person carried to the same point, twenty-five cents. By a cab or herdic, without trunk, one passenger one dol- lar, and for each additional person twenty-five cents. . All children under four years of age, when accompanied by an older person, shall be carried free.

The Union passenger station is hereby established as the center from which the limits named in this rule are determined.

For the conveyance of persons beyond the above-named limits, special reason- able rates shall be charged. The charge for hackney carriages, when hired by the hour between the hours aforesaid, shall not exceed two dollars for the first hour, and one dollar and one half per hour after the first hour, and for parts of hours after the first hour a proportional part of one dollar and one half. For the use of hackney carriages within the above-named limits or when hired

by the hour, between the hours of ten o'clock in the evening and six o'clock in the morning, double the above es- tablished rates may be charged. Every owner, driver or other person having charge of any hackney carriage shall convey, if requested, with one or two passengers, one trunk, and the vatise, carpetbags, portmanteaus, bundles, and baskets which may be used by such persons in traveling, without charge or compensation therefor, but for every additional trunk so conveyed by him he shall be entitled to demand and receive the sum of twenty-five cents.

Every licensed driver of passengers, or passengers and baggage, shall be held at all reasonable times to accom- modate those who may apply to him for carriage, and no vehicle so licensed shall, while engaged so as to be unable to receive and transport passengers, remain standing upon any public stands, or at any railroad depot in this city, and no driver so licensed shall refuse or neglect to receive and transport, or neglect or refuse to contract to receive and transport any person, or neglect or refuse to go to any point or place within the city and there receive and transport, with ordinary baggage, any person from such point to any other point or place within the City, when so standing and applied to as aforesaid, under penalty of forfeiting his license in addition to the general penalty provided for the violation of these Rules and Orders. (This, however, shall not apply to drivers showing written or telegraphic orders from customers.) Every person who shall, contrary to the provisions of thesc Rules, solicit passengers or bag- gage to be transported for hire within said City, or engage in carrying or transporting passengers or baggage for hire therein, without having first ob- tained a license therefor as prescribed in these Rules, shall be fined not less than five nor more than fifteen dollars for each offense, and every day's con- tinuance so to solicit passengers or baggage, or to drive any vehicle car- rying passengers or baggage for hire, after notice to desist therefrom has been given by any member of the police force of the City, shall be deemed a separate and single offense.

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Springfield city directory, and business advertiser, 1915, Part 165

Author: Publication date: 1915 Publisher: Springfield, [Mass.] : S. Bowless and Company Number of Pages: 1590

Author:
Publication date: 1915
Publisher: Springfield, [Mass.] : S. Bowless and Company
Number of Pages: 1590