CAB FAKES. 
171 
CAB FARES. 
To the Editor of the e Times' 
Sir, — A “ Younger Son” produced yesterday in your 
columns a statement whiph he terms the balance sheet of a 
cab proprietor. 
I am a cab proprietor, and do I not wish I could make a 
“ Younger Son” prove his words! Would it not gladden 
the heart of an “ old father !” We know rashness is the con- 
comitant of youth; and it is not without some feeling of 
admiration for the style in which the lash is applied to a 
system of overcharge, which is as disgraceful to this metro- 
polis as it is injurious to the cab master, that I claim an old 
privilege — that of correcting a “ Younger Son,” and of con- 
trasting the dreams of youth with the realities of age. 
THE SON'S THE FATHER'S 
Outlay. 
£ 
s. 
d. 
Outlay. 
£ 
s. 
d. 
Cab . 
. 30 
0 
0 
Cab ... 
35 
0 
0 
Horse 
. 20 
0 
0 
Horse 
20 
0 
0 
Harness . 
. 5 
0 
0 
Harness . 
# 
5 
0 
0 
Licensing plate . 
. 0 
5 
0 
License (not 5s.) 
• 
5 
0 
0 
55 
5 
0 
65 
0 
0 
Expenses. 
Expenses. 
License duty 
. 26 
0 
0 
Duty 
. 
26 
0 
0 
Keep of one horse . 
. 24 
0 
0 
Keep of “ two ” horses 
48 
0 
0 
Stabling, shoeing, insur 
Stabling, shoeing, &c. 
. 
44 
0 
0 
ance, &c. 
. 22 
0 
0 
Wear and tear . 
• 
18 
0 
0 
72 
0 
0 
136 
0 
0 
Earnings. 
Earnings. 
Hansom’s, in season . 
. 0 
18 
0 
Hansom’s 
0 
16 
0 
Ditto, out of season . 
. 0 
16 
0 
Ditto, out of season . 
, 
0 
11 
0 
Four-wheel 
. 0 
14 
6 
Four-wheel 
0 
12 
0 
Ditto, out of season . 
. 0 
12 
6 
Ditto, out of season . 
• 
0 
9 
0 
Annual receipts of a four- 
Annual receipts of a four- 
wheel cab 
. 219 
0 
0 
wheel cab, five season 
Deduct expenses 
. 72 
0 
0 
months, seven out 
of 
season . 
# 
164 
12 
0 
Deduct expenses 
• 
136 
0 
0 
£147 
0 
0 
Profit . 
. 
£28 
12 
0 
Or about 45 per cent. 
You will perceive, Sir, the great mistakes your youthful 
correspondent has fallen into are that one horse will do the 
work of two, and that such horse will work through the year 
without deterioration. 
Allow me, as a cab proprietor, to say, that to the justice 
of many, indeed all, of his remarks in reference to the over- 
charge, the extortion of cab drivers, 1 most heartily subscribe. 
