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Omnibuses and cabs : their origin and history (1902)

Moore, Henry Charles · London : Chapman & Hall, ld. · leaf 233

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iving a back-door cab of his own.His friends having supplied him with the necessarycapital, he created a sensation by appearing onemorning in the Haymarket driving a superbly 214 Omnibuses and Cabs fitted and splendidly horsed cab. The result of hisfirst mornings work was very satisfactory, and… … BOULNOTS S CAB. But the drivers unsafe seat was not the onlyweak point about the back-door cal). The facilitiesit offered for alighting without paying, soon made bilking a popular amusement with a certainclass of people. A somewhat rackety young peer proved, for awager, how easy it was to l)ilk a…

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