Council Committee Advocates Drastic Remedies in Local System An entirely new scheme for th operation of rickshaws in Shangh is suggested in the report of the Rickshaw Committee for 1933-195: to the Shanghai Municipal Council The report seeks to arrive at solution of the problem in all its Phases ant, summarizes" the. new plain eight major point, as Tae ows:
Provision of a rickshaw af} ood construction and clean' ape Pearance which will bea' credit toy Father than a reflection" upon, the Fnternational Settlement,
xi condition, tity abd adequately shall bein reasonably good phyeia RaNe li kaw ples
slothed, acquainted with the licence
edge of the team ie regulation condtignse in know:
Thay there shall be a prac-tieable method of Hieensing or tee. Sstring all siekabaw pullers which Till ensure, effective. observance of The Councils regulation
to hire his rickshaw at a reasonable the: ull shall be able Fent and shall be "authorised barge fo the. publica vengonable fare" that will sake it" possible: for im tovegmn for himself "and family" a fair living. wage.
hat the licensee owing: and operating a rickshaw. busines, while enjoying, the privileges per Taining to ther licence shal'be a Position to. accept and" discharge the responsibility to the public and {0'tho puller that is either explicit:
stated or implied by the grant: sug' of the Tcence, "That a farther under the same condi January 1, ole. "Further ter January '1, 1036, should be ido as the Council in. ite dise cretion sees Bt in the light of ex-Derience then gaine 3—That the Council accept a ce operative. ownership scheme put forward. by a responsible. Eroups
licences be set aside for use additional: Raximum such ce-operative group, these Ueenees to be made available by the non-renewal of 3 muni Status 6. That profits accruing from the business after allowing for a fair but not extravagant. return' on. the capital' invested. shall after providing for necessary improventents. inthe service to the Public, be used to reduce the hire charge to the puller, thus improve ing the status of himself and. his dependent:
7. That, although it does not appear to' be either desirable or practicable to recommend any im: mediate reduction in the number of Hicences of public, rickshaw operating within the Settlement, "nevertheless the scheme of operation adopted by the Council should. be fof such a nature a8 to make pro-Eretsive reduction. of "the number
sible when and if the time arrives.
micshaw "practicable and "pos-8. That as rickshaw have to Diy} and carry passengers "not only within the limits of the' International. Settlement but also in areas controlled by the French Authori-Hes "and the Authorities of ¢he Shanghai City, "Government, the Plan "Adopted should be' one. that will enable the licensees to. secure Heences. for operating the shaws in the French Concession and in' the. area "controlled. by" the! Shanghai City Government without any political questions yoing involve The Committee agrees that, the present system is undesirable in Practice and that no.attempt to in-rove the situation altering de-Tails can be. success ful. Tt also Agrees that a chan; whereby the Struc" owners. will became icermed owners of the Setilemen the ble. viekshaws" willie similarly, med to. failure, inasmuch a will in time merely lead to a re-Thm to the present situation, "with all its evils.
Two Systems Considered The Committee has given serious consideration £0 two "systems operation which, it 18. agreed, provide" the only" possible methods of Improvement. "These two schemes ser of present Jicences as lal for setting tree',000 licenses siftation, and act accordingly.
True Owners fay aa recently compiled Zor That the register of "true" own-Eotameferbe given eft an veen Yohicles, ete.
That all rickshaw pullers, public Tidenasg and put into odfect
ficient as, poss Band that with °a "minimum of" "red-tape that" the pullers his own private the july round the wal In''the case of the wheelbarrow ble lek log be 80 cents the maximum charge to the om each The Committee opinion" that the tariff of fares are
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