Taking for granted that rickshaws do cause congestion, which ts quite in Impossible, as the Association "has pointed out in the previous paragraphs, the Association ly ata loss to know that the public. rickshaws tire held to blame, while nothing has been suggested "in connection with private rickshaws. For to. the last few years, the number of public ickshavws has never been increased, while the number of private rickshaws multiplied—with If" rickshaws "do Jams at all, the Association can see hho justifeation for sponsors of the Proposal to reduce the number of public rickshaws alone, as if to say that "public, rickshaws ore different from private ones in their size, speed, and operation.
'The Need of Public Rickshaws—Public rickshaws "are indispensable. Despite the unprecedented expatision of tram, trolley, and bus tines 'Shanghai,' they still form the most important form of public transportation in this city. Chinese and forelyners need pubile. riekshaws in the same way, although the need among the foreigners may hot be so acute, owing to their ancial position enabling them to travel in their private motor cars and taxis, "The Settlement and other parts of the city are developed fand built in sucha' manner" that Fickshaws will prove tobe the backbone "of the transportation system for many years to come. Public rickshaws have developed to position. they are considered as the cruising taxis of such cities as London and New York, where economic conditions and living standards allow the general public pay higher for their rides. the Chinese public mand there are over one million of them in the international city—publie rickshaws fare even more than cruising tax illness, they are used as ambulances to carry a patient to doctor, being unable to pay for o taxi and being too weak to endure the congestion and rattling of a bus or a tramear. In travelling," they are used as trucks, moving luggage to and from railway stations ina way much. more economical then hiring a truck, aries Even' sponsors o proposal unless they own private motor cars, this" Association" believes, have realized the convenience of public rickshaws and the inconvenience that will be caused the public when the number of these vehicles reduced. The bus and tram services, being centred in the downtown and the more prosperous districts these days, serve but one hundredth the" streets inthe Settlement, estimating conservatively. "A. resldent in the Western District, for instance, while going to his office near the" Administration building, would find it very. convenient lake a rickshaw to the nearest bus stop, and even more convenient but more expensive to take the rickshaw direct to his alice, to avoid the feeling of a sardine packed in the buses "or tramcars.. Many motorists, suffering from lack parking spaces, actually have left their cars" scouredly parked and taken rickshaws when moving about the down town area for trips of shorter distances.
Convenient to Public Rickshaws are convenient to the public because they may reach the narrower alleys. They have all the merits of cruising taxis and the Unique feature of being inexpensive (middle) of the room in which A reduction of the number of shaws, note speaking of a total removal of the present. human-power vehicles, would cause serious no reason why a private rickshaw convenience and resentment among Would cause less congestion than a. Chinese and foreigners. "It has been public "rickshaw, The Association argued that Tokyo, the birthplace of Sees_no reason for the Council to Flekshaws, has now done away with ingle out public rickshaw as the Hlekshaws' and why shall not Skangone and sole type of vehicle allegedly hai? Advocates' of this theory ap-Fesponsible forthe traMe jams. parently forgot the old saying that Rumours have already been. euro one's food is another's poison, Tokyo rent that among the sponsors of the can do with its rickshaws for Fesolution are persons who would be the sole reason that rickshaws are no materially benefitted from such an longer in demand there and. their faction. Rumours also have been cur-Femoval would not cause "any In-rent that behind the resolution are convenience to the public, owing to extensive over and. underground those who are sentimentally anxious-to see the Fuination of the business communication system and {ts com-trade because they have hard feelings paratively cheaper taxi fares. The with the rickshaw owners, developed Increase "in the number of private through the latter's defence of their lekshaws in Shanghai isthe best Indication of the need for rickshaws, own legitimate interests. As the Bus Company would be one of the specially public ones, in this city.
Po argue that Shanghat must reduce terests that would be materially pronumber of public rickshaws Sed from a reduction of publi ok: because Tokyo has is as stupid as shaws and as long as the trafic lo argue that Tokyo must build Aepariment of the Minicipal Police thas not restored its control of rick some tall buildings like the Joint Savings Bank building and" the shaw traffic and has not studied the Brosdway Mansions in Shanghai, trame problem as a whole, the Asso-despite its practical diMeuities, just lation wishes to inform you that It because all modern cities have such frreconciably opposed to the said all buildings. proparal).
Livelihood of Pullers—That a Association's Resolytion reduction of public rickshaws would Ata general meeting held this cause many pullers fo be unemploy= morning, this Association passed the Presence "ofan "emiagea othe Felowing rset on of That the proposed reduction of eauaiy not tobe aes public rickshaws, which would di-Feeily affect the business of rickshaw Blamed for all jon Sea "ig owners, the livelihood of the pullers, fand indirectly cause serious "incon-eud" Trmediasly' rece venience to the public, ne strongly situation, it seems' to be the best (2) That the public ts requested to Policy for the Councit to restrict support us and to uphold justice as the number "of private rickshaws. the proposed reduction of public rick-In order to minimize the effects on showa is a matter that concerns our those who use the rickshaws as a rational. Interests, the livelihood means of transportation and. those poor people, andthe convenience of Who pull rickshaws. asa means to the: publ. earn their living. Public rickshaws "a}"That the Counelt shall be re-he large masses, "while a quested to immediately abolish the Private rickshaw serves the family icksbaw Board, which, since its Which owns it. In Tedueing a private auguration, specializes" in damaging Hlekshaw only' one puller is affected {ho legiiniate 'Chinese business and fand the affected puller may join the Fanks of public pullers. "la, teducln acts thelvalboeg of pullers, and 4 pulile Fckshaw, at fast tour pall, whars operations, have "costar Sims. of puolle funds) and' caused will be affected and mey cannot in the ranks of the private pullers Association, which since ils Inaugura~ ('that the Pullers Muluel Ald More Vehicles Foreseen tion two years ago. has. collected must also be pointed out that bout $400.00 from the pullers and the natural consequence of a reduc= which propagates and. stirs clashes ion of public rickshaws would be an Sctween employers and employees Increase of private rickshaws, "and trid cause many troubles under the the increase will be ina geometric Drelext of working for relief of pulle ratio, For every public rickshaw re-Erin. should be immediately "and duced, it would be only. too con-fundamentally reorganized and "no servative (0 estimate that at least Collections should be made from three or four private rickshaws will pullers. be added, as the number of private That the limited licensing of rickshaws is not. imited. Twelve, pullers, a. system" which is most Years ago, as record; will show, the Miogical and' cruel, Inasmuch as. humber of public rickshaws" was prevents many' piles from earning' 15,000, In those days, the number living anda system that If. more of private rickshaws totalled less than aimed. at the. ruination of the bus 10,000, Since the reduction of public ner of rickshaw owners. at the Fiekshaws to 10,000, the number of ence of the pullers, should be imprivate rickshaws is now 24,000, Even mediately revised into unlimited reg-If the Council promptly restricted the {stration and. leasing of pullers. number of private rickshaws, i: will Hooping that this Jelter fas suflhave little, if any, power to make the ciently explained. the arguments French Municipal Council take the falsed by the rickshaw same step. As a result, there will be more rickshaws on, the streets, put although the new additions are Private ones. It rickshaws cause
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