United Carriage Co. sales handbill
MCCORD, James
From Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB), London, ON, Canada
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 15 December 2006
From Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB), London, ON, Canada
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 15 December 2006
About this Item
One-sided 25 cm broadsheet. Horizontal crease and small edge tear. The American District Telegraph in San Francisco, incorporated 1876, bought up many of the city s carriages and consolidated them into the United Carriage Co., one of the first dispatch-oriented cab fleets anywhere. By controlling cab dispatch via telegraph, the UCC promised to reform the unruly occupation of hackdrivers. No doubt this was a great relief to new arrivals in the "wild west" who could be subject to "violence" or "extortion" from robbers upon their arrival. The system was short-lived, however, being superceeded by the telephone within a few years. Seller Inventory # 127276
Bibliographic Details
Title: United Carriage Co. sales handbill
Publisher: United Carriage Co. nd. 1870s, San Francisco
Publication Date: 1870
Condition: Very good
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