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Show 40 HACKNEY COACH FARES. HACKNEY COACH FARES IN NEW YORK. For conveying a pass~nger any distance not exceeding one mile, 25 cents; two passengers, 50 cents; or, 25 cents each; every additional passenger, 25 cents. For conveying a passenger any distance exce~ding a mile, and within two miles, 50 cents; e ry additional passenger, 25 cents. For the use of a hackney coach, carriage, or cab, by the day, with one or more passengers, $5 00. For the use of a hackney-coach, carriage, or cab, by the hour, with one or more passengers, with the privilege of going from place to place, and of stopping as often as may he required, as follows :-first hour, $1 00; second hour, 75 cents; every succeeding hour, 50 cents. Children under two years of age, nothing; from two to fourteen, half price. Each passenger is entitled to take one trunk, valise, box, bag, or other travelling package; and as many more as he pleases, by paying six cents for each extra one, or 12k cents if over a mile. [f the distance be over one mile, and not over two miles, the charge for one passenger is 50 cents, and each additional one, 25 cents. If a carriage is taken by the day or hour, it must be so specified. If a hack is detained or hindered, the driver is entitled to 75 eents for the first hour, and 37i- centR per hour afterwards, in addition to mileage. Every hack ~s required to be conspicuously numbered, and to have the rates of fare posted up within it; and in default of either of these the driver is not to demand or receh·e any pay. ' CAns.-Calls to and from dwellings, to or from steamboats or other parts of the city, with one or two persons, 50 cent3. ' . When leaving the stand with one person, any distance not over a mile and a hal~, ~5 c~nts. When with two persons, 37* cents. When by the hour, dnv1ng 1n town frorn place to place, for each hour, 50 cents. From the Battery. i of a mile .... l· ............ . ~~ ............. . 1 mile ........ . 1~ ..... ........ . It .. ........ ... . 1 f' ............ . 2 ......••. ..... 2! ............. . 2.!' ............ . 2f ........... .. . 3 ......••...... 3!- t f t t I t I f t I ~ t t I 3~ • It t t t t I t I t t t t 3t ............. . TABLE OF DISTANCES. From the Exchange. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i of a mile .••• 11i •••••••••••••• f ... .... ...... . 1 mile ........ . 1 t ............. . 1 t ......... .... . If ............. . 2 ..•.•.•..•••.. 2t ............. . 2f ............. . 2f ...•.......... 3 ............. . 3~ ........... .; .. 3j ....•.••...... I From the City Han. . .............. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .............. . i of a mile .... ;1r .••••••••••••• ! ............. . I mile ...•..... 1 ~ ............. . 1 i ............. . I~ ............. . 2 ••••...•...... 2~ ...••.• ' •..•.. 2t .. ' ........... . 2t ............. . 3 .......•...... To ~Rector street . ~ Trinity Church. Fulton street . Warren street. Leonard street. Canal street. Spring street. Houston street. 4th street. 9th street. 14th street. 17th street. 24th street. 29th street. 34th street. 38th street. 'TABLES OF DISTANCES. From the Battery. From the Exchange. From the City Hall. To 4 miles ........ 3t ofamiJe .••. 3;tofamile .... 44thstreet. 4-i ••••..•• , • • • • . 4 . • • • . • . • . . . • . 3-k. . . • . . . • • • • • . . 49th street. 4t ..••••••••••.. 4i- .. .......... 3-f ..•••..••..••. 54th street. 4-f. • • • . • • • • • • • • . 4-k. • . • • • • • • • • • . . 4 •• , • • . • • • • . • . • 58th street. 5 ••••• · • • • . • • • • 4-t . • . • • . . . . • . • • . 4~. . • • . . • . . . • • . . 63d street. 5~ •• ,.......... • 5 . . . • . . . . . . . • . . 4.f-. . . • • • . • . . . • • • 68tl1 street. 5j-••••.••••..... 5i ...•••...•.•.. 4~ •.•.••..•.•..• 73d street. 5-f .•••••• • • • •• • · 5-k· ••• •••• I ••••• 5 • •••.••••• .• •• 78th street. 6 ••••••••••••.. 5-f .•.••.•••.•.•• 5,t .••..•••...•.. 83d street. G} ...•..•. ·•. • . . 6 . . • • . . . . . . • • . . 5j.. . • • . . . • . . . . . . 88tl1 street. Uf ...••..• · .•• ·. 6t . ·. · · ·. · .•.•.. 5f .... · ......... 93d street. 6f. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6t. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . • . . . . . . . . . 97th street .. 7 ...•........ ·. 6f. · . . · ......•.. 6} ...•.......... 102d street. 7:::!:-• ••••••• • • • • • • 7 • • • •• • • • • • • • • • 6t. • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1 07th street. 7j-, ............. 7! .............. 6~ .... .......... 112tll street. 7t · ·. · · · · • · · • · · · 7 i· · · · ... ·. . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 17th street. 8 .............. 7~- .............. 7-t .............. 12lst street. St.········ · · · · · 8 · · · · · · · · · · ·.., · · 7t. ·. · · . . . . . . . . . 126th street. 8-;t ...•.....••• · · 8~ · · ..•......... 7-f.............. 1:.:11st street . 8·!· · ••.... · .... · 8~ · ·.. . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l36th street. 9 . · .•...•.... · · 8~. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,}. . . • . . . . • . . . . . 140tlt street .. !l} . · · · ... · · · · · · · 9 · · · · · · ·...... . St. ...... . . . . . . . I 45th street. 9-k· •••..•• ·..... 9~~ · · · ........... Sf ...•... . ...•.. 150tll street. !J.ft · · • • • ••• • • •• • • 9~ · . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . • . . . . . . . . . . I 54th street . 41 DISTANCES ACROSS THE DIFFERENT FERRIES FROM NEW YORK. Ferries. Yards. Fcrrie11. Yan l ~ . - South Ferry ............... 1,066 Peck-slip Ferry ............ 2,800 Fu I ton Ferry ....... ....... 731 Williamsburgh Ferry ...•.. 950 atharine Ferr.v . .......... 735 Staten Island F erry ........ 6,418 Walnut Street Ferry ....... 635 c A TABLE SHOWING THE DISTANCE, FARES, &c., FROM N. YORK, TO MANY OF TI-lE MOST IMPORTANT PLACES IN THE UNION. The foiJowi ng table will show at a glance the dista11cc, expense, a nd time, occupied, in travelling from New York city, to the most prominent points in the Union. Allowance, however, must bo made in the rate of fares, when travelling in steamboats, upon Jakes or rivers, as th o~e modes of couveyance are subject to more or less competition, in which case the fares vary. Those given, however, arc as accurate as can be obtained under the circumstances, and will, no doubt, be found nenr enough to make up a geueral estimate of expenses. The time given j~ that which is actually occupied in passing from one point to another ; 4* |