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67 Hackney Coaches.
Drivers, attending for a Fare at any Stand, shall either sit on the Box,
or stand at the horse's head, under a penalty of 2s. 6d. for each offence.
Drivers are on no account to inquire where a company are going,
previous to engaging, or to plead prior engagements where their services
are required, unless they can adduce evidence to the Magistrates that they
were actually engaged.
The Carriages shall all have a check-string for stopping the Driver.
An Admeasurement of some of the most Common Fares.
ONE SHILLING FARES— Half Milb.
From the Stand at the Cross, to
Adam's Court, Argyll Street — Sidney Street, Gallowgate — High
Church — Royal Exchange — South End of Old Bridge — Claremont Place
— Molendinar Burn, Duke Street — Foot of High Montrose Street —
Main Street, Great Hamilton Street.
From the Stand, Foot of Glassford Street, to
Campbell Street, Gallowgate — Foot of Jamaica Street — West End of
Duke Sti-eet — St. George's Church — York Street, Argyll Street — East
End of London Street — Rutherglen Loan, Main Street, Gorbals —
Crown Street, Adelphi Street — Portland Street, Carlton Place — North
End of Hutcheson Bridge.
From the Stand, Gallowgate, near Saracen's Head Inn, to
Virginia Street, Argyll Street — West End of Duke Street — Henrietta
Street, Gallowgate — Hutcheson Bridge, North End — Clyde Street,
Barrowfield Road — North end of Barrack Street.
From the Stand, Maxwell Street, to
Mains Street, Argyll Street — St. Andrew's Lane, Gallowgate — Ruth-
erglen Loan, Main Street, Gorbals — Carlton Place — Wallace Street,
Tradeston — Centre Street, King Street, Tradeston — Thistle Street,
Adelphi Street — Brown Street, Broomielaw — East End of Bath Street
— John Street, George Street — Nile Street, West George Street — Ren-
field Street, St. Vincent Street.
From the Stand, West George Street, near Renfield Street, to
Woodside Street, Garscube Road — South End of Glasgow Bridge —
York Street, Argyll Street — Virginia Street, Argyll Street — Mnxwell
Sti'eet, Clyde Street — Oswald Street, Broomielaw — Pitt Street, St. Vin-
cent Street — Douglas Street, Sauchiehall Street — Albion Street, George
Street — Cotton Work, Port-Dundas Road — Top of Fligh John Street.
From the Stand, South Side of George Square, to
Cowcaddens Toll — North End of Glasgow Bridge — West End of
Duke Street — Blythswood Place — North End of Oswald Street — Nel-
son Street — Taylor Street — North End of Old Bridge.
From the Stand, Steam- Boat Quay, to
Cranstonhill — North End of Glasgow Bridge — North End of Robert-
son Street.