THE HERDIC'S
Some where , some place,
some time I had seen this 'word' , Hedric's, in one of
my blog posting's and
not having any idea what or who it was, looked it up.
Here is what a “Herdic
is, just in case someone is interested. Yes it is
History.
A Herdic is a type of
horse drawn carriage, used as an omnibus, invented by Peter
Herdic of Williamport,
Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
You could say it was the
predecessor of the taxi cab. It was a small, two wheeled
carriage that had side
seats , enclosed, with a back entrance door. Later versions
would have four wheels and
varied in size. A four wheel Herdic cab carried up to
eight passengers. Major
improvements were the 'springs', the way the body mounted
on the springs, and the
manner in which the axles, springs, body and shafts were
mounted.
Herdic's were designed as
passenger vehicles, in particular for public transportation .
The low entry made it easy
for passengers to enter and exit the cars, especially an
advantage to women who
wore full length dresses.
Early herdic's were
painted bright yellow, easy to identify, and took the nickname
“canary”.
The cabs were small an able
to move freely through the streets of Williamsport and leave
passengers at curb side
like the street cars were forced to do.
The Herdic cab had
moderate success and soon many large eastern cities adoptted
them. Washington, D. C.
used the Herdic cab as late 1918.
Abstract: July 26, 2018,
Harrison H from Wikipedia for www.iinni.blogspot.com
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