Hack

Hacks waiting to take passengers into the village of Northville that had arrived on the F. J. & G railroad.

We don’t like to hear that word today. In modern times it means “to gain unauthorized access to data in a system/ computer. It has a very different meaning than years ago.

Today we are afraid someone will “hack” into our computer. The words Hack or Hackney stems from London, England, meaning a carriage or vehicle to transport passengers to a destination of their choosing by way of a hack or hackney
carriage.

According to an article on the internet, the first hackney carriage licenses date from 1662, and applied literally to horse-drawn carriages, later modernized as hansom cabs (1834), that operated as vehicles for hire. There was a distinction between a general hackney carriage and a hackney coach, a hireable vehicle with specifically four wheels, two horses and six seats, and driven by a jarvey.driving_the_hack

The Northville railroad station was located on the west side of the Sacandaga River. Access into the village of Northville was a narrow bridge. It soon was evident that a regular hacking service into Northville was much needed.

The Lawton Coal Company purchased a ten seated horse-drawn hack which transported people between the village and the station for a fee. It also carried mail bags.

Charles Lawton was conductor for many years. John Cole drove a four-seated horse-drawn hack from Northville to
Sacandaga Park.

 

A motorized “hack” taxi on West Bridge Street.

A motorized “hack” taxi on West Bridge Street.

As the automobiles came on the scene, the horse-drawn hacks faded, Harvey D (Bub) Eaton , John Grennell and Arthur Fowler and Lewis Snell, drove Model T Fords as taxis to the station, the Park and
points North.

In 1908 a village ordinance was passed that hack licenses would be required. Horse-drawn hack, two seats, $10.00 ; Three seats, $15.00; Horse-drawn bus, $25.00; and small automobile taxi $50.00.

In later years, Frederick R. Stuart and Jesse Blowers conducted taxi service in the Village. There may have been others.

 

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Charles B Lawton (1847 – 1918)

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Village of Northville One hundred years ago 1916

We had a president instead of a mayor, Franklin N. Wright, and in March of that year I. E. Bowman was elected. Health Officer was Dr. Collie J. Robin

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Northville Christmases in the Early 1900’s

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F J & G R R hats Recently Purchased

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Northville Trivia

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