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The Cordova Daily Times
Cordova, Alaska
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Due to wartime pressures, hansom cabs have reappeared on London streets, reviving a mode of transport once thought obsolete and now museum-bound. The cab's name comes from inventor John Aloysius Hansom, who sold his patent in the 1850s for $50,000 but was never paid.
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(By Associated Press.)
LONDON, Jan. 19 Under the stress of war, hansom cabs have again become a frequent sight in London streets. The "growler" has always been a fixture as the station cab for timid country folks, but the taxicab was deemed to have so completely banished the "gondola of London" that it was enshrined in the London museum. The cab derived its name from the inventor, John Aloysius Hansom who sold the patent back in the fifties for $50,000 to a company which got into difficulties and was never able to pay a penny of the money.
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London
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Jan. 19
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hansom cabs revived as frequent sight on streets due to war stress; patent sold but unpaid.
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Under war stress, hansom cabs have reemerged in London streets. The growler remains a fixture for country visitors, but taxicabs had nearly eliminated the hansom, now in the museum. Named after inventor John Aloysius Hansom, who sold the patent in the 1850s for $50,000 to a bankrupt company.