First or record · 24.07.1909
Tallinn's first motor cabs on the Kadriorg run
Tallinna esimesed taksoautod Kadrioru liinil
In summer 1909 Päevaleht noticed something new: several Tallinn men had bought motorcars and were driving people about for a small fee, mostly in the evenings between town and Kadriorg, where the promenade was busy. They also took passengers to Kopli, Kose and Pirita, and had even been hired for weddings. People liked them, the paper said, because they were fast, cheaper than a horse cab. By August four motorcars were working the Kadriorg run, and because they stood beside the horse-cabs at the horse-tram stop, the police chief moved their stand to the end of Salongi Street, right where the promenade begins.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
1909. aasta suvel märkas Päevaleht uut asja: mitu Tallinna meest oli muretsenud auto ja sõidutas väikese tasu eest rahvast, peamiselt õhtuti linna ja Kadrioru vahet, kus jalutajaid oli palju. Sõideti ka Koplisse, Kosele ja Piritale ning autosid oli juba pulmadeski kasutatud. Rahvale meeldisid need, kirjutas leht, sest sõit oli kiire, voorimehest odavam. Augustiks käis Kadrioru liinil neli autot, ja kuna nad seisid hobutrammi peatuses voorimeeste kõrval, määras politseimeister nende peatuskohaks Salongi tänava otsa, kohe jalutusala alguse juures.
Source: Päevaleht, 24 July 1909, p. 2, and 1 August 1909 (DIGAR) ↗