 In 1929, Montana merged his cabs with Van Dyke's pulling together more than 200 cars with 60+ call stations.While Montana already owned a franchise at the Central Terminal, he was in a good position to grow more powerful in an increasingly mobile city.As a business-savvy communicator, John Montana informed city riders that while he now owned the second largest cab company in the state, he would keep fares the same as they were with the Yellow Cab Company – 50 cents for the first mile and 10 cents for the next three miles.