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Special Correspondenceof Gazette aud Iournaf.
PHILADELPHIA Noy. II. .--Phete ~as
another elevated railroad bill ii';rUdifa \
in select counci, liss right }ii j. ni-t
the fate Of i's Gse pr4dseeAaoss-.titn itner
dying in cnlnIiittve n not aeiI... btlusbt
up after the committee had netea III 5n
them Tho railroad committee, c9ui-
posed of nembers OF both councils, hris
been skilfnlly set mp BY the presidents Of
each chamber ia the interests tf thu s,tr-
face railways. 1t is almost IN ialpossj
bility to get from that committee aL SOY
tune a report IN favor of conGth,iSUs Il
the people. This is pluiply ayijouoa1
wherever application is niada q
councils by surface railway can,.
panies for the gran. Of new privileges
rhe'e is au ordinance which daclarcs ,!,t
councils will rot grant any nea 'aV,s lcs
passcnEer rtii9ng company uD.tns il
serhes to . reduction of tije f.s " S
cH;I'S, VT this rdlios,f cunu.,t4,. 4
alAays III fayUr Of grau,iaR ,af He,g
privileges Hliicl Is asa,d ior ~. M
pany, aud il u.6iarinils refiseN "a uaks
the favor eaBtlHg-ur upsu iadasttua ~
tte far S to . cents, The gari,i tte
teaag aa.Dibst5 eHfitJlT 5t- a. 2 ,.y-3iy
presi icnis aud til, II hpiifena-ts. n,ikt
iina7fshra show ahed.ance "a liz Gn,.,,ty.
NJ s'i- face railway compAry r.m.lg.g
. c''nAS fatn dCaFeJ 10 suGtf by ctrn nu,li-
Ii 70 al u an eleysSeH rGiirpal. gi;i. l.-
fars r.t CENTS Aud TO su Is .s i.sii,s.
which carries passengers at e rap q; 3
miles an Lour, aud requires .,F EuUr. III
nlhta e. thko passeilgais ftoHi u crttte
OF the city 10 EgaaEf0fG, .,4ermantown
Holmeshutg snd Blnp1S unt die. ICES f,l
compete with railroad which cartd lun
its three miles without stops IL siz Alin.
utes. and allowing for nll ttoppAgas at
stations, in 10 or is minutes.
If an elevated railroad il hniiE in ahis
city (and it will bs--ita got TO oome) the
profits of the snrface roads Wiil be re-
duced enormously. really believe their
only chance of making lnonny would be
by reducing their faxes 10 bnlee cents
Henee the great adverse interest Geaius;
the elevated railroad proisct. With
majority Of members on THE railroad
committee Of councils who arc III thorough
sympathy with tie passenger railway
bosses, nothing but a report in FAVOR ct
the interests of the latter could be ex-
pected.
But when the report df ti.a rairoad
committee comes before eonunou council,
there will be different condition of
affairs. Il is generally supposed that
there Is larger number OF members
IN favor of Improvement there, and
that the railroad eommittee's report is,
therefore. less likely TO be adopted. Bnt
the people nf Philadelphia needn't fool
themselves. The passenger railway bosses
have their servaniS III both chant hers,
and IL is a well-BnOWn fact TINT for years
large number of nominations of the
members for both branches of council
have boen made secretly, with the uadet-
standing that the person so chosen
should vote for the street railway in
terests whenever it was necessary. AS
the matter now stands nothing can be
done until the people take the thing into
their own hands, and send as their repre-
sentatives to the municipal legislature
members who pledge themselves to sup
port the cause of the public againet
monopolizing corporations. As a first
step in this directlon, the champions Of
the elevated scheme propose 10 make il
lively for those candidates for RET election,
who have so stubbornly and so persist
emily refused to adhere 10 the people'sde
mands, in the coming mayoTalily cam
paign in February. The opponents Of
the 'overhead road" by their record in
councils, have succeeded III getting their
names in the papers, and there they will
be kept, in conspicuous place, ard lest
the voters of this city forget why these
names are 80 published they will be re-
minded that, "These aie the oouncilmeu
who voted against the elevated railway or.
dinance." Let the band play. VICTOR