Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-29
Olney Grows Weary
of Slow Car Service
Present System Adds Two
Hours to Workers Day,
and rolleys Are P acked.

Passengers who travel on the Olney
line. route No. so. will be glad when they
see a rapid transit system started in that.
direction. Incidentally. If there is not
soon a definite sign that such a road will
be started there promises to be an exodus
from Olney of those who are obliged to
use the Fourth and Fifth streets line.
Many OF these workers are employed
nearly II hours n day, most of them
working from in the morning until at
night. With the present car system they
figure that their working day is really
10 hours, as it takes nearly an hour to
go and return from their places of en-
ployment If it is in the central part OF
the city.
To compare the time now required to
ride from Olney to Arch street with the
time it will take for the same distance
when the elevated road is completed. an
EVENING LEDGER reporter took the trip
this morning.
He rode south from the starting point
at Fifth street and Olney avenue to Fifth
and Arch streets, which is on a line with
the proposed central subway delivery loop
and the journey took 421a minutes. AS 1t
will require only % minutes to make the
trip. according to calculations shown In
the report of Director Taylor, of the De-
partment of City Transit, each rider will
thus be saved 2O1A minutes on each trip
or Al minutes daily.
CAR FACILITIES INADEQUATE.
The car facilities on the line do not i'm
prove matters. Nearly every morning
from $3.50 until 1880 there is a crowd
massed on the southwest corner OF Flfth
street and Olney avenue eagerly waiting
to ride TO work. AS soon as a car ar
rlves, 1t is Immediately packed from door
to door Such was the case this morning
and a large number of the passengers
had to stand until Girard avenue was
reached a distance of A blocks
As the car was jammed at the start
others who waited to board II on lhs
trip south had to stand mourntuIy Oh
the corner and watch 1t go by AS an
overflow was left at the Olney corner
those riding in the car following UNI
doubtedly were packed in just the same
Although many of the passengers lelt
the car at Allegheny avenue ana also a.
IeHlgn avenue, theTe We're CtONh9 ""''
ing on these corners to take their places
and breathing space was just as scarce
as before,
THIS MANS PATIENCE GIVES.
I'm not going to put up with this much
longer" said one grouchy strap hanger
as he threw his crumpled newspaper on
the hoor
you have been saying that every MORN
ing for months" said a brother strap
holder.
.'That may be-" said the disgruntled one,
hut / have got a new house. and aDou.
ten more OF these rides will be my liult,
Some one suggested that he ought 70
wait for the subway, but as TINS appeai7
10 be remote there was a general lausnl
The Jokes about the line and the lausu
ter that followed made many torBet liesl
straphanging troubles temporarily lhe'S
was no real relief until the car arilEet
at Girard avenue. At that point iaI 90
number Of girls employed at iacloI'
left Many of them expressed their syn
pathy for their more unfortunate sisters,
who had to ride all the way 10 MarNs'
street. 90
Asked why they got on car that WI, W.,
already packed, many of the riders sa'.
that If they waited for a car WIN "A
scat they would not get to Work tlI ~
o'clock. If the sentiment of the rlusis
this trip Is indicative OF the general Is
ing in Olney. then all VIII unite oe's'
minedly in a hsht Tor better TRANSIT