Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-28

for the proposed lines could be bought at
low rate, while the construction work
would give employment to thousands of
idle men.
81 wish to remind YOU" he added,
that the transit problem as arranged by
the Department of City Transit and the
officials OF the Philadelphia Rapid Tran
sit Company provides that the Philadel-
phia Rapid Transit Company shall equip
and operate the city-owned lines in con-
junction with its existing system in
manner which will enable the people to
travel conveniently, quickly and comfort
ably from every important section OF
Philadelphia to every other important
section of Philadelphia by the Joint use
OF the surface system and the high-speed
lines for one scent fare.
THE LOCAL SITUATION.
"Now have come to your local situa-
tion
More than 5000 passengers travel every
day within, into and out of the district
bounded on the north by Pennypacll
Creek and City line. on the east by Cas-
tor road, on the south by Nicetown lane
and on the west by Old Second street
pike.
"The construction of the northeasterly
elevated branch leading from the Broad
street subway over the Northeast Boule-
ward to I'd street. and the operation there
of I'm conjunction with the Fox Chase
line, which runs on Rising Sun avenue,
as free transfer agent in gathering and
distributing rapid transit traffic. will re-
duce the time required to travel:
From Fox Chase TO City Hall from Sc
minutes to AZ minutes, n saving of 80
minutes on the round trip.
from Fox Chase to League Island
from "a minutes to 60 minutes, saving
of / hour and minutes on the round
trip.
"From Fox Chase TO 65th street and
Woodland avenue from 97i5 minutes to
63 minutes. saving Of hour and min
utes on the round trip.
From Fox Chase TO 52d and Market
streets from 81 minutes 10 5s minutes.
saving OF 46 minutes on the round trip.
I'm addition to the foregoing time saw
ing. you will be saved the discomfort
and Inconvenience due to travelling in
overloaded surface cars which are sub
ject to delays due to surface travel,
THE North Broad street subway and
the Northeast boulevard line will save
passengers in the Fox Chase district $1,000
per year in time $4,000 hours, at Is cents
per hour.
"The abolition of exchange tickets Will
save passengers in Fox Chase district ap-
proximately $4,000 per year.
ALI. VITAILY INTERESTED.
1.-THE 1OSOO people who reside in the Fox
Chase district are vitality interested in
the program for rapid transit develop
ment.
upon the completion OF the Frankford
elevated line provision must be made for
the construction OF nigh-speed surface
line penetrating the centre OF the 35th
Ward and serving Bustleton and somer-
ton.
''The construction OF such a hlgh-speed
line even though It be necessary to
charge additional fare thereon viii create
such an enormous increase in realty val
ues and In tax returns to the city as 10
fully justify its being built. In fact, this
line will be an actual necessity from the
standpoint Of the city as well as from
the standpoint Of the people residing
throughout your ward
II am very hopeful that an arrange
ment can be made whereby the &C tmpany
controlling the existing line extending
from Bristol 10 Langhorne ana Newton
can be induced to make an extension 10
the southwark I also hope that the ex-
lsting lines IA Trenton may be induced
to connect up BY building a southern ex-
tension,
From a purely business standpoint, a
high-speed line extending from the ter-
minus OF the Frankford elevated line IN
Frankford over private right Of way serv-
ing Bustleton, somerton ana Trenton win
Be praetieable, and afford a profitable in
vestment % nose who may establish Il.
'Ihis r 3 subject With Whleh I am