Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-04
TAYLOR BRANDS
al" PLAN BETRAYAL

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| Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company that
| the delay is due to differences OF opinion
between the management Of the Phila-
delphia Rapid Transit Company and the
/ Union Traction Company.
| THE granting of franchise to the
] Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company to
| build the Frankford elevated line as an
undertaking separate and apart from
the general plan for transit development
would effectually defeat the plan of the
Department of City Transit to connect
| up every important section OF the city
/ with every other important section Of
the city by the hlgh-speed lines for one
| hve-cent fare.
1.-THE passage Of such an ordinance
would be an unthlnksbe betrayal Of a
public trust
WOULD TIE CITY's HANDS"
III the existing street railway system
fails to cooperate with the city in estab-
| fishing a complete high-speed system by
equlpplng and operating the same in con-
| junction with the existing system as ar
ranged. the city has the alternative Of
| building a Chestnut street subway which
will compete with the Market street sub
way and form a connecting link between
the Franliford elevated line on the east
ern end and the Woodland avenue line on
the western end; thus trains may be run
through from the Frankford section to
the Woodland avenue section without
change.
"The construction OF competitive
Chestnut street subway by the city to
accommodate traffic from the Woodland
avenue district only would be impractic-
able, for IT would require the traffic from
both the Frankford and Woodland ave-
nue. lines to support the investment.
Therefore the granting Of a franchise
to the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Com
pany to construct the Frankford elevated
railway would destroy the possibility OF
the city building a competitive Chestnut
street subway to serve the northeastern
and the southwestern sections of the
city.
1.-THE eity's hands would thus be tied.
Furthermore. the F'rankford elevated
line is the one which will produce the
greatest and most immediate profit by
its operation"
CITY PREPARED TO BUILD.
"The city is now prepared financially,
legally and otherwise to build the recon-
mended high-speed line connecting up
every important section of Philadelphia
with every other important section of
Philadelphia by adequate rapid transit
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"Thcse high-speed lines should be built
at once. They should be equipped and
operated preferably by the Philadelphia
Rapid Transit Company in conjunction
with the existing system under the terms
of the arranged program which affords
adequate protection to the Philadelphia
Rapid Transit Company and the existing
system against loss, by reason OF their CO.
operation
otherwise, the city will have to secure
an Independent company to equip and
operate the city-owned line on an equita-
bic basis in competition with the existing
system. Such an Independent operator
can be readily secured.
NO HALF LOAF FOR FRANKFORT.
"Citizens of Philadelphia realize that
they are in a position to establish ade-
quate rapid transit facilities. Nothing
short of adequate rapid transit facilities
will satisfy them. 1t is not case of
half a loaf is better than none.
"The people who will be served by the
Frankford elevated line are not only in
terested in securing quick transportation
down to Market street for cents, but
they are interested in securing quick
TO Market street and
thence out to any other section of the
city directly or by free transfer for the
same scent fare
"They demand the elimination of the
exchange ticket. They
must realize that the building of the
brankford elevated line, separate and
apart from the plan of the Department
Df City Transit, would be simply a make
shift which would deprive them of the
essential advantages which the plan OF
The Department of City Transit provides
Tor them and for every section of the city.
WON'T SURRENDER LEVER"
For the city to surrender to the Phlla-
delphia Rapid Transit Company the fran
chise for the most valuable Frankford
elevated line, which would constitute an
essential part of a city-owned system
designed to serve all sections Of the city |
regardless of the Philadelphia Rapid |
Transit Companys cooperation, and |
and operated by an independent |
in competition with the existing |
system, If necessary, would be to give |
away the most effective lever which the |
people have to adequate rapid transit |
for Philadelphia"