Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-05
,Roxborough, Manayunk and
L Falls of Schuylkill Isolated
From Other Parts of City
by Slow and Costly Car
Service.
Germantown, Also, Will Profit
Greatly by Adoption of High
Speed Program, Free Trans
fers and Five-cent Rides.

Upon the adoption of the transit pro-
gram, which has been arranged between
Director Taylor and the management of
tho Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company,
the present exchange ticket will be wiped
out, as provided, and free transfers be-
tween surface lines, and between surface
lines and rapid transit lines will be issued
instead.
Passengers travelling within the north
west section and between the northwest
section and other sections of the city pay
toos,oOo year for exchange tickets. They
will be relieved of this charge under the
terms Of the transit program.
The northwest section is bounded by
the schuylkil River on the west and
southwest, Callowhlll street on the south.
10th street on the east. and on the north
and northeast by Hunting Park avenue
and line drawn in a northwesterly d.
rection from Goth street and Hunting Park
avenue, practically on the line of Wis
sRhickon avenue to the County Line,
separating Roxborough from German
town.
article on North Philadelphia, but there
are certain features which were not COW
cred in that article.
SAVE PASSENGERS SOS, 900 YEARLY.
The flrst feature is the saving OF S20S 900
. year to passengers within and travelling
to and from the northwestern section
By the elimination OF the exchange ticket
on surface lines as stated.
Upon completion of the Broad street
subway. under the terms of the transit
program. the residents of the northwest
section will be enabled to take the near
est east and west surface line leading 20
a station on the Broad street subway,
transfer at that point to the high-speed
system, travel thence on transfer in a
forward direction, directly or by addl-
tional transfer, to any station on the
existing or recommended high-speed sys-
tenn penetrating every important section
of Philadelphia, and upon leaving the
high-speed system take an additional free
transi er on the surface line leading from
the station in forward direction to point
OF destination, making the entire journey
described for one scent fare.
To illustrate this, under the terms OF
Ksie transit program the people of Mana
Z yunk and the Falls Of the Schuylkill will
be able to take the present Allegheny
avenue line (extended) to the Allegheny
avenue station on the Broad street SUBJ
way and thus avail themselves of the use
OF the high-speed system pending the con-
struction OF the Parkway subway and
elevated leading through the northwest
section to Roxborough.
WHEN PARKWAY SUBWAY IS DONE.
Upon the construction of the Parkway
subway and northwest elevated. the
people Of SIanayunk and Roxborough
viii be enabled to take the present Alle-
gheny avenue line (extended) to a sta
tion on the northwest elevated at or near
18th and Allegheny avenue.
Director Taylor has recommended
prompt completion OF Henry avenue
from 18th and Allegheny avenue to Rox-
borough, including the construction OF
the Henry avenue bridge over the valley
OF the Wlssahickon.
He has also recommended that a
branch surface line be extended from
the present Allegheny avenue line over
Henry avenue to RoXborough p oding
the completion OF the northwest ele,
line.
This surface line viii enable the people
OF Roxborough to reach the Broad and
Allegheny avenue station on the Broad
street subway and travel thence to any
point on the high-speed lines as above
'ated. with the privilege OF taking an
iditional surface car line leading from
1s station to point OF destination In a
40 orWArd direction for one scent fare.
4 The people OF Roxborough are now