Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-22
MARCH %
TAYLOR'S DEMAND
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business men said they would not submit
to hoid-up in the plans for rapid transit
and that this fact would be brought
clearly and forcefully to the attention or
every member of Select and Common
Councils
MAss-MEETING's TRIUMPH.
Those who fought for the first appro-
priation Of $500, 600, passed yesterday by
Councils, are flushed today with victory
The action of Councils was called a per-
sonal triumph for every man Of the thou
sands who helped register the VIII OF the
people by attending the great mass-meet-
ing at the Academy of Music January a.
1t also was called a triumph for thn
EVENING LEDGER, which has fought for
the contamination Of the transit plans
insistently Through the columns OF the
EVENING LEDGER the whole question Of
real rapid transit and the full plans OF
Director Taylor IN all their ramihcatlons
have been set fairly and squarely before
the people, Al the mass-meeting the citi-
zens responded.
The first part Of the battle was the
hardest. with one victory to their credit
the supporters OF transit say they cannot
be halted but they may he delayed II
there is any "let-up" in the fight II was
pointed out that those who wish to make
Of transit political question had not yet
surrendered absolutely. 1t was declared
necessary to drive home again the fact
that Philadelphia had determined to have
rapid transit
CAN BEGIN ON LOOP JULY l.
Actual work on the subway loop con-
Meeting with the new Broad street tube
will be started by July !, IL Councils obey
the second mandate of the people and pro-
vide for the special election in March.
Furtive attempts to create the impress
sion that this work cannot be started for
n full year, until the relocation Of sewers
is completed, are being made.
Director Taylor started his fight for n
March special election last night before
the Market street Merchants Associa-
tion and representatives of the Walnut
and Chestnut streets Business Mems AS
sociations at n dinner at the Bingham
Hotel.
DIRECTOR TAYLOR'S ADDRESS.
philadelphia has taken an enormous
leap forward in the great constructive
program she Is about to embark upon"
he said. "She is about to take up this
work by grace of your City Councils, who
have given my department 100000 to be-
gin work, and passed the ordinance giving
me authority to start the work.
LAS soon as Mayor Blankenburg signs
the ordinances passed today, shall ad.
vertse for bids and let contracts. and the
work will start March 20.
"When the people Of great city de-
mand the right to express their will at
a special election, that right should be
given them or they should learn the rea-
son why 1t is not.
1.-The most difficult part of the transit
work has been accomplished. We have
given the city great money-making
and we will operate II in con-
junction with the existing systems, IL |
they so desire, but II they do not Phia-
delphia should not and will not be bound |
to the will of any corporation Let us
be men and assert our rights and we Will |
succeed"
Director Taylor announced that he had |
for 900 buttons bearing the |
insignia, 81 am for the transit plan" He |
asked that every citizen wear one. The
association agreed to distribute 5000.
The first reproduction of the buttons
appears today in the EVENING LEDGER.
The buttons themselves will be neat and
lignitied In appearance, only five-eighths
" an inch i'm diameter and finished in
he citys colors. The upper and lower
sections will be set off on a background
# gold, with the words For the plan"
II blue. The centre band will be on a
'lue background, with the word "Tran-
1t" in gold.
Plans for the distribution of the but
ons have not been agreed upon as yet.
While only 100000 have been purchased,
ontracts will be given for thousands
more.