Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-29
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| three years work by the Department OF
| City Transit to give Philadelphia a com
| prehensive system Of high-speed lines
| with reasonable fares. A vote for the
| loan today is a vote for a greater Phila-
| delphia A vote against the loan Is a
vote to retard the city's progress.
The Blankenburg administration, the
Committee or 1000, scores of business or
| ganizatlons that have stood by Director
| Taylor in the long fight stand together
| for the transit loan today with the big
| leaders of the Republican Organization,
! Senator Penrose, Senator Ware, Senator
| McNichol and Congressman Ware.
The only defined opposition to the loan
| has been traced to men who have personal
| interest In the defeat of better transit
| facilities The plot Of David H. Lane,
chairman of the Republican City Com
mttec, and a heavy Union Traction
| stockholder, to use his political powers to
defeat the loan was repudiated yesterday
by Senator Penrose and Senator Nc
Nichol
Senator Penrose in this city reiterated
his statement of last week lndorslng tn.
loan, and announced that he had stopped
over in Philadelphia himself just to cast
a vote in It's favor.
Senator McNichol in Harrisburg last
night stated that Lanes opposition does
not reflect the sentiment of the Repub-
llcan leaders, adding, I'VE are all for
the loan, and It will pass by an over
whelming majority"
The polls will be open today from
o'clock this morning until z o'clock to-
night. Every citizen who was qualified
to vote at the general election last Mo-
vember is eligible TO cast n ballot on the
loan proposal today.
TO ELECT COUNC1LMEN.
In three wards councllmanic vacancies
will be filled today. TO succeed Select
Councilman Edward w. Patton, of the
9th Ward who was elected TO the State
Senate, tho independents have nominated
James A. Stovel. who has indorsed the
Taylor plans, and who in turn has been
ndorsed by the Committee of One Thou
sand. Opposed to him is John f. Dugan,
Republican
In the 3Sth Ward to succeed the late
Albert NJ. de Prefontalne in Select Coun-
ell, the Independents have nominated
Charles S. Wood. and tho Republicans,
James I. Walsh.
In the 25th Ward Mark F1emming is
the candidate unoppOsed to succeed Com
mon Councilman William M. Hackett
who resigned to take his seat in the
Legislature.
Success for the loan today will mean n
start on the Taylor system of hiEh-speed
transit line covering all Philadelphia with
one straight nve-cent fare. Under the
CounCilmaniC ordinance providing for the
loan a start will be made first on the
South and North Broad street subway
and on the Frankford elevated. Later
the other parts of the system will be be-
gun under subsequent loans.
When the work provided under the &c.
OOO,OOO loan to he voted upon today Is
under wav, legislation providing for the
construction of subway delivery loop
and the other lines will be prepared and
introduced in Councils.
Tho special election marks the end of
n long fight by Director Taylor for the
approval of the system outlined by the
Department OF city Transit, Repeated
delays in Councils legislative difficulties
in Harrisburg and finally apathy and in
difference of many of the citizens were
overcome. Every vote for the loan today
insures concrete results for the long cam
paign.