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date the entire ordinance and which the
city solicitor yesterday advised. should
he stricken out
II is understood the amount of the
transit loan will remain 81, 100000 and the
date of the special election to submit this
loan to the voters for authorization will
probably remain April %.
IL was said in organization circles that
Chatham Connolly had another surprise
up his sleeve in the amendments which
he will otfcr. but no hint has bee" given
as to what this viii be.
The members of the Finance Committee
also insist that they will incorporate in
the ordinance the lines upon which the
SG,OOo,O0O may be spent in spite Of the dec
laration of Director Taylor that the oms-
sion OF the delivery loop would render the
entire Broad street subway plan useless
and that the extension of the Frankford
"L" as far as Rhawn street would prob
ably be stricken out by the Public Serv-
ice Commission when that body is called
upon to approve the new lines.
Director Taylor has pointed out that
should the commission order change in
any part of the lines agreed upon by the
Finance Committee ordinance. the entire
ordinance would be invalidated, including
the o00.
Despite the opinion from the City So
lctor which forced n concession through
the omission of the phrase based upon
the assessed valuation. Of taxable per-
sonal property" Chairman Connolly. and
Chairman Seger, of the subcommittee de
clare that they have won a victory over
Director Taylor.
RYAN'S OPINION.
The Subcommittee on Finance submitted
a list of four questions to City Solicitor
Ryan on Monday covering the terms of
the pending ordinance. A summary of the
questions and Mr. Ryan's answer to each
follows:
ITO the first question: Whether the
ordinance as drawn is in legal and proper
shaps.' | answer, yes; but recommend
that the words based on the assessed
valuation of taxable personal property in
said city be omitted, and that for greater
clearncss the words to be used shall be
inserted in their place before the word
toward.
ITO the second; What relation does the
proposed ordinance bear to the act of as
sembly of July q, 1913, +. l.. page $685.?
| answer that the phrasing of the ordi-
nance follows substantially, if not liter
ally. the words OF that act.
TO the third: Whether Councils have
the right to specify where the proposed
subway and elevated lines may be built
! answer in the affirmative
ITO the fourth: Whether such desiEna-
ton affects the legality Of the ordnance
answer in the negative"
The City Solicitor, however, distinctly
warned the Finance Committee that the
money once borrowed I'm pursuance of
popular vote could not be diverted from
the use indicated in the ordinance pro
viding for the election, and if that pur.
pose should prove to be impractical or
impossible of fulilment much delay as
well as decrease of the City's borrow
ing capacity would result.
TAYLOR LOOKS FOR ROUTE
TRICEERY.
Upon this point. In the city Solicitors
=inicn, Director Taylor will renew his
upon which the money is to be spent from
the original loan ordinance, Director Tay-
lOr will urge that Councils provide for
the routes in a subsequent ordinance in
order that any change ordered by the
Public Service Commission or agreed upon
Tor any cause unforeseen now may not
vitiate the entire ordinance
The city Solicitor declared that, while
Councils had the right TO designate the
lines upon which the money should be
spent. II was not incumbent upon II 10 do
so precisely or to do so at the present
time This feature of the fake" ordi-
nance was also attacked in the opinion
given by John G.. Johnson, who declared
that the inclusion of the lines in the
original ordinance probably would cause
the entire plan to fall
Despite all opposition 10 the subway
loop, Director Taylor Yesterday
awarded the third and fourth contracts
for the relocation and reconstruction OF
sewers under the route of the proposed
loop,
The third contract calling for the re-
location of sewers from sth and Arch
streets TO Race. to Franklin, diagonally
across Franklin Square to 9th and VIII
ow streets. was awarded to Joseph
Pema for Si56OOO. The fourth and final
contract for the relocation of sewer
on gth street between Market and Arch
streets was also awarded 10 Perna for
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