Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-18

abllng ordinances to put the S6OO0,00O
Taylor rapid transit plan
into effect will be conducted
r1H ME before Councils Finance
HiiliE1ln Committee at 2:30 o'clock
The result OF this hearing
will be either prompt realiza-
ton of Director Taylors program of real
rapid transit for Philadelphia or delay
and inaction until next year, for the next
meeting of Councils, on Thursday of this
week, is the last at which action can be
taken to provide for actual construction
work this summer. Any further postpone
ment will mean that the necessary legis-
laive routine cannot be completed be-
fore Councils summer adjournment
July1
WANT FREE TRANSFERS
The hearing today at tho request Of the
Northwest Business Mems Association,
which has petitioned the Finance Com
mittee to take no further action upon
the enabling ordinances until full assur-
ance of universal free transfers is given.
Should the Finance Committee heed the
request of the business men construction
work on the Broad street subway and
the Frankford elevated will be delayed
until 1916.
Director Taylor. it is understood, will
appear at the hearing today to combat the
arguments of the business men and to
urge the necessity of immediate begin
ming of the construction work. The Di-
rector will show that delay at this time
is entirely unnecessary as means of Sc
curing tho free transfers.
yyoTrI n WA S,TI1 TT I,r,TToNI NToNruv
1t will also be shown that II Councils
fail to pass on Thursday the ordinance
providing for 80 days advertising of
the city's intent to create the loan, which
was referred to the Finance Committee
two weeks ago, and to introduce the
ordinance authorizing the creation of the
loan, no construction work can be done
this summer. This will mean that the
special election can avail nothing and
that 100000 of the taxpayers money was
wasted in holding it,
WANT p. r. T. OFFER ACCEPTED.
The Northwest Business Men. meeting
last night at 1886 Columbia avenue, plan
ned the arguments they will present to-
day and passed a resolution requesting
the Finance Committee to enter into i'm
mediate negotiations with the Philadel-
phia Rapid Transit Company for the pur-
pose of accepting it's proposal of March
%, 1914, by which it would construct and
operate the Broad street subway and the
Frankford elevated and other contem-
plated lines with free transfer privileges
and the abolition of the Scent exchange
tickets.
The speakers for the Business Men to-
day will be Charles L. Fluck, chairman
of the Transportation Committee; Walter
B. Bertolet, president of the association
Edward B. Martin, secretary and chair
man of the Transportation Committee of
the United Business Mems Association:
Richard Wegelin, chairman of the NUM-
cipal Committee, and Patrick II. Lynch,
chairman of the Law Committee.
FOUGHT $6,oOOOOO LOAN.
The northwest business men lined UP
against the passage Of the $6,oooOoO loan
prior to the special election and con-
Quoted a publicity campaign against It,
using the same arguments they will pre-
sent today. Their campaign was a con-
spicuous failure as far as winning any
opposition to the loan at the polls was
concerned, for the vote In the four wards
from which the association draws It's
membership, the 2sth, 10Th, sd and 47th.
was 7766 for the loan and 1146 against.
The very small following that the busi-
ness men were able to gain at the special
election, the friends of the Taylor plan
said. is sufficient reason for denial OF
their petition by the Finance Committee.
The real objection OF the Northwest
Business Men is said to be that the pres
ent program does not contemplate imme-
date construction work in their vicinity.
While the high-speed lines to Roxbor-
ough and Manayunk will be OF direct
benefit to the northwest section, it is
the plan of Director Taylor not to make
any beginning on this line until the Broad
street subway and the Frankford elevated
are we'll under way.
In consideration OF the reasons which
lie back of the protest OF the Northwest
Business Men, and in view of the very
small opposition that their prediction
canvass against the loan created, but
slight importance is being attached to any
arguments they are Offering for delay
and further inaction. The strength OF the
associations protest is shown by the ac-
companying box of the vote for and
against the transit loan in the northwest
ern wards.