Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-25
MAYOR SIGNS BILL
TO MAKE DIRT FLY;
FOR ELECTION SOON
of $5OO,OOO
Now Can Be Used for
Sewer Relocation to Fa-
cilitate Subway Work.

Mayor Blankenburg today signed the
general appropriation bill, carrying with
It $5OO.OOO for the relocation of sewers in
the proposed transit loop. Work on sewer
relocation will start March 20. This bill
was passed by Councils on Thursday.
The Mayor signed the bill in the presence
of Director Taylor and the newspaper
men before opening his mail and his
action places at the Directors disposal
the money to start the work.
After afflxing his signature, the Mayor
said, I'VE want to see the dirt fly on
March 90" Handing Director Taylor the
pen with which he wrote his name, Mr..
Blankenburg said, Il give this to you as
souvenir. 1 wish it were a gold pen,
BIT the city is not rich enough to afford
those"
In Jocular vein, the Mayor said:
"On March 20 Director Taylor will give
me a silver shovel to turn out the first
shovelful of earth and I will give him a
gold pick"
The Mayor appeared greatly improved
by his brief vacation at Asheville, N. c.,
where he had been since January 8.
81 gained five pounds" he said land
my sore throat is entirely cured. In fact
l don't feel sore toward any one 1 have
the kindest feeling for all mankind. We
had bad weather at Asheville, but went
for rest and got it,
FOR ELECTION IN MARCH.
Mr.. Blankenburg declared himself en-
phatically in favor of a special election
in March that the people might vote to
obtain funds for transit development. In
this connection he said:
II am very much in favor of an election
early in March, as l have said in my mes
90 ha Com al
Academy few days ago have no doubt
but that the vote will be overwhelmingly
in favor of borrowing the money to be
gin the work. In business / have al
ways found 1t wise to provide funds be-
fore entering upon any new enterprise
and that is what we want to do now"
In commenting upon the selection of
Francis Skunk Brown as Attorney Gem
eral by Governor Brumbaugh, the Mayor
said:
THE appointment OF Mr.. Brown came
to me as a distinct surprise l have
known him number of years and per-
sonally like him very much. Everybody
must give him credit for the fact that he
has always been true to his clients and
always given to them the best that Is in
him.
II have no doubt whatever that Mr.
Brown will do the same thing for his
new client Governor Brumbaugh and the
State of Pennsylvania. If he serves them
as well as has been his reputation for
serving his former clients much good will
be accomplished during his term OF office
My confidence in Governor Brumbaugh
is so absolute that I am sure he knew
what he was doing when he appointed
Francis Skunk Brown attorney general"
HOPES FOR CONVENTION.
The Mayor expressed the hope that the
present Legislature would approve Con-
stltutional Convention. He said that he
had advocated such action for a long
time and asserted that he had assur-
ances from Governor Brumbaugh that
his list of suggestions for changes in
legislation for the benefit of the city
would be carefully considered
Regarding the quick sale of 100000 in
city bonds over the counter last week. the
Mayor said the news of the unprece-
dented success of the sale was one of
the most gratifying pieces OF information
ever received l was sure that there
would be no trouble in disposing OF the
issue in a single day. The success Of
the sale shows that the credit OF the
city is not only unimpalred, but is better
today than ever before"