Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-13

,lhe hrst large contract for the relooa-
llon ana reconstruction OF sewers in tbo
BUSINESS section preliminary to
the construction OF the pro-
| N posed subway delivery loon
| E EE9r W. was completed today. six
! lTRANSITl weeks In advance Of the
N--.-----.lI N--.,-----S- time set In the speolfca-
| PLAN tions. AS result OF the re-
| - ward offered by Director
Taylor to all Contractors
VINO should complete their work under
| contract time, Robert lombard. the con-
tractor for this section, viii receive about
Sl4OO as bonus
me section Just completed runs from
Stn OSi ana walnut streets diagonally across
| washington Square to 9TH and Locust
streets and up Locust to Sth street. The
contract price was s5s.4OO and the work
was begun on March o. The work was
inspected by engineers from the Depart-
ment Of City Transit, and Director Tay-
Tor formally accepted II as soon as IL
was completed
The contract for the sewer work from
DOCK street to Sixth and Walnut streets.
upon which Mayor Bankenburg turned
the first spadoful of earth on March 20.
VIII also be completed far in advance of
the specified time according to present
indications. Members of the firm of
Peoples Brothers, VINO hold the contract,
believe that they will be able to finish
the work about three months before the
specified time.
The time limit for the small section on
Ninth street, between Market and Arch
streets, expired nearly two weeks ago,
but several more days will be required
before the work is entirely completed As
result, Joseph Perna. the contractor,
Will be forced to pay fine of nearly
$500
BY present Indications, the other two
sections Of the sewer work will be COM
pleted several weeks before the specified
time The work on all the contracts
has been regularly Inspected by the en-
glneers of the Transit Department, and
Director Taylor has kept in close touch
with the contractors In an effort to have
them rush the work to the earliest pos
sible completion.
1t was reported today that Mayor Blank
enburg had declared that City. Solicitor
Ryan has not been manly" in intimating
that the Mayor was partly responsible
for the Dallam suit to restrain the city
from entering upon the transit program.
The Mayor, 1t is said, from his summer
homo in Pocono Pines, challenged Mr..
Ryan to come out openly and make direct
charges in order that he could be properly
answered.
Reference was made to Mr.. Ryan's as
sertion that the transit "muddle" was due
in part at least to his having been dis
carded as the administrations legal ad-
wiser In matters arising between the city
and the Rapid Transit Company. The
Mayor is said to have observed that he
knew what Mr.. Ryan was driving at, but
that he would not make public his sus-
picions now.
In reply to the Mayors statement, Mr.
Ryan said:
1T will serve no useful purpose for me
to reply to the Mayor. 1 have my hands
more than full in defendig his action in
signing the jitney ordinance; in trying to
prevent the restraining of the onward
progress of the great transit development,
and many other city problems, of which
endeavoring to help the financing of the
Parkway is one.
THE hearing as to the jltney will take
place tomorrow and as to transit on Fri
day and the arguments involve many
great and important questions. What lit
tie help / am receiving from the admin
istration can be judged by this telegram,
which have just received:
New York, July 13, 1915.
Have just returned from confer
ence with Mayor on jitney situation.
We are unable to give you the in
formation you ask for because we
have no facilities to procure it. Zone
regulation will be quite difficult of en-
forcement because of our lack of suf-
ficIent traffic officers to properly con-
troll. GEORGE d. PORTER"
IT will do my utmost to vinldcate and
sustain the municipal authorities and do
not care to enter into a personal contro-