Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-04
|oFcK or RAPID TRANSIT
PLAN AROUSES CITY

-, r, HOFFMAN, 3ttO Kensington
WIN ,,,erchant and prominent in all
e,l'"ns ,Venu movements of his section:
Dus'ntop n,apd nat on the Taylor plan. 1t
yood move to modify II. Worse
W. mat it's detrimental to the city
.n.,sts considered section by section
MAJ u's a dangerous move.
yooRE North Kensington Busi.
ass Mems Association;
is dangerous to get away from the
" Man. II means the levying of
igyiea,i damage. and that Is bad for
{, tp,,iiadelphia, regardless of the fact
.i,o Northeast fares we'll When
" ssocIation meets on March % we
~, y, .srobahIv condemn the revision of
w y" rl,,ior nIan. of COuse, we are glad
NJ taor that the Northeast wont he at
lNd b1t at the same time we don
INF TO he selfish.
roatAs w. CROCKETT, JR. former
on",dsrt Fox Chase Improvement AS.
oclation: .,-, ,,,.
-.i,,,,e or any Of the other city oiiic.
~ until I have heard their reasons for
80 sweeping changes in the transit
,.,,,, h,t II IS my feeling that as
n,,eh Of the high speed program as pos.
ISio should be constructed as quickly
~, nracticaI None Of the lines orig.
Lilo proposed would nave come
,irsctIv TO Fox Chase so our personal
,torests are not involved to- such an
-,..,t as are those of residents of otter
octions. but II is certainly to the inter.
sts of every Philadeip1lan to get good
ransit facilities for every part OF the
ity
ouAs GORDON. president of the
,rldesburg Improvement Association:
don't understand what is meant by
10 change. The people of Philadelphia
ant raNid transit They have been on
,usjasylc about the Taylor plau they
ave read volumes about the benefits
,et would accrue from its adoption,
IN they believe that 1t Is the only plan
~ would prove successful TO the city
philadelphia Then another thing.
no peoule of this city were for the
Ian bill believing in their hearts that
would nut the Taylor plan into ope.
alton. Now to come along and make
nv change in the original program Is
n error. and will he met with stormy
rotest from all sections Of the city.
know the Bridesburg Improvement As.
bciation will certainly protest against
he change.
)RGE MITCHELL, Select Councilman,
9th ward:
The revised plans of Director Twin
q will not meet with much approval
Frankford. because they call for the
rminating of the elevated at Bridge
rect instead of Rhawn street. We will
be very much disappointed IL the
ans as outlined by former Director
aylor are not carried out. The only
a, IL. gNrn l.s,
Iveloped is by the installation of Il
ghspeed line Frankford has been
Eglected long enough Promise after
|omise has been given the people that
,tter transit facilities would be given
EN-, and now. when the hopes of the
ople were about to be realized, comes
is new development. T'he Frankford
- should be continued to Rhawn
rett.
Germantown and Chestnut Hill
BERT p. LAMRERTON, Common
buhcilman. 22d Ward:
III view of the fact that all sections
the city will have to pay for the
opposed rapid transit, it seems only
ir that all sections should receive |
ual benefits from the improvement. |
.oNEL SHELDON POTTER, presi- !
mt Business Mems Association of Ger |
antown:
1t has been all carefully mapped out. |
he loop around City Hall was aban- |
'ned with City Hall as an excuse. for !
had to he abandoned as part Of the |
ayOr plan. Then this is the next step, !
e eliminating of the high-speed lines |
ID elevateds to outlying districts. |
lylor's was a system of high-speed |
au hot I,,,.
pha where it needed most to be de- |
loped. This new plan is merely two |
es, one of them useless Take the sub |
ny on Broad street. The short dis
nee 1t runs will make it useless an |
onomic waste. The section along |
'oad street from Erie avenue to |
ruce street is already well taken care |
and in my opinion the new subway |
Pnt pay for its operation. The only |
ieeming feature in the plan is the |
ankford elevated.
" JONES, secretary, Business Mems |
sociation of Germantown:
If they are going to break up the plan |
at way they had better not build any |
bway at all. The people want a sub |
iy from League Island to Olney ave- |
and it isn't the proper thing at this !
ne to announce any change. Our asso- !
'tlon viii certainly enter a strong pro- |
against such a change, and | will |
ing this mater up at the meeting of |
Board of Directors next Tuesday.
MAS 10. GLEN EMS, president, East |
mantown Improvement Association: |
can say just this: The East Ger |
lntown Improvement Association and |
the associations in this section will |
We a mass-meeting to protest. Ger |
ihtown does not propose to be cut |
why should one section be served |
Two lines and the rest of the city |
OF! Our association will do every |
hg IN its power to bring about a |
anges in these plans.
LIAM II. EMHARDT. president Ger
ihtown and Chestnut Hill Improve
ant Association:
am very much surprised at Director |
'lnlng's announcement. II virtually |
angles us here in Germantown and |
esthut Hill. We can't deveIop our /
ound i1 without the right transportation |
I'ties' Tor transportation is a Ques-
not or miles but of minutes and |
IL Is a serious setback to MS. |
matter OF fact, we had just been |
paring delegation to call on Di-
NJ IWlning and urge him to extend |
Ish-speed surface line over Belfeld |
snue TO connect with the Broad street
pway as proposed by Mr. Taylor. |
that the subway Is only to extend |
Erie avenue, there's no use I'm making
petlion' Wen have to get after
HGE G, ULRICH, Select Councilman,
am uhalterably opposed to any plan
uoes not carry its system as far as
ney avenue.
sa nFaoS dS ROBERTS, Common Council
an 22d Ward:
III dead opposed to this halfway
~'er ~ OF doing business. I believe in |
as iiihs The subway all the way, as pro-
1u' OF not at all. What they should
% 70 build the subway all the way