Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-04


Philadelphia will fight for the Taylor
plan and the Woodland avenue elevated,
for 1t is badly needed. Tuesday night
a meeting of the allied associations and
the West Philadelphia Councilmen will
be held. There we will ask the men
to present a united front for the Tay-
lor plan and to vote against any loan
that does not provide for a Woodland
avenue elevated. If the Twining plan
Is only start however and the other
lines will be constructed. | will say II
is a good one. The possibility of the
other lines, however, looks very remote.
CLARENCE j. GALLAGHER. president
of the Greater Sherwood Improvement
League
l have always been in favor of the
Woodland avenue and the League
Island high-speed lines because there is
no question but that the sections which
would be served by such lines have
been greatly hampered in their develop
ment by the lack of adequate transit
facilities. Take, for instance, the sec
tion lying south of Market street, be-
tween SD and SD streets. 1t is served
by only two cross-town trolley lines, and
residents of the section have an aver
age walk of 10 minutes before they
even reach trolley car and begin their
tedious journey downtown
Woodland avenue elevated would call
IOT Il NOllIttllIlB line DtlWttIl II anu lllt
Market street elevated along 56th street
and would accomplish what we are now
pOwerless to do to develop a section
with wonderful possibilities. The strlk-
ing out of these lines and the others on
the original high-speed transit plans is
an injustice to the citizens of this city
in my opinion.
HUGH McILVAIN, lumber dealer of 60th
street and Elmwood avenue;
Director TWning is making a grave
mistake in sighting the people Of that
section of the city known as Darby,
The residents of the 40th Ward have
been looking forward to the completion
of the Darby H." and this change OF
plans will not be acceptable to them.
Every Councilman, whether Select or
Common, pledged himself as being in
favor of the elevated line to Darby, and
we looked for former Director Taylors
plans to be carried out by Director
Twining. l am sure this will cause Bit
ter disappointment out here.
JACOB MATHAY Common Councilman
from the 4Oth Ward:
This matter will be bro-ght before
the Councilmanic League at its next
meeting, l have not had much time to
study this new plan, but from what /
have been able to gather, would say 1
believe Director Twining is making a big
mistake in striking the Darby Il" from
the original plans. There is a vast host
of people living in this section OF the
city who have suffered poor transit
facilities for many years. Just at time
when their expectations were about 10
be realized they are apparently doomed
to disappointment.
cannot understand why Director
TWining plans TO spend such an enor-
nous sum of money on the Broad street
subway when persons living in the
northern section of the city are to be
served by the Frankford L." The
money should be more evenly divided.
The people of that section of the city,
whom the Broad street subway would
serve, already have facilities for reach
ing the central section Of the city, and
1 believe that Darby and South Phila-
delphla deserve more consideration.
JOHN b. SIMPSON, president of the
Business Mems ana Taxpayers Associa-
tion of Darby:
The Broad street subway win not
pay II It Is TO be so short, for the peo-
PIE will ride in the surface cars. The
new plan is a great injustice to all the
sections left out. especially Manayunk
with It's poor transit facilities
GEORGE CORNELL, Select Councilman
Of the 10th Ward
II gTieYes me 70 think that Director /
Twiping has changed the plans Of Dl- /
rector Taylor. I know the peoDle Qf ;