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

change their present plans to the Taylor
comprehensive plan. If the Twining
plan is to be adopted the citizens of this
city who yearly pay taxes ought to be
enlightened as to how the $35,000 600
is to be spent. If this city is permitted
to keep on spending such fabulous sums
of money II Is only a question of time
when Philadelphia becomes bankrupt.
Uptown and Northeast
WILLIAM VERNON, president Tabor
Association:
Residents Of Olney will never be sat-
isfied with the Twining plan. We in
dorsed the Taylor comprehensive plan
after Olney had been included. From
an economical viewpoint the city is GER
tainly making a bad bargain.
e. C. BOILEAU, Select Councilman, 32d
Ward:
l am in favor of the original Taylor
plan. l think 1t would have been bet
ter to let the Broad street subway plans
stand as they were originally. 1 do not
think that South Philadelphia should
have been Disseminated against in such
n manner.
e. ]. LAFFERTY. president Logan I'm
provement League:
The business men of Logan will con-
tinue their fight for subway to Olney
avenue, despite the recommendations of
Director Twining to the contrary.
HENRY F. KENNEDY, Select Council
man, 14th Ward:
1 believe the changes in the transit
plan are very unfair. Steps should be
taken to remedy this matter at the
earliest opportunity. 1 think there
should be a special meeting of Councils
to inquire the reason for providing
roads just for one section of the city.
1 will look into the matter thoroughly
and see what can be done.
JERE H. SHAW Common Councilman,
32d Ward:
1 have always favored the Taylor
plan and hate to see any revisions. It's
shame to see South Philadelphia cut
on from the high-speed transit, for it's
the most progressive section of the
city and should be we'll looked after
/ have always stood for high-speed
transit and l would not have the plan
modified now.
MORRIS FINER, president. North Eighth
and Ninth Streets Business Mems AS
sociation:
A meeting of the association will be
called on Monday and at that time 1
expect emphatic protest to be made
against the proposed curtailment Of the
Taylor plan. l will make a decided
WALTER B. BERTOLET, president,
Northwest Business Mems Association:
What 1 would like to know is why
the new plan, which is only two-fifths
as extensive as the Taylor plan, should
be more expensive by 100000 900 than
a similar amount of construction would
have cost under the Taylor plan. Why
this extra ten million? l was in favor
OF the original Taylor plan. / object
to the modified plan on which work
has been started because it cuts out
certain features in the first scheme
that ! favored, and now naturally 1 am
entirely opposed to this wholesale cur
tailment which affects this section of
the city, inasmuch as 1t eliminates the
proposed Darby elevated and the pro-
posed Roxborough subway.
DR. ]. d. BOILEAU. secretary, Lehigh
Avenue Improvement Association:
There should have been a subway all
the way to Olney avenue. The people
there were promised IL and should have
been given consideration. think the
Taylor plan trife better than the
Twining substitute. with the exception
OF the CITY Hall station and the Ridge
avenue proposition
OSCAR H. PRICE. Select Councilman,
47th Ward:
be taken care OF in the form of high
speed lines The residents of these
sections have long been neglected as
regards transit facilities. 1 feel that
Taylor's plans, while they planned more
toward the future than the present
needs OF the city, were IDEAL as far as
hlgh-speed system to serve the whole
or the city is concerned. The Broad
street subway should stand as Taylor
planned. In any case, 1 believe the
money that is TO be expended under
Twining's plan should be more evenly
divided.
JOHN A. LEWIS. Common Councilman,
23d Ward;
l am heartily in favor Of the compre-
hensiYe transit plans OF Director Taylor,
and am strongly opposed to the abridg-
ment OF those plans as contained In the
program OF Director Fwining and Mayor
smith The Taylor plans would have
given adequate high-speed transit lines
70 people in all sections OF the city, ana
think that anything less than this
will not meet the needs Of the people.
The lines proposed In the Taylor plans
were especially needed by people In the
suburbs and outlying sections. They
need rapid transit facilities much more |
than residents OF the section In which !
the proposed subway will operate.
DIR. JOHN H. LOCK. Common Council
man, 31st Ward:
] have been enthusiastic about the
Taylor plan Beyond question the CITY |
needs a high-spesd transit ssryics 10 |
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