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tioa should be clearly dehned," the Mayor
was told.
WILL SIGN AMENDMENT.
81 know nothing Of what Mr.. Lennon
may have intended" the Mayor replied
but as I understand II the city Hail
station will he built II Councils pass the
ordinance. And while personally I still
feel that IL is a mistake. | shall do
nothing more and shall sign the amend
ment II passed by Councils | have pledged
myself to give the people what they want
and | intend to Keep that pledge.
"As I understand IT, the city will get
the entire Taylor plan in every detail.
felt 1t was a good thing to designate the
sum to be used for each, so that now the
money cannot be diverted to outside pur-
poses The matter now rests with Coun-
ellis, and, as | said. l shall sign the amend
ment IL passed and shall keep my pledge
with the people. I only ask a square deal
by all"
The paragraph in the Lennon amend
ment, which gave rise to the difference Of
view, reads:
First. Toward the construction and
improvement and payment of sinking
fund and interest charges of a sub
way in Broad street from League
Island to Olney avenue, with four
track capacity between McFerran
and Spruce streets. with the necessary
branch lines northeast and northwest
from Broad street, S25.00O,000.
The trick, as Mir Lennon pointed It out,
was the Insertion of the "four-traclS
capacity" after the designation of the
| route Of the subway. In the belief of
Mr. Twining. a four-track subway could
not he built on the west side of city Hall
and would have to run under the Hail, as
planned by former Director Taylor, there
by leaving the station at its original
place.
Under the Lennon wording, while the
| subway would he of four-track capacity
| II would not necessarily have to contain
| the four tracks and could so be built out
! side of city Hall as to permit the station
| under the Twining plan
When the position Of Mayor Smith was
| later brought to the attention of Mr., Len
| non, ne said
LEMONS ANSWER.
| "If the Mayor and Director Twinnf
| are willing to go to lot of expense ant
/ If the people want it. I shalt certainly no
| stand I'm the way of construction of the
| island station under city Hall.
| 81 am only city father and servan
| of the people, and | am ready TO respond
| to the demands of the people. My amend
| mcnt offers a wide latitude and the islanC
| station could be built under my amend
| ment Yes II it's the will of the peopl,
| that the island station he built | am fu'
| it,"
| VARE FOR CITY HALL STATIONS.
Senator Ware today said
| AS | have said from the beginning
| the people will get exactly what they
want. Including the island station under
| city Hall, ns planned by MIR. Taylor.
| "The Lennon amendment carmarks the
! appropriations and the routes i'm each To-
! cality. Under this amendment II will he
| impossible to leave out any of the fea'
| lures provided in the Taylor plan. This
was not the case with the Segcr amend.
| ment."
"a MESS" SAYS TwINING.
Director Twining declined to interpret
| the Lennon amendment, as to whether II
| provides for station under City Hall
II don't care to make any comment or
| the matter" he said, when questioned
| They made a mess of things yesterday
| I'll not say a word about II. It's up to
| the man who offered the amendment and
to the City Solicitor to interpret it,"
Select Councilman Charles Seger, who
| introduced the amendment calling for ar
item of 100000 900 for transit at yestor.
| days meeting, when told of the difference
| of views declared that he stood ready tC
! fight for the station under city Hail, as
| he announced last week, should there be
| any likelihood of its being dropped.
Under the Taylor plan the station was
| planned as the key to the entire compre
| hensive system of high-speed subway ant
| elevated lines, and supporters of former
| Director Taylor today declare that Il
| there was the slightest intention to chang,
| the plans under a possible trick phrasinl
| of Lemons amendp1ent they would re
open the fight with the same vigor as be
| fore.
Supporters of the Taylor plan today ais,