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


Darby will be bitterly disappointed when
they hear of this new move. Darby
would have become one of Philadel-
phia'S most important suburbs with the
completion of the "L." Real estate
values would have increased and this
section would have become business
centre. Every one out here looked for
ward to the elevated road with keen
anticipation. We will carry the fight
into Councils. The Councilmen in both
branches in West Philadelphia have
organized themselves into n league and
they have pledged themselves to sup
port the transit plans as outlined by
former Director Taylor.
DIR. FRANK B. GROVE, Common Coun-
Gilman from the 46th Ward:
l do not think that the proposed
change will accomplish the purposes for
which the transit plan was made. 1
am in favor of the Taylor plans, for [
believe that the money could be spent
for the benefit of greater number of
people by going into the southeastern,
southwestern sections of the city and
Germantown, as first planned l don't
think much of the new plans, and do
not think as many people can be served
for the same amount of money by the
proposed changes. This new plan really
duplicates service for some people and
leaves others uncared for.
DIR. w. WARREN WEAVER, Common
Councilman of the 10th Ward:
The Twinlng plan may be a feeler.
If It is, 1t won't take them long to get
our feelings on the subject. Downtown
Is getting n rough end of the deal with
the proposed subway cutoff at Spruce
street. North Philadelphia seems to be
getting the same sort of treatment, and
RDxhOr1nph m M
tirely overlooked. In fact, all sections
of the city which really need rapid
transit are left out of the running.
West Philadelphia, 1t appears, gets
nothing from the new loan bill. We
had hoped for the Darby 'L," but there
seems to be a disposition to disappoint
us.
We will have to have definite as
surances that the Darby IL" will be
built before we will support the loan
bill. We will line up with downtown,
and the northwestern and northeast
ern sections of the city are In the fight
against this thing.
JOHN T. PEDLOw, president of the
Woodland Avenue Business Mems AS
sociation:
fail to see why every section of the
city should not receive a squar deal in
this matter People in the northern
section of the city are badly IN need of
subway, and there is no reason why
West Philadelphia should not get an
appropriation of s4,50O,O 900 for the pro-
posed Darby IL"
Many Philadelphians who work in
Chester are moving TO Chester because
of the slow transit. If the Darby IL"
is built we can keep these people in the
city.
SAMUEL CROTHERS. real estate dealer,
62l5 Chestnut street:
If Mayor Smith favors the new Twin
ing idea and drops the Taylor plan, he
is inconsistent. He pledged himself to
the Taylor plan and we all thought that
he meant to keep his word.
So far as the northern section of the
city is concerned, think that 1t is poor
business policy to discontinue the sub
way at Erie avenue. As for RoXbor-
opgh and Manayunk, l believe some-
thing should be done in order to give
them proper transit facilities, which
they do not have at the present time
but which they would have had under
the completed Taylor plan
West Philadelphia needs the Darby
elevated Any attempt to drop this
project for any length of time is sure TO
arouse a storm of protest. believe the
Taylor plan should be followed
JOSEPH C. McMENAMIN, president OF
the Chester Avenue Improvement As
sociation:
The new plan will never go through,
for there is too much opposition to it,
Everybody is for the Taylor plan, and
this sudden switching to a new one will
not, in my mind, be tolerated. AS for
the Broad street subway, it win be no
good unless IL runs the length of Broad
street, from Olney avenue 10 League
Island. Our association has indorsed
the Taylor plan and we are going to
fight for 1t. We will hold a meeting
Monday night TO act on the question.
DAVID FRANKENFIELD. Common
Councilman from the 44th Ward
l am emphatically in favor of the
subway TO League Island as proposed
in the original transit plans, l think
this should be provided first and then
attention turned TO the construction of
high-speed lines 70 the outlying sections,
such as Darby, Manayunk, Roxborough
and other places.