Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-07
'TVE-CENT FARE
VITAL in N. Y.
/, r,xoo Transfer Likewise I'm
neratiyely Demanded in
Transit System
sA,o TAX ON CAR RIDERS
BIZ a sta6 Correspondent
x S,onyy C..N

bleting 'ne 1t, ,r,nsi, iines. ts
Il Million dollars OH r"p'u -, =
end out what experience
the matter OF h"ao'"s
vou kll find compie'e "s'ee"e' y" !'"e
sea, propostion. however widely the eA-
-. ,v disagree on incidental propo-
perts '"@'
stionS -. sr. ,,,i,,,
II is agreed Una, .ssar,oa n, oil
free transfers mus daacits there
hazards and una. ,i"r ,f tho rand tran
may be IN 'he 80, In some other way
~ lines must De me- III
than by tax upon 'no ' =.
y o,inions differ on the ldeai hethou VI
:. ..tjnp the deficit or OF aNoioins u.
.,sn which has been workeo ou,' ''.i
= reearded as wise unuer az, ,ne III !.
",.rces This Is that the oencns s"a. -
-, hv a tax levied uniformly 'hrous"o"'
Ms city.
r.., this Is not the best plan Is tne opin-
- nelson =. Lewis. chief engineer ol
\, p. ~" noard of Estimate and Apportionmeh,'
we we oyis is doubtless. the greatest Amerl-
~. axnert on the subject OF the planning
"a cen snapcine of public Improvements ne
~ Nv hsen connected with the goVerhhe,.. vi
s, york for a generation. lie has oe.'
.",Nslv connected with all the rece'. oity
s,san,rg in this great metropons' ne
ppnan,r throughout the United STATES
a. nainstaking thoroughness anu h's "''o
Inov1edge of his specially
>,rrrc AND ASSESSMENTS
,,r,,c,,Ie said he to me,
Z AS ee"e ,ie,aronce between opening
II can see no ,.i..i,,rs ,to cost upon the
new street a,u ~ e,a ono hand and
property benen,eu om rai,road and levy
building a raplu 'a" a., onst on the nron-
Ing part II not an, al ~ ,.,oraasoa hv the
srty whose Nalue wni 80 Lnovv there
new line on the one III, 80 .x
are men VINO oisasIeo ,uar
pressed my views on the supJec. In s.
that read before a CITY pia"is
ence in Boston rev years aso anu
have seen no reason 10 chahse my re"s
since then. | then said tnat one prihcip'e
sbould be invariably recognized, naineiy'
where there is local benent there shouio De
heal assessment. There can be no improve
ment which has been intelligently planned
and executed which will not result in some
,ocal benefit and 1t follows that there should
.iwavs he some local assessment. No i'm
.r",ement however small or however large
r,,I, no of equal benefit to the entire city,
ia IN distrbute the burden of paying for
!, s,ar The whole city according to taxable
80. 10 Unfair in that IL is not placed ac-
.s,s,r 90 hor.et The owners of propArtv
.o'.e ;,n,odiate, vicinity are freouentIv
-.-.,kaa ba aynenSe of those whose
sa,a,nas aro entirely outside the district
n,,.n,,s nolu,nss Soo,od
oreety alecteu'
,,ers reinapa ,,i' o,''an nor, T., oro,, to-,
quaiileo as " ,,,,,1in S,,ns,nna w.,
pro,elIien,' ,,, ,.a,,si. ,j,.s 80
o,.usee, -. s,,,,,ast = ioaaI ,.nos. -
se, 'ile,e 10 49, 49,, ~.
sul,"e u .on' rs ,,oi',soa T., ,,h., ;s
sucn 'n,nss ~ ~ H., .Inuut,', ,hs
uen','Io' VI e'y !''' s.,.,.I 80,
ior .ne! are Ierl'''''' '"oS' e'Se"'''' pats
VI .sr. Any 'l.s pia,, %,,, -, r vo,,. s...r,,
ne oy - ,,a. ,o,,',. 20 49,
;'se aso .no".u s 'u". a. ,,,,, y. 'iu io
Su,IuiIs o. t .ne nlsr rap.u a I,, go 80
N.W no,N une a',ua. ,a.u 'aru a a., prs nU
n,a pIluS''s ol upper Manna.an ,in.s anu VIE non
wi,hin se,er 'Ho vears incraosad ESQ soo ooo
.ns WIN" Sven seais il,or .Sov'ooo,oo'
~. sSo'e .ne soI,nai ii..i lor ,nas periou'
,na ,Svo,,uh ~ tha sis,rt. t e .,,a a. g.,
.ns my 'ne u'".i, WHY s,ss onn oon ~
r,u,,e ,L .oon p'aSe % apou. so,Uov;uUo' .
a. ~ pat,.,, ~ .o'. u eto nnn 80 =, a.
oni,o o,.;So,. ,Hat 40 ~ 40 Ooo 0o0 ,,,t,,o,,
was spent upon that mart Of The subway
traversing the district so notably benefited
had been assessed directly upon the prop-
erty its owners would still have netted a
neat profit of some s67. .5OO. 900 while had
the cost of the entire subway been assessed
upon the same limited district the net
profit TO the land owners would have bean
S37 800 900
"Was n om;,a ,oir .,o. T. a.,
tant narts aS H. oi,,, '", propeiy ~ ais
by tbis great nrnioo, ,,ia s s
pronorton os ~ 80, smouau oesr tre salhe
40 consnicrnrsI', a''on az sna' Which was
that tbs ;r,nrnyo,s aus uue
porting interss, ana .,..; seup-
beIny nro,,;daa s ' a'''oi e.Ha''on cnaikes
operating cor,nan',. 'he he. ren."i , pai9 py tne
Vas 90 o,oa uul ,he Iocai oehen.
transit law was so amended as n nernit
tne assessment of any part of the cost
OF future subways. Many new subways
sre now being planned and some are being
Suh', put 1t Is doubtful II any of then, ,ciH
sc seV-snpporttng for years, the route fur
nlsning the most intensive traffic having
peen followed by the line first built. The
ploperty owners along the present operat-
ing line having secured their benefit without
smsc. TAX. those along the proposed line
are hot enthusiastic about being assessed
.or theirs and there seems little prospect
'"at 'he right to assess will be availed of.
Since wrote this paper certain nronertv
owners in BROOKLYN petitioned for tba hm,,d
Ing Of asrapld transit line 10 he maid for'hy
assessment on the proner,v beneetaa W.
worked out a plan and manned asssssn,snt
areas. Holders OF large sentions 90 ,,n
veloped property were perfectIv viI,;na -,
pay the assessments involved hnt Tho .nsa,I
or property holders Objected ana 'no,hin.
has con1. - a. ''''N "os'ihB