Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-13
TW1NING DECLARES
ORALOOP STATION
Report of Plan to Abandon
Chestnut Walnut Stop
Denounced
WILL BUILD LOCUST LEG

la
Transit Director Iwlnihs t,.,, touay ranort.
as malicious mlsrepreseii,a.,o.s ,, ,s-v,inp 20
published In newspapers ms soar.r,ant in
the effect that tne ,rans.. onpd Ghestnut-
tended TO apanuon IT,, .no T., tho Rroad street
Walnut stree. s'a ,s,o nf the Locust street
Subway anu .,e ou Soi,yerv loon leading
leg OF tne ss suow" .uoot
Into Sou'i % ,u.r. ,,,onds
The report tnat l.iIa ypaia,,, .treot eta
to abandon ''ie proad street tube" declared
t1on on . az ,h,ol,teIv false and is a
tne ~ 'S s,isronresentation that evidently
manI,, ,nsntrat,ou in n source which is
mao n e. ini,re and discredit this depart
Noa"e
men'' e,,r,,r INTENTION
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I'VE have not now ana never nave .,s nae
any Intention OF apahuoni,s ' -
As TO the aoanooniiov . in,, 80 the delivery loon
the Locus. s.Le1e nunas .treet subway. that
into the oou'n 80
only teinpoi -, o, % oxn,ain how the
Inc D,re.tUi ~ iost ,ninute had on
Walton fio'el ,.ie,, a. ,',e co. cnrtiecates of
posed the Iaroo app,oa hofore the public Serv-
pubic col.en .hn rrovnds that the
ice n.,nn ~ tbis curve would mean the
cvi,I nH1, 80 tbe hotel for a long period and
,,ont ciosne Ioss of patronage
oo''et ,,,,,
Faced with long ueiay anu plopau.y
action unless the matter was set.leu a'
once, the department the Uirector eX
planned, waived temporarily ts right "
construct this curve In order that the rest
Of the work on the SUBWAY aelivery loop
might proceea. CIy ooIlcI.ol Su."eS, s W. ~
appeared pelore 'he colni''ssion ior ~
city, made 1t PLAIN however, tnat the rish'
Of the city TO CONSTRUCT tnis curve IN the
future was in no wise preJuoiceu py the
action at that time.
nh aro 70 IN
the s2S 600, 900 deficit, which Director
Twining says the city must face II the en-
tire high-speed system is to be completed
during the present period of high prices,
will he made tomorrow at a special meet
ing Of Councils Committee on Street Rail-
ways. The special meeting was caiied py
Chairman Charles Seger, at the request or
Mayor Smith.
Although the proposition to be considered
by the committee will not be to obtain
funds above the s6310OO0O transit ap-
preparations, yet technically an effort will
be made to meet a deficit in one of the items
Of the $57,1OO,0OO transit loan by trans
ferring money from another item IN the
same loan.
The item which has been found INSULT
Client for immediate construction is the ap-
propriation of $7,600,0O0 for the subway
delivery loop. According to the estimates
Of the department to complete the entire
loop including the various stations, unless
prices drop during the construction period,
,rnro WI thnr s a,,ai,oSio 0'''' ~ Ti''''''''
'e '"a" 10
10 noat an aodltlohal loah lor tnls snai
amount Wouiu mean 1urther ueiay ana
legai complications Accordingly Director
1Wimhe mas submitted 10 the Mayor prop
osition to use part or the $5,0Oo,OOO avail
apie Tor the chestnut street subway Tor
the delivery loop AS. 1t Is not planned to
puiid the Chestnut street line In the i'm
mediate future, except in the event no
Pan,d Trans,t Snr,,m,, W." .hin | .usa .,it,
,nsan ,a anIa,, a., IL , LIE, - M mi'
nrogron, NN' '' ''e "i
Technically, the Director feels that suffi-
Client money can be transferred from the
S''VJU lions S,U ,'e,t, wi.nou. any Iesai compnca
tnhn ,1, n,"eo lie PROPOSED Chestnut street
,;var, Tue WI. eross tne nne OF the subway de-
ard y 'o1p p, at BROAD ana Chestnut streets
H's"'" anu |hes'hul streets'
Az Broad street the Chestnut street sub