Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-17
Mayor Proposes Transit GRAB

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The Mayor and the president OF the COM
pany may. at any time. by mutual agree.
Inent, remove the chairman Of the board :
ana II shall be the duty OF the Mayor and
the president Of the company to remove the
chairman, II at any time II shall appear
that he Is incompetent or that he is DER.
FORMING his duties in an arbitrary or un-
reasonable manner. In case OF disagree
ment between the Mayor and the president
OF tho company upon the question of re-
moving the chairman of the board, the
party demanding his removal may submit
10 the commission his reasons therefor re.
puesting the commission to render an opin.
ION upon the question. Should the COM
mission render an opinion finding that the
demand for the removal of the chairman
rs reasonable a vacancy in the office OF
chairman shall forthwith be deemed TO
exist
OFFICE AND ASSISTANTS
The board shall maintain an Office within
Philadelphia and shall employ the neces-
sarN assistants and purchase the necessary
supplies and materials TO enable II properly
10 perform it's duties under this contract
All salaries and expenses of the board
shall I've charged TO operating expenses Of
the unified system, or TO the capital ac-
counts in such proportion as may he de-
tcrmincd by the board.
For the first five years period of this
contract the member representing the city
and the member representing the company
SRall each receive n salary at tho rate of
ten thousand dollars Et0,OO0) per annum,
payable monthly during his period OF office
Thereafter the rate for each nve-ycar
period shall he fixed by agrecmen, between
the Mayor and the president OF the COM
pauN
Tho compensation of the chairman Of the
htAsY al, ,aIgI 4.
by the Mayor and the president Of the COM
pauy.
Each member of the board shall be bonded
by corporate surety. the amount and char.
acier Of the bond and the company to fur
nish the same to be determined by the
Mayor and tho president Of the company
The premium for these bonds shall be in
cuded in tho expenses OF the unified system
CAN RECOMMEND NEW LINES
The board OF supervising engineers is
empowered TO report to Councils upon the
"advisability, reasonahleness and necessity
OF new lines, extensions equipment or any
modification of the transit facilities oper-
ated by the company" and TO make recon-
mendations as TO cost OF construction and
operation and methods OF financing the
high-specd lines.
The extensive powers Of the board further
include permission to bring, on its own
initiative, proceedings before the Public
Service Commission to require the r. r. r
TO build extensions to its systems.
The board also would pass upon, ap-
prove or disapprove. adopt or alter, from
timc TO time. all plans and specifications
for construction. and rules and standards
of maintenance and service "as in its opin-
ion may he necessary"
Further. the powerful board" would have
complete charge of regulating tho routing
and could order the =, r. T, to reroute any
of its lines at any time.
The board, finally .s empowered TO "rec-
ommend' to the state Public Service Com
mission, from time TO time, changes in the
rates of fare and the charges for transfers
Lastly, IL would recommend TO Councils the
terms and conditions upon which the inter-
urban trolley lines running out OF Phila-
delphia may he leased or operated by the
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