Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-07
McGARvEY's STATEMENT
His statement follows;


His statement follows;
/ am surprised that the Mayor Of a big
city should inject the personal equation"
INTO an issue so vital to the public welfare
rs the Fifty-sixth street crosstown trolley.
The issue cannot be clouded nor at
tention diverted by any by-play Of his.
The question for him TO decide u.s. Will he
or will he not lend his influence in our
cause?
We do not expect from him the i'm
possible. We know he has no power to
legislate In this matter, but we do expect
MIN to say. fatty yes or no, so for as
mis- influence goes
AS to my authority to speak for the
Allied Business Mems Association of West
Philadelphia. desire TO say IL Is as un-
questioned as is his to speak for the
city.
have been duly elected and authorized
by our ASSOCIATION to conduct this cam
paign, and everything that has been said
or done has been discussed and approved
py the committee which was to wait on
him.
AS an old legislator himself he knows
tnat the chairman of a committee always
acts as the spokesman. If he so de-
sTes, l shall have the whole committee
call on him, or II this suits him better,
let him label his candidates for Council
IN West Philadelphia, after he finally de-
cides to do nothing for us--and the peo-
pie VIII give him his answer.
We do not propose to be "lulled to
sleep" by any honeyed words or pre-
election promises.
We are going on in the even tenor Of
our way We had n meeting last night
and perfected details for this battle
Transit Director Twining now has be-
fore him a statement Of the concessions
sought by all three contracting firms which
hter -.
construction of the subway delivery loop
and the central section Of the Broad street
subway.
Early last week the Keystone State Con-
otruction Company, which holds four of
the six contracts, presented their requests
In the form Of a letter. The statements
from the other two firms were laid before
tne Director today, and these VIII be put
IN the form OF letter at his request
The concessions sought by each concern,
tne director said. are virtually the same
ana concern the time limit within which
the work is to be done, the obtaining of
materials for the work and similar mat
ters
None of the CONCESSIONS" the director
said today, has directly to do with a
change Of the unit prices for the work For
the most part the firms are seeking to
have the city assume the risks, i'm view
Of conditions. The matter has been laid
before the City Solicitor"
Plans for carrying on the fight for the
proposed surface line on Twenty-sixth street
will be discussed tonight at a meeting of
the Northwest Business Mems Association
TWO weeks ago a committee representing
i've business associations in the northwest
Iection Of the city took up the proposition
With Transit Director Twiningr
Director Twining today advertised for
bids for ten station platforms. roofs, con-
:rete floors, side rails and drains for the
Frankford elevated
Bids for the work, to be known as Com
ract 624." will be opened August 21. The
en- station platforms In question are the
'latforms for which bids were received a
month ago. TIE bids were rejected because
he transit department thought thew were
90 high. The bids aggregated about
100000