Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-11
YARD CARS ACAN
VIRTUALLY COLLAPSp
Delayed Workers Pronounc|
P. r. T. Service Inadequats'
as Ever Before This Winter

The Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co...
panys lines to the Philadelphia Nav
yard virtually collapsed again tos.,
making thousands of workers in 4.
yard and the yard shops a half an han.
TO an hour and half late TO t,,,.
work. officials at the navy yard 49,
hoped that. with Secretary OF The Nsv-
Daniels plainly ready to comman1...
the lines II necessary to obtain adequsl.
service. the company would awaken n
the necessity for action and restor. ..5
service to normal. But It did no,h,...
Of the sort
Today--the day before the arr,v,, ~
Read Admiral Christian JOY Peoples III
Secretary Daniels's representative IA /.
vestlgate the situatior.-the seryic. -
as wretched as il had been at any ~.
vious time this winter. according 10 ma.
at the navy yard
Tho storm that TIE i. r. ~.
brought down upon It's head by its s1
mittedly rotten service during the lss,
The South Slxtieth street Improyem.,.
Association, having filed connls,ss
against tho intolerable service on ~
Sixtieth street line. is preparing a sbsss
Of testimony 20 support It's protest bsso,.
the state Public Service Commission
city Solicitor John i. Connellv H..
received scores OF letter complaint whis
he will use in the preparation OF A.
protest TO the Public Service Comm..
sion against tho inadequate service IN
over the city The letters came In ~
sponse to an appeal from Common
Councilman Charles IL. Won Tagcn. wh.
asked the public to put its complalrs,
in writing and sent them TO Mr.. Cor.
nelly More letters are needed how.
ever, in order that the city SoiicIto.
may be able to present to the comnfissIsr
overwhelming evidence OF the despersts.
ness of the situation and the necenity
for Improvement Of the trolley service
"Send in more complaints" said N,
Councilman. Let everybody who has
suffered because OF the wretched sery.
Ice write the facts to Mr.. Connelly. Al
City Hail. Let the individuals who
have gone late to work after shakInr
and shivering In the cold, being passed
by by half-empty cars and trying uh'
vain to enter cars that We're jamme6
full, let them write. And let employ..
ers whose business has been damagM
because their employees by scores and
hundreds couldn't get to work on time.
let them write. That Is the only way
we can make this fight success
one mail to Mr.. Connolly today.
/ brought nearly thirty letters from dis
| gusted citizens in various sections Of
the city declaring that their trolley strr-'
ice was inadequate, miserable, wretched.
rotten and intolerable and giving spe.|
ciflc instances TO support their general
complaints. W.
| Councilmen of the. Thirty-eghth]
Ward lying west of Broad street NJ,
| Germantown avenue and no.th of ~,
! high avenue, today joined in the mn
] for good trolley service by circularizIu1
the ward for written complaints. Tho
sands OF circulars were Distribute
| through the ward and posted In stoo|
windows, calling upon the people ~
write their complaints and send then
to the Councilmen. who will place theni
/ In Mr.. Connelly's hands.
Common Councilmen Albert IS, g.
Millar, 2S15 North Twenty-sixths street,
and William F. Fowler. Jr.. 2Sls North
Twenty-ffth street. prepared the cir.
cular and submitted 1t for approval v
other Councilmen. who quickly approved
and signed It. The circular bears ths
names Of Millar, Fowler. Common Coun'
Gilman j. j.. Smithies. OF 3427 Sunny
| side avenue: Common Councilnian
Harry II. Davis. OF $3.50 North Twenty
third street. and Select Councilman
James Carson. OF 3552 North Elghteenih
street
Men at the navy yard today said th.
service to the yard was as bad as Y
had been at any previous time this win
ter The actual physical suffering WA
not so great, but they had the weath0
and not the r. r. T. to thank for thai
Three cars at various times jumped
the track on the loop outside the yad
and tied up dozens of cars. once cafs
were blocked for more than a Tnlk
Thousands of men were late to work and
others were absent. many presumably
having become dlsgusted when they wert
blocked far from the yard and turps'
around and gone home.