Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-18
Incidents Fewer Under
System, Says p. r. I.
Official
CITES FIGURES IN PROOF
Declares Business Men and
Public Satisfied With Com
pany's Attitude


kIly reduced them, according to II. G.
1,,u., ,i,-- ,,,..,t,,,,,. t., .barss of n,ib-
-
&c relatohs OF the company
! Mr.. Tulley said So today and offered
hrures To support his statement. The ac-
I,s -. - s., .i,,,,.,,, ,.,,y Of
foehts i"r tue "'S' e's"'''" "''f'
This month numbered I2S Mr.. Tui'eys
6yrres f,o,, tho nnsr,t,nV department
It, a. - .,i,,,. go.
~
f'od OF 1918 the number was lo'i.
Mr.. Tulley was asked DO YOU con-
tend that the sSip-stop system has re-
duced the accidents. or merely that II
goes not aftect the number
y'We contend that 1t reduces them
me answered. with TIA" system esiaO-
J hshed everybody has le&'r"d 20 eNtr-
hnt evar,,,bara p.rsons are p1,r. care.
ful at the stops that remain. whereas
Before they We're frequently reckless.
Mr.. Tulley was discussing hi- meet
Eng yesterday with the United Business
Mems Associations s>ip-stop committee
And said the committee generally was
well satisfied with the progress made in
adjusting the skip-siop system to the
eitys needs-despit. the fact that sev-
eral of its members EXPRESSED dissatis-
faction and caused what had been
termed "A clash" with Mr.. Tullev
Answers Business Mems Complaints
1--WE reported on forty-three si,ips.
elimination OF which had been asked"
said Mr.. Tuley. We reported that six
Dad been eliminated As 10 tWeutN-nue.
Ve reported no action taken. Mind YOU.
We did not report that We refused to
eliminate these We left the cases open
SO mat those VINO complain against lhrm
may oyer r.turthef>arRuutut' or ne" Ia''s.
Y they can or WIsh i" We repoiled
9n the olher elsnt mat We ""d NOT 'o'l-
Pieteu our lhNtS'l 'lg"'l"hS' ., .-..
ine siN s'ops 'n", i,',,,,,o,.,'i',,. ybo,,-.'l
those Whl'h our 'hNeS''s"''""S S'""'"
S".yru .x., oe le9''' e" ,i,..t..,,i,., ,b., 49,.
are "Tt '.,,',,y'" ne, s,,in.
- noi,.a sNi,T.oPS ,,la :. ,I,a
i'ops NneI' 'ue '"N ''',.p p'"'''. - - s,'''
1eW persons nave 10 N'lN a" NJ" NJ.
quare OF ,I,at some 'lE'I sur " VI uk
i'cre or other store II ""' se'''"s ~
f'sny customers .,,.,,..,.
The interests OF single individuals
cannot be considered 1t. is the general
Puoic we are rN'hs 10 pehehl ana
Fe cannot conduct street-car system
for the benefit Of individuals and for
The general public at the same time.
We must have system that provides
the greatest good To the greatest
4umber.
1T Is easy TO see where system OF
won,d lead no Ths rors ,o,'II La,,.
to stop in front Of every house and
(very store and II that were done we
II might as well have no cars at all
I'VE are sorry certain individuals
piastsss'rsf~rs the inconvenience of walk
pg another square to car-little as
rhat inconvenience il for the average
nut neither the 7. r. T. Company nor
any other company or persons could
remedy that.
We have our next meeting with the
United Business Mems Committee next
Monday in the Land Title Building. and
IFbelieve nearly all the adjustments will
be completed by that time. Then we
xill ask tn. public IN iItst rfva tho
system fair trial
Cleveland Satisfied with >kip->tops
( "Peter Witt. commissioner Of street
railways of Cleveland who established
the sklp-stops in thar CITY is her adj
vjsing us. The peopIa Of cleveland M.
cells me voted eight IN one IN estab-
psh the skip-stops and nobody has a ask.d
% return to the old system except a
dew siorekeeners AZ whose r1ace. ,ha
sars 40 not ston
,"rbe nubIic Is well nleased The r,,,.
ming time is reduced from three minutes
9nes surely we are not harder to
t,'"' 'e''4"',u. '"e 'i'''"uTI'