Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-27
INCREMENT NEAR
ONLOAN PROGRAM
New Plan Expected to Provide
Smith Administration With
About $11,5oo,ooo
CONTRACT SPEEDING URGED

Independent and Ware councilmen
are near agreement on a loan program
that will provide the Smith admins
tratiop with between S11 5000 and
S12, ,0OO. 900, and will care adequately
for highway construction work. hos
pital improvements, water extensions
and the completion of the Parkway.
Conference committees representing
both political factions will decide upon
all the amendments between now and
Tuesday. whom the items decided upon
will be mailed 10 every member OF both
branches of Councils. Common will
pass the patched up measure July !,
and Select one week later.
Speed Up Contracts
No one will suffer because of the de-
Law, as the expenditures will be author
lied lust as soon as the completed loan
bill reaches Mayor Smith for his sig
nature. The Mayor is very anxious to
expedite the letting of contracts. ana
will sign the measure upon its reaching
his desk Contracts can be advertised
for and work started, even though the
bonds are not sold until some time IN
the fall. There is at present balance
of S11 900 900 in the city treasury,
part of which can be utilized under the
consolidated loan act.
Reports of wide differences of opinion
between independent Councilmcn as to
the size of the loan and the cuts to be
II. nl t+o,,g 1nl n tlp
assertion that dissension would split the
minority. These are denied today and
Independent leaders claim that every
man of the twenty nine who defeated
the original loan will be on hand to
vote for the amended measure.
Wilson Requests Cut
No heavy cuts have been made in the
items demanded by the builders as es-
sential to their homc-buiding plans
Most of the reductions affect appropri-
ations asked by Director Wilson. of the
department of public safety. for motor
izing the fire department, the purchase
of motor patrols for the bureau of 20
lice, improvements to the electrical sys-
TEN and the purchase of ground and
erection of fire stations. All of these
items. independent members claim. can
wait until next year.
Changes made in the building items
under the agreement will revise the
figures, by which the original sums of
III ,00O, 900 for main sewers that il was
by their amendments to cut
to 5000, 900 be restored in full that the
branch sewers cut from $4,000 900 to
81 900, 900 be fixed at 81 800 900. and
the repairs to asphalted streets. re-
duced in the independent schedule from
81 900, 900 to $500, 900, be restored to
the original figures of 81 900 600. and
that likewise, the grading of streets. cut
from $500 900 to $500, 900, be restored
to $500, 900.
Action Next Thursday
Much legislation awaits final action
on the loan and ''clean- up day is set
for next Thursday. Bills awaiting action
appropriate by transfer and otherwise
total of about 81 900 900. No effort
was made yesterday to pass all measures
creating new jobs and increasing sal
aries and these will either be passed
or left die at the next meeting. Iegis-
lation that will follow on the heels
OF the passage of the loan includes
authorization for the expenditure of
the money set aside for paving. re :
paving, grading and improvements to
country roads. These were all on the
calendar for yesterday, but were held I'D
when the loan action was deferred.