Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-29
HEAVY TRAFFIC LINES
TO GET EXTRA CARS
Trolleys to Be Transferred
From Short Haul Routes
When Free Transfers Die

Cars now used on short haul lines
where many riders give free transfers
will be transferred 70 lines carrying a
heavy traffic II the Rapid Transit Co. s
new tariff is approved by the Public
Service Commission.
Company engineers. anticipating n
favorable decision by the commission,
today prepared plans to distribute a
proportion of the cars on the Fifty.
second. SiXtieth and Sixty third street
lines and other short routes.
Route No. 60, operating on Sixty
third street and known as the Over.
brook line probably will be affected
most by the transfer OF trolley cars.
elevated to the lines terminus is nine
minutes. About one-half the cars used
there now will be- sent over other routes.
According to company engineers So
000.0 900 passengers annually who rode
on free transfers used the cars instead
of walking short distances simply be-
cause of the free tickets. That num-
Der. equal to approximately 200. 900
daily. will walk TO their destination
under the new tariff after leaving the
cars which brought them to or from
the delivery or other districts.
The Rapid Transit Co.'S offer TO
operate the Frankford elevated and nav
> per cent on the city's investment in
mat line was described today as "a
a city representative on the company's
board of directors.
Colonel Potter pointed out that while
the > per cent payment would meet the
interest on the city's bond issues. il
would not help in the retirement Of the
debt.
Funds for paving off the debt. which
will total $4,000 900. must be pro-
vided either by taxation or from some
other source, he declared.
Il think IT Is perfectly plain offer
commented Colonel Potter. There Is
nothing noncommittal about II. Five
per cent on the city's investment is
fair offer
while . per cent will pay the in
terest on our bonds. it will not amortize
them. We must either look to taxation
for amortization of the debt or other
sources. To pay the city's . per cent
the company must secure enough from
the riders to insure such payment
The, per cent payment offer was
made by Thomas f.. Mltten, president
of the Rapid Transit Co.. in reply to a
request from Mayor Moore who asked
on what terms the company would
operate the franKtord nigh speed line.
Nitten Writes tn Moore
Mr.. Mitten announced his intention
to recommend the lease in the follow
ing letter 70 Mayor Moore:
"I am in receipt of your letter of
June 90 in which you ask whether the
Rapid Transit GO. will enter into
lease tor the operation OF the FRANK
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