Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-15
REAL CAR SERVICE,
MAYORS DEMAND
Moore Tells Service Commission
City Is Tired OF Fruitless
Investigations
GIVES VIEWS TO PUBLIC

Mayor Moore served notice on the
Public Service Commission today that
the public is tired Of local transit in.
yestigations. reports and inquiries, and
that il wants acti"" on the most vital
issue Of all--incr' service.
'I am convince what the pub
ic wants is not mo reports and more
statistics, but increased service, Mr..
Moore declared in announcing he would
delay action on a request for genera |
engineering conference on L. IL. i.
service here.
The Mayor turned over n new page
I'm local transit history when he out
lined his views in a public statement,
expenses on the taxpayers and long
drawn out probes which develop elab-
orate documents but no increased track
mileage or number of cars.
The Public Service Commission by
letter Yesterday invited the Mayor to
have city engineers CO. operate with Dr.
F. Herbert Snow, the commission s
chief engineer. and engineers OF the
+. Il. r. 60. in a survey of the tran
sit lines here.
Mayors Statement
The Mayors statement in reply fol-
lows:
"On receipt Of the Public Service
Commission S proposal for an agreement
between the city Of Philadelphia. the
p. X. T. Co. and the Public Service
Commission to make certain inquiries
and recommendation under tn" direc 10
tiop of the commissions engineer, Mr.:
Snow. the Mayor stated the propose!
of the Public Service Commission will
not be acted upon Immediately.
"It contemplates n new inquiry and
survey which. according TO the form ot
agreement submitted to me, will create
new expenses and mass of new re-
norts without getting anywhere in par
ticular. The agreement forwarded pro
noses to tie up the city engineers, the
commission engineer and the traction
engineers under the direction OF the
commissions engineer. To proceed with
| us Iabors promptly and as continuously
as reasonably possible under the circum
stances without any date being fixed
for the conclusion Of the work.
recently an ordinance was under
consideration to appropriate S2O,Oo tc
enable this commission 10 get busy
More than a month ago tho engineer OF
tho state commission came in for con
ference and left the impression that IN,
work would not continue very long, nnc
that there ought to be some Information
about II before Christmas.
Comment Is stale"
THE inquiry proposes TO go into
lot of matters, such as the extension o'
lines and the adding Of car equipment
all of which we thoroughly understand
here and which have been reported upor
and commented upon 50 much us to be
come stale.
II do not know just how far thu
state commission has power to keep u
busy in Philadelphia preparing report
and data. We are working on valua
tion now which is costing us $50, 900
We have been asked to pay the traction
company engineers for operating
with the Department of City Transit II
preparing specifications for cars which
might be agreeable to the Rapid Transi
Co. on the Frankford l..
'The proposed survey, which
understood originally would not las
more than three months and for whicl
| S2O, 900 was asked, but not yet apprO
priated by Council, now looks like al
Indefinite proposition.
Moreover, ] am convinced that wha
the public wants is not more reports an
more statistics, but increased service
| As to the proposed agreement Forwarded
by the Public Service Commission,
shall take no action until ] have
chance to confer with the director o
transit, the city solicitor and the publ
| service commissioners.