Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-07
|HAL[ [OPPOSES'C|TY !
JOINING FARE FIGHT.
Ware Floor Leader in Council
Against Measure to Be Intro
duced Today
BILL CALLS FOR APPRAISAL

c.,,o;,non Hall. Ware floor leader.
,rrounccd today he will fight the move
horo the city protest against the
Rapid Transit Co.'S mo free translcr
plan. ,.1o,Jor,
rm introduce an ordinance tomorro"
u..o,;rc the city solicitor to JOIN I'D
.he nrotest against the plan, which Is
- add 81 600 900 to the company rev.
go n become effective July ]. s-o
emu ,,casure also appropriates sou
| ooo Co. ,he expenses Of an appraisal OF
WV pma,;J ~ Transit Co. and its under
~. na annn,nanics. Tho proposcd ap-
Nlns 10 to he done by board. ap.,
pI;nt"d by the Mayor. consisting Oh
tSroe courclmen and two transit eN-
perts.
Wou,d BE Based on Report
,-,on tho commissions report, the
i,apouco pon nroposes. the city government
30 formulate its policy. toward the
I.,,y;rg w. companies. which now absorb
nearly SlO. .0OO,0 of the T. H. X rev.
cDuc. =, I..s ,ot favor tho
AZ Hall said hc zoos not i"N'' Wy
,rnIormcnt Of experts for any appra,sa'
work. ,,-.. IL ,ho ioh bo
declared There is no occasion TO Speno
s5o 600 on outsiders. , A.
Hail said the city should hclp the
Rand Transit Co. give better service
~ "ps% rar. riders. The city should complete
~ Frankford elevated. he continued,
.hor nrocccd with other transit proJsc's
a. which money has been autnoriZed.
'0 sTben tho city can turn to- the L: IL.
= y added Hall. "and say "Ihere tncy
are. 60 ahead. y
Hall Upholds Leases
,, Hall declared the underlying
Leases have nothing to do WIN .hc 'ran
,it situation. They are toundrd on 10"
.s old as the Magma 'harta' ne lain
al and cannot be ovcrturneu ny "ns
commission or court ...o,t I
The Seventh ward councilman n,ser1 n
al that complaints against thc =. ~.
r, cmanate from business assocIa.,ous
that look at the matter from ua''o"
community viewpoints. , ~
Hall asserted he hold no J.; ~. -
stock and that he seldom uses We -, W.,
lsys. but believes he mas soou grasp
on the situation.
Tho Ordinance
Tho ordinance, after the preamble,
roads as follows: ,,,
"Thrrcfore. the Council Of the Gity
,f pbiIodelphia does ordain as follows:
Section l. That the Mayor ana
tho city solicitor are hereby author
ized and directed to intervene on bchalf
Of tho city Of Philadelphia as party
comnlainant In the suits now pending
before the Public Service Commission
NJ philadelphia. praying for the aboli.
tion of exchange tickets and increased
service and for reduction OF the
rentals paid by the Philadelphia Rapid
Transit Co. to its leased lines and for
an advertisement Of all the property OF
the said Philadelphia Rapid Transit Go.
and It's said leased lines or to file new
complaint before the Public Service
Commission in the name OF the clV'
PRAYING with like purpose and effect,
Section .. To assist in attaining the
above objects the Mayor is hereby au-
thorized aud directed to appoint an APP
praised Commission consisting OF hVe
persons-threc Of whom shall be mem
bers of Council. 1t shall be the duty
Of said appraised commission to make
or cause to he made an inventory and
appraisal of the value of all the prop
erty used and useful Of the Philadelphia
Rapid Transit Co. and its leased lines
and to investigate and report the amount
Of all capital paid in to said .Philadel
phia Rapid Transit Co. and to its leased
lines for stocks and bonds. issued
thereby. and to ascertain as far as pos
sbc how much Of said moneys was ap-
~lied to construction and equipment
\ 'sr city solicitor shall present the
report Of said appraised commission
to the Public Service Commission of
Pennsylvania and cause the findings and
facts set forth therein to be properly,
presented to said Public Service Com
mission as evidence in the complaints
before said Public Service Commission
hled in accordance herewith. Said ap-
nralsal commission is hereby empowered
and directed to employ q consulting en-
ginccr skilled in traction matters and
In the appraisal of the property of street
railways to assist the commission in the
performance Of its duties.
q, Section 3. Said appraisal commits