Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-20
M|TTENAND
PROBE CITY TRANSIT
Police Superintendent and P. r.
T. Head Watch Congestion
in Business Center
TO CONFER ON FRANKFORT |

Thomas T.. Mitten, president of the
r. II. t., and Superintendent of Police
Mills have personally been making OBJ
servations Of traffic conditions in the
center of this city, 10 became known to-
day through Director Of Public Safety
Cortelyou. ...
Director Cortelyou declared the in
spections are being made under his SUI
pervision with view to making Phila-
delphia the best city in the country in
the matter Of traffic conditions.
Superintendent Mills and Mr.. Nit
ten are giving particular attention to
traffic delays in the city's center. These
delays, II has been determined, are
mostly caused by slow moving vehicles
on streets where trolley cars operate.
To Discuss SO ,0o0, 900 Loan
Councils approval to the proposed
SO, 600, 900 equipment trust issue will
be urged this afternoon by the Rapid
Transit Co.
The company wishes to borrow the
money for equipment purposes and
under the 1907 agreement must obtain
the citys sanction.
When the proposal was made to
Council It was suggested that the trust
certificates should yield g. per cent in
terest. This interest yield Is to be in =
creased to per cent, company officials
announced, because of an upward
change in market conditions.
If the city and p. II. Il. do not reach
an agreement on the operation of the
Frankford 81" by May I the line will
not be in operation this year.
Mayor Moore and Mr.. Mitten will
confer tomorrow in an effort to effect
some plan Of working agreement be-
tween the city and company.
The city has contracts for rails for
the structure. The company has OPP
when they expire. If the agreement is
reached the road can be completed and
In operation for the Christmas shop
ping.
The Mayors special committee on
transit, having interviewed Director
Twining, of the city transit department,
and Mr.. Mitten, will hear Mr.. Mitten
again on Friday, study other phases OF
the problem and submit their report by
May 4.
Hope for Early Agreement
Members Of the committee who heard
Mr.. Mitten outline the comDany's plan
were confident that he and Mayor Moore
VIII redCn Hn HSEecHhtut W INC SVhlSh
ence tomorrow.
One hundred cars are needed to equiv
the line. Mr.. Mitten said he had beer
granted an option by the Brill Go. tt
contract for immediate construction Of
the cars and that il the agreement was
reached the Frankford elevated woult
be in operation before the end Of the
year. However, he said, the optior
would expire on May ! and the Bril-
Co. was 80 tied up with orders that il
would not consider the construction o
cars for at least ten months IL the op
tion were permitted to lapse.
While all the discussion of bringin,
in an outside company to run tn
high speed lines has been going on Mr.
Mitten has prepared the working draw
ings and plans for the cars TO be used
so that il the agreement is Forthcoming
| the plans for the cars will be ready. III
said he had sent the plans to the ofic
Of Director Twining, and they, hav
been approved by the city officials.
1t was discovered yesterday that ther
can be no, hope Of relief to the surfac
riders of the city through quick con
struction Of new trolley lines. Th
committee was forced to abandon plan
for the building Of the fourteen line
contemplated because of the dearth o
material.