Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-27
Meeting on Transit
rs Stormy Scene
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=, waiting for an answer, the council
msn .r et me say right now that you men
.,ho have come here in such dramatic
wnv;nn WI; ought to know that $4,000 900
"a tbs $4,000, 900 desired by the COM
pans pronas sanda. Says Won Tagen
AZ Won Tasen pounded his fst on q
acss s@Tbls nj Is one OF the rarest attempts
10 influence a public body that l have
aver witnessed"
e'I Toud applause from the spectators
"tJcre is a corporation" Mr.. Won
r,ron went on, that in 1907 forced
tbe city. not the city's contract, but
~ own contract. Witness now the un-
"s,si sight of il coming here and trying
,o force its employees to make Its plea
90 have that contract broken.
"It ,s an insult to Council. an In
.,u IN citizens Of philadelphia.
Wr Won Tagen held up one OF the
cards distributed by car riders.
g.. Points Out Threats
"r sec here he stated, what l
h.,,eve to be two threats. The first
threat Is, as I see it. that up TO l9l!
this city had many trolley strikes and
that since 1911 there had been no
strikes. Now IL that Is threat let
MS accept it as such. Al
.Tbe second threat that ! see In this
card the statement that the Mitten
management will leave, this city unless
IL Taf pa orHnnt that
..,nat FOO This is the smallest and
u,noncst and one Of the most despicable
actions have ever seen.
"Your president. Mr.. Mitten, is not
hsreH Mr.. Ven Tagen asserted. nd Z.
Srcssinp the employees. "His assistants
S,e moi here. They hide behind you,
scrvants of the corporation and the pub
liz THAT Is a great shame. have much
r.s,ect for you men, but you confess
,ou don't know the financial situation
That copfronts the p. r. t. today
Potter Hits Mitten Plan
IN answer to questions from Coun-
Gilman Develin, Colonel Potter said that
Ar Mitten planned to establish zone
srstem M before he presented his straight
I've cent fare plan to Council.
Colonel Potter was asked by Mr..
Dsyelin IL he thought that net income
Of $l,5OO,ooo would furnish q basis
Of credit. n
"Mr, Mitten told the Public Service
Commission that everything we had was
In hook
can it have credit? Mr.. Mitten cried
over the demands OF the Union Irac-
ton Co., when its permission was
asked to float a Sc, ,000, 900 loan, because
ths Union Traction would not accept
the Motors Realty Co. as security
Coi.ael Potter said there was no rea-
SON for Mr.. Mittcn's complaint on that
score because the company had no
souity in the Motors Realty Co. In an
ser To further questions by Councilman
Deyelin, regarding the amounty OF
money needed by the company, Colonel
Potter said:
"They first said they needed So ,00O,-
600. Then they said they needed S4,-
O0o 600. It was stated at meeting
Of the directors that they needed $S,.
OOO, 1000, and one member said 1t would
take even $4,000 900. ...H
'Mr. Mitten said, we will get this
out of the Public Service Commission,
then they zone Philadelphia. w
Colonel Potter then went on to say
that among other things Mr.. Mitten had
intended to establish one zone In Ger
mantown at Wayne Junction and had
couted on getting fiftee cents from some
ssctios in Germantown to Market street
ferry. s'.Y'.se.S = ~ -
Cards Shufled. Is Charge -
Then came the diversion furnished
when Mr.. Beasley charged that the
cards containing names of people who
were to appear before the committee
had been shuffied, so that those favor.
ing the p. r. 7. had the first oppor-
tunity to speak. ...1.
This charge was made after Samuel
Barker had taken his feet, and Chair
man Hugh l.. Montgomery had called
the name of Morris Groskin. Mr..
Groskin Is chairman of the transit COM
mittee Of the Philadelphia Real Estate
Board. and replied to Mr.. Beasley's
charge. ~ p.
Mr.. Montgomery said the it was
without foundation, and that the
names had been selected in the order
in which they had been collected by
the sergeant at arms.
Mr.. Groskin was then allowed to
proceed, and he pointed out that the
real estate board welded big influence
In the city.
I'VE are business men, and deserve to
be heard" said Mr.. Groskin. 1--WE are
not masquerading as business men,"
Shakes Fist at Witness
What does he mean by that, Mr..
Chairman" shouted Mr.. Beasley, rising
from his seat in the center of the COM
mittee room. With paper in his left
hand, he quickly left his desk and
walked up the main isle of the commit
tee room, shook his fist in the direction
OF Mr.. Groskin, and then turned to
Chairman Montgomery, and said, "We
kim"