Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-06
TRANSIT CONTROL
urged BY TW|N|NG
Director Says Service Commits
sion Should Have Greater
Power to Protect Public
INDoRSeS MAYORS VIEWS

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81.
Recommendations that teeth and
claws b. furnished to the Public
Service Commission 10 enforce it's rul-
i,,s 10 oro os ,ho ,,ost ;rrnortort suy.
Wv. W '"V "' 80,
Restons 10 De taken up oS Mayor
Moores commission OF thirteen
which is to Investigate transit conditions
5Eirst among tho questions suggested
by the Mayor in his appointment Of
Chairman Johnson and his colleagues is
''the right Of the city to compel the
Rapid Transit Co. to make extensions
or to operate lines constructed by the
city.
David j. Smyth, city solicitor. already
" understood to be working on thr
legal aspect of this problem as well
as 'the effect OF all laws, ordinances
and agreements made for or by the city
under which II obtains its authority and
by which it is handicapped.
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hes'e'"'''" N''
sPrior to announcing the persGnntl OF
fhe commission the mayor plalnN % snu'
coted that much or the leglsiatlon anecL-
ing mnnicipal railways was III .nS ua'u'e
OF handlcap rather than sn alu'
Lawyers who have been actiye 10
transit agitation share with the Mayor
this view.
Mr.. Moore Ike Commissioner
shomId bc t% narrisS 70 % tbe limit and the
Mayor in an interview yesterday said
the State Legislature would be ap-
penled to for assistance il present laws
were found inadequate in their com
pelling power.
r..,
'"'hh's Asis
Director Twining. of the department
Of City Transit, is in accord with the
Mayors views. In statement MT.
Twining clearly indicates that the
Public Service Commission, as con-
stitutcd. does not possess power to
compel compliance with its directions
or recommendations
"A great deal of confusion. said MIR.
Twining, surrounds the transit prob
lem, due to the fact that few people
are able to discuss the different aspects
Of the problem without prejudice.
There are involved in the transit
problem the same four interests that
are common to all modern problems OF
Industry, !. g., community, capltaI' l.
management and LABOR; "here serV'
ice is furnished by puollc service cor
Poratlou' capital mahagenent anu
LABOR are represented III the Corporn
tion, and the controversy tnen becomes
controversy between tne INN un''
ana lts puohc service corpoFa''on'
Community Rights First
~. k..r .L..o t,o tbo riohts
Of the community must always stand
nrst' ior the ihteres, ot 'ne pu'iiS Itui
De pardmount anu III Ine l"st ia s,a -,
% con.Io,ilns ,At sH'u'u III ',iiI;tv cor
nu .ne 70 ~ 'h"o h pbon.onod l., ths
sa.n ppra'ions ISSt Oeen ,,;Jn ", uoadoS sorn 20,
state III oruer 70 P.SS.ue d neeueu ST.
ICE ioc the people sha' putpose anu Only
ina. purpose Justihes t ,uttr eSiStHnce nhfdn =
phnoJaL;, nH. pnioao th inOroadia,, =,
nhIo., =; r., =, n,,ro oda,rata sary
J .;I ..o;s ~, aontnont ro.o.
- S. ~ otha- - ~. 20 rroL,
',hi;, ',.;T;t'' ,.nora,in oorrr aI,,
T. 49, ~ - PoLT;G0t;o, - tL,
no,n,S,r;,, @ ""t " ,,,binb - Sss bssn as,
s;nnnd tto rr;,;,oao - v,,,r1irir1 sorv;ce
.'W.Lot aro ~ +rars;t comnany',
legal and moral obligations to the com
munity? II we 20 back to the origina
charters and acts incorporating tn,
street railway companies sixty wear,
ago. we shall find that these acts simply
authorize and empower private com
papies TO orCupy and utilize certain
constructing tracks and oppratini
vehicles upon such tracks. blrt there !,
no reference of sny kind To the tyne q,
vehicles or qnaIltN OF service which Is
y" P''''
Much Left 10 Company
.Jn few of the ordinances tbara +,
n slight attemnt made to estahIish rate.
Of fare hut in general if NAV he sai[
that oil rattars roIot;nn "a Sn.ri,o o.,
rates ware loft ,n tbe Tiscra,ion of III,
comnanv
"It il very evident tbat rho ,s,ur,
Of the nublic utiIitv business was no
raonnri,oJ a,,J ~ .o. nv
mun?ty waS nor nrntertaJ untu oon'
narativelv roIent rears ponno,.lEoni, Cn;
was ono ~ rho lsst statcs 80 ,'os, 90" ;,
nnbIic seryico Ior, md o-aoni, ~ paSS p,s,;
sory;oa norroiss;o,' e. ,ia '~r " puo'"
srnor,,;a; 80. i ,I. ~" P"' POse V
~ '.,,iI'''i u'" H. eH'aiI'tH.S NJ Nj. HelN''
-. -: " ~ "a, P"C.T "'.i'S C"i''
D7'S "'.",H '"e STATE
me Legislature or I!I" passed {
puDllc serNi"e company law and pro
Vlded tor the foundation OF the publ,
service commission 10 carry out tn,
provisions OF mat law. Ihls law wa
the hrst serious attempt made by th,
%ecessory % acb@ry ana n ss to RgoydT vide H