Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-24
poi,,. Out Poor trolley Service

o, m, Editor Of the Evening Public "cdoer'
s,r--R.sardins the present transit stla-
..r has Mr.. Mittcn figured the following
,.n.on, into his calculations or reduced
s rsa, ,ins Isl,nd was employing 2o,oOo
- . y.nr aEo; today the place is'NlrtuatS
s...,t,d Also the reduced emp.oHnrh. Nv
iii the factories along the Edoys'ohe o'S'''''
ard Chester. ., - ,.,,.a,ds of
...nis who have been thrown out OF WoI"
~ 10 Frankford Arsenal. tho textile mills
~. ,n,o.b .body factories. the steel oompanles'
,h, thou,s nds OF building trades empioSeh
Who arc now idle and the tnous.hus w
nav. lsf Philadelphia due TO lack OF I'm
rlcyment returning to their iornier sr,,rho,,. mJ
~ N. :, rms and In small towns Throughout
IN. country. - -, -,
w Sor an. can testify that have not re.
,,in,d from short rides due TO the cost OF
~, rld. but primarily due 10 ,n' poo'
service and crowded condition ot tne car
y. VI ,o,vo # really more comfortable 20
,,Ik than TO realize every Time "nen ~
,.t an . street car that you arc not gettins
N. .oryicr YOU are entitled TO-
T,k., tor Instance. the service thai IS iut-
,.b.d on the elevated during IN" rnoTn.ns
-i,h hours Why is It possible FOR Mr' NV
~. :, r,r hv, s,d six car trains during IN"
rm,h hour, in the even ne rnd not have su,
f-.rt cars to do 80 in the morning VHsl,
hsursc Sln7nly the fact that ifrSNr c'o""
r'., y. h,n nd'ed in two hours in me NOM
ID than tns 1Our HVuiS N''S'' ~
saws rroys 8 a strlbuted over soirS 20 Tofh
:, ,h. MORNING and tn. fact that the service
i,rI,h.G in the morning rush hours ~ ONLY
"A -sr c,nt Of the evening service proN"a
rr-, nc rsly that the compan% careS no'n"R
~ 40 con- enience Of the public ana 'nlch-
,,raI. runs the cars rscled Ike cstle "
r.dyr. p sight operation cos or ons eNFh
,r,rd or two on eaCh train and the SAVING
~ > sght additional current and upkecn OF
car.
have refrained from taking the shor,
~, - tro fnrry on thr subwa% several
49,, ,rrs lac. month because Of the sh"rt
t-sns turning At Second street and the
ma. or four mute delay waiting for an
other train to take you through u ~
sser to walk and quicker. .
/ for ono. am confident the service the =.
p p, manasement Is giving has more to dc
With any restrictions in short riders than
The fare Two OF my acduaintances Just
-.marked to ne this morning that they Walk
dur atowu zach morning rather than tHNe
tte discontinue OF the short, CROWDED. uh-
r.tsslnt rda.
,vouId liz, 10 ask Mr.. Milton ~" car
r..,.g Operated h. passenger cars during the
rloYtn Of Drcrmbc-, 1919. md the sam"
mlrth ~ In2n THINK YOU "'i hNd ms
irtsrssting and show ""w lisht on W.
transportation problem. Efficiency Is being
carried to the point of cnrelessncss, where
Ms acting as a boomerang on the company.
Cars leaving the subway at Twrnty-'ourtn
street invariably turn the lights out con
siderable distance before the car emerges
from tn. subway, and in the evenings the
lights are often turned on VIXEN Il - 20 DARN
,F,' "ou cannot continue to read YOUR eve
uns nsr.r OF course the Ccn1panys an
s~.r IN this ~ probarly that man reading
. rpuor IN a str.s' car tskNs IN too much
racm and Tor that reason 1t should b' DIS
eonras.d
phlsd,lplia .ip Just as far behind in
transportation II is receiving as It Is in con
tsmplated improvements to transportation.
"'hs city 10 years behind and this 10 direct
loss to tho commercial interests OF the city
to larger degree than they realize
Take Cleveland as an example Less'than
thrse weeks ago I was in Cleveland two days
and used the trolley considerably DURING
the rush hours on each day. and was amazed
az the eICeli.nt service At no time during
the rush hours was It impossible to obtain
for Philadelphia people to believe. but such
hs fact. As an Illustration to the use
people are making OF the short ride.
bearded a car at Second and Walnut streets
last Monday. AID b. the time the car reach-
cd Fifteenth street th!rty-two people had
l.tt the car. and the car was more than
comfortably crowded at that tlme--at least
sixty PEOPLE still on the car. This II what
the P n T. probably call ideal conditions.
the EVENING PUBLIC LETGER would as
hsn reporter 20 the elevated TO collect data
tor week or ten days and publish all the
hcts that Re could obtain, they would br
sGNlceTtly informed as 10 conditions that
soms betterment to tho service miSht result.
CHWlLIIING PATRON OF THE r. n, T.
fN"adelphia, February i5 1921