Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-14
'Aj77ER SEES FARE
rise in. T. LEASE
scores "six Months" Clause
and Says Agreement Shows
Undue Haste
FILES LENGTHY STATEMENT

H. kuV 81
.,orse in the proposed operating
-, for the Frnnkford elevated
,,,ticized severely today by Colonel
.,a,n Potter. a city representative on
- n T. directorate, who said 1t
.o.,d - have the effect of raising trolley
hres here. >,
pst,et said. contains provision which
.ta,M not go unconsidered and un-
.sod II provides that the tease shall
llssss,,ts,v terminate without notice six
s.,S. after the date OF the final adju-
Es.sion ~ the value of the properties
sr.rsted by the company, including the
~. leased hereunder, now pending be-
ssrs the Public Service Commission.
,srhere is no proceeding to value the
~. .lcased hereunder now pending
S'Sor. Inc Public Service Commission.
TSst ,s the purpose Of including the
,..ss Al the city of Philadelphia in the
shvs;esl valuation of the property OF
KIP r.. T. Co. now being made to as
s.rsln the reasonable rate ef fare? If
x. valuation OF the city's lines is to be
.Sdsd n the physical value of the lines
- the p. r. T.. then the p. r. I. will
usinr the property of the city to
s,,sil its own credit and also to increase
~ fare 20 be founded upon such valua-
aoo. In sense, It will be using the
DTS credit.
ITO use the valuation Of the city's
A. loIu ha Mt nf fa n
sssinst its own citizens Is a provision
that would not and should not meet
With public appreciation. II seems re.
msrkable that municipal officials should
eopsent to the incorporation Of such
yuyision in the lease Of city prop
6ty"
Presents Lengthy Statement
In an eleven page statement, Mr..
Potter presented his views to Councils
Committee on Transportation and Pub
Ne Utilities which is considering the
Agreement. The statement was an cx-
tension of his remarks made before the
committee on July l.
The principal points made by Colonel
Potter were that municipal operation Of
The Frankford 81" is to be avoided !;
that reserve should be set up out OF
earnings, that the contract should con-
cern itself only with the Frankford az"
and the Bustleton surface line. and that
the operation of additions to the 'L"
and the surface line should be provided
for.
p Colonel Potter hit at the arbitration
feature Of the proposed lease. stating
4 would be an attempted disregard Of
The Public Service Commissions au-
thority.
Councilman weglein, in a statement
yesterday, attacked the clause which
would provide abrogation Of the oper-
ating contract six months after the final
valuation of the p. II. T. Co.. prop
Nrty. He termed 1t "a fatal joker"
Potter's Opinion
Mr.. Potter's opinion. which differs
: nom Mr.. Weglein's in that respect, IL: {:
nulment Of the lease upon the physical
valuation of the property of the Transit
Company, for upon that the abilities of
ihe Transit Company to operate the
eity's lines as well ms their own, upon
the fare allowed must be based. It may
'k that the city will be found not to
receive enough. under the proposed
lease. considering the income which the
new fare may give to the Rapid Transit
Co., and 1t may be that the Rapid
Transit Co. would be unable to operate
the city's lines upon the new fare fixed
M the commission. 1t Is. therefore.
both to the advantage of the city and
Of the Transit Company that the way
should be clear for a new lease based
upon the advantages or disadvantages
occurring by reason of the valuation
There is nothing now in the agree
ment, Mr.. Potter said. which would
compel the company to carry passen
GERS from the northern end of the
Irankford Il" to the western end Of
the Market street subway elevated. with
free transfers. Thomas f. Mitten,
president Of the company, in a letter
to Mayor Moore, March "a. said the
agreement would provide single fare.
The agreement" Mr.. Potter con-
tinued. provides that the company
shall and will at all times Srring the
continuance of this least. operate the
railway and other property hereby de-
missed, 80 that in connection with its
own system of railways it will furnish
iate and reasonable adequate occommo-
datons to the public.
=. What the public demands" said
NJ. Potter. lis the right to use the lines
Of railway and other property demised
with the projected additions therto
wnen and as constructed In connection
with and including the p. II. T. sys-
tenn, In such manner and to the full ex.
tent that the public may now use. an.
oe carried upon, the elevated railway
OF the p r. IT 'ond Nth tha .o,,o