Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-12
||I1EN REJECTS
I MAYORS ~ PLAN
.r.rms impossible" p. r. T:
N..d says-Rsfusss to ois.
cuss Anything But Rental
VIEWS OF COUNCIL

Thomas L. Mitten. president Of the
ps,,sde,phia Rapid Transit Company
k,s datly rejected Mayor Moore's latest
nl,n for an operating agreement Of the
yt.nkford elevated line.
n A terse note sent the Mayor lat.
,,,terday Mr.. Mitten dismissed Mr..
voor.'s proposal ns impossible Of ac.
ssUtsnce. Mr.. Mitten expressed sur.
..|.s that the Mayor should propose n
w. p.,s lease to the p. r. T. for the city b.
nrn.d a." declaring that the city and
somnany had settled upon all the terms
a ~ agreement. with the exception Of
~ matter Of rental at the council.
~snic meeting Of January q.
Mr.. Mitten's' Letter
The note to the Mayor follows:
"Your latest idea Of an operating
agreement for the Frankford IL and
sustleton Line, as contained in the
Ersft of lease dated April g., 1922, Is
a at variance with what has hereto.
In been agreed upon. and so impossi. {.
ia Of acceptance by the company. that
I feel It my duty to 80 say at once and
MehuS HVOlu IOso VI
"The city and company after months
~ discussion. did, at the councilmanic
meeting Of January q, 1929. settle upon
. form Of agreement. copy inclosed. for
the operation of the Frankford and
Rnstleton Line. all matters EXCEPT
rental being fully agreed upon.
1.-THE amount Of rental to be paid
. N the city by p. r. #. for use Of the
frankford II has been. until now,
the only question upon which we un.
jerstood you were personally dissatis.
Sed."
The tenor Of the letter wns said to be
eminently unsatisfactory to the Mayor.
who bad hoped for favorable considCra.
10 the proposed lease rs tho Mayors
clatest idca OF an operating agreement"
land the conclusion Of the ietter. in
dissatisfied with rental terms, were
generally accepted as direct slaps at the
Mayor.
II was the general belief in City Hall
|ihat Mr.. Mitten would stand BY his
proposal entailing the assumption of ali
operating losses during the first year of
operation, and then n graduated scale
81 return to the city amounting TO )
'per cent in the sixth year Of operation
Ihd thereafter. a number Of the Coun.
fimen have expressed their readiness
b approve that lease. even to the en-
Itrnt Of overriding veto in the event
that should become necessary.
From present indications 1t would
hppear that showdown will be forced
bn that basis. with the Mayor already
bn record as irrevOcably opposed to the
terms proposed by Mr.. Mitten.
Mayor Won't Comment
Mayor Moore refused to comment on
1r. Mtten's letter other than saying
khat he had called n conference for to.
morrow. to which he had invited Mr..
Dditten. City Solicitor Smyth and Di.
srtor Twning. of City Transit. Some
Roubt exists as to whether Mr.. Mitten
Eill be present.
i In his latest proposal the Mayor sug-
ested the =. II. T. take over opera.
hon Of the Frankford elevated by pay.
nent Of 2 per cent interest upon the
Bl5,O0O.0 900 investment by the city dur.
)ng the first year. with interest increas.
ing at the rate Of per cent yearly
bntil per cent is reached.
The ?. X. 4. rroposal is to pay no
interest for the first year and then !
ber cent. increasing yearly until ) per
bent Is reached.