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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-04
Whole City Gains
by Frankford IL"

TODAY the city. as n whole, Is
L congratulating Frankford on the
opening of the new elevated railway,
but every line must have two ends.
and the new line which connects
Frankford on the one end with the
center Of the city on the other end
must confer reciprocal advantages
upon cnch community. The city.
as whole. should be congratulated
quite as much on the completion Of
this line as should the residents OF
the northeast.
This great and prosperous com.
munity Of Frankford has long been
considered one of the city's outly.
Ing suburbs. We have been prone
to regard residents in the city's
growing suburbs almost ns members
OF rival communities. that, II given
proper transit facilities. might es.
tablish independent business centers
and divert a portion of the trade
so zeaiously developed by the cen.
trail section of the city.
Fifteen years enjoyment of the
.hOihVe llHc Hub
shown that the great development OF
West Philadelphia has been to the
corresponding advantage of the city
as whole. and the results Of the
operation Of the Frankford line must
be not less satisfactory. 1t cannot
be otherwise when we consider that
in spite Of the lack of adequate
transportation facilities the citizens
of the northeast district, by their in.
dustry and thrift, have marvelously
developed their manufactures. banks
and building associations. Their de-
sire to become an integral part Of
the great central business district
has long been denied: for thirty
years they have waited patiently
for relief, and today are realizing
that they from hencetorth will be
grappled to their fellow. .citisens
with hooks Of steel"
The Frankford elevated moves the
northeast district three miles nearer
to the City Hall in point of tine of
transit. and in this closer contact.
frankford and the northeast cannot
be the only gamers.
w. s. TWINING.
Director. Department OF CITY
Transit.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-04
Frankford II Changes
Market st. Transfers

Residents OF West Philadelphia
who have been accustomed to get
ting transfers rs they leave az"
stations to board surface cars will
be affected by the new Frankford
line. A Service Talk issued by the
l.. II. T. this week says:
'The published tariff of the com.
pany provides that the payment Of
a cash or strip ticket fire entities u
passenger to one transfer ticket and
does not contemplate the issuing of a
double transfer for one fare, or the
issuance Of a transfer upon an ex.
change ticket.
ITO avoid misuse of this transfer
privilege. 1t is therefore necessary to
enforce the regulation stipulated in
the tariff that transfer ticket will
be issued only II requested by pas
senger at time cash fare or strip
ticket fare is paid.
THE farc for the ride over the
Frankford- Market Street Elevated,
between the Bridge street termi.
nal, Frankford, and the Sixty.
ninth street terminal, West Phila.
delphia. will be seven cents cash,
four tickets for twenty five cents.
The payment Of cash or strip
ticket farc entities the passenger
to one free transfer between the
Frankfartl elevated and any con.
Meeting crosstown surface line north
Of Arch street, or in West Phila.
delphia between the Market street
elevated and connecting crosstown
lines. Us designated on the transfer
tickets.
ITO obtain q transfer, It will be
necessary for the passenger to make
the request Mt the time tho cash or
strip ticket fare IL paid, and upon
the opening Of the Frankford ele.
waited. the practice Of handing out
transfer tickets ut the exit gates,
previously In vogue at certain Of
the West Philadelphia stations, will
bo discontinued.
'"The transfer of passengers be.
tween the elevated. subway trains
and the surface. subway cars at
Juniper street will be continued, az
will also the exchange tickets now
receivable at westbound stations on
the Market street subway
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-04

double. tracked through Bustleton to the
present terminus at Lott street.
The roadbed in Oxford avenue.
around Oxford Circle on the Boulevard
and through Bustleton is laid with
nine inch girder rail with granite
block paving between the rails. The
balance of the road Is laid with 80.
pound tee.rnil in crushed Stag ballast.
The overhead construction Is car.
riel by double line of iron poles In
Oxford avenue, Oxford Circle and
the line Is carried by single line OF
iron poles with bracket arms to sus.
pend the trolley wire.
The trolley wire and its appurten.
ances are of the usual size and type.
and current is supplied by feeders from
the Griscom Substation. The current
Is carried by two 100000 c. NJ.
weather. proof cables suspended from
crOssarms on the pole line. One Of
these cables terminates ut Shelmire
street on Castor road. lind the other at
Nestor street on Bustleton avenue.
The return or ground current Is carried
through the rails. which are bonded ut
joints by gus welded copper bonds,
and both rails are connected Mt Girls.
com street by 100000 9. NJ. cable
10 the negative puS III Nrieeolil Sup'
station.
A telephone cable, composed Of two
No. 10 rubber insulated single. braided
conductors. Is carried ON the poles
from Griscom street to Lott street.
Taps are made from this cable to
telephones located in boxes ON poles
at convenient locations Hiong the line.
A Nachod CD type signal system
has been installed to control the op-
Grafton Of cars on the single track
sections OF the line.
Five one. man double. end cars Of the
"Birncy" safety type have been con.
structed from the Departments plans
and specifications.
A snow plOw and ia sections Of
snow fence, each section eight feet
long, have been provided as equip
ment for snow fighting on account of
the exposed location Of the line.
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FrQnkfOrd "L" Is
Engineering Triumph

Continued from First Page Of This Section
nifty in its simplicity that is UNUSUAL,
satisfying.
The structure that supports the "le.
waited rOadbcd has been divided intc
two distinct types. This was made
necessary by the varying width Of thu
streets and pavements. In the sections
through which the road runs.
From Front and Callowhill streets
to Unity street and Frankfort
avenue the traffic goes in the middle OF
the street and the pillars of the elevated
are on each side with bridge construc-
ton to carry the weight OF the road.
bed.
Beyond Unity street. however. to
the extreme northeastern end Of the
line. conditions made it advisable to
have the street traffic use the sides OF
the roadway and here the entire ele.
waited line is supported on central pill
lars, whose two arms, reaching out on
each side, support the ''L."
modern engineering, for the builders
were called upon to meet the problem
OF tremendous side strains without the
use Of pillars so large and cumbersome
as to be distractions to street traffic
and unsightly to the eye. This section
is perhaps the most interesting part OF
the road in many ways.
In both Of these forms of support
"vcry invention Of modern science has
been called upon to do away with the
deafening noise that makes existence
near an elevated railroad in other cities
bedlam. This noise is due in IL great
measure to the vibration of every piece
OF steel framework when train
passes and these vibrations re enforce
the actual sound waves caused by the
noise Of the train and magnify them
into clattcr and roar that are de-
structivc to the nerves of the average
person.
On the Frankf0rd IL" these vibra.
tons have been virtually done away
with by filling in with solid concrete
all the spaces which are ordinarily left
open in steel frame construction of this
kind. The unusually solid foundations
In which these pillars are set are also
designed with the view to prevent vi.
bration and in this way it was planned
to reduce the noise to the actual sound
Of the passing train and even to deaden
that to n great extent.
Those who ride OIL the trains on the
elevated are very conscious Of this
lack Of noise, but storekeepers along
Frankford avenue and all who spend
their time in the lower floors Of the
houses along the line have found an
odd and not altogether pleasant con.
sequence Of this careful anti noise con.
structiOn.
While the passing elevated trains do
not make as much sound as on other
roads, the ordinary traffic Of the street
whose noise was not noticed before now
seems to create amplified echoes under
the elevated structure, and the sound
waves are reflected and thrown back to
the sides Of the street.
The same care that has marked the
building Of the rAadway has blso zone
listo the dssisaiaa qe,. the - Mihst
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-04

The Bustleton line IL not rs long %
originally intended. .
Council made an appropriation OF
u Zoo, 900 and authorized. the con.
etruction and improvement Of double.
track surface passenger railway, ne.
ginning Mt or nenr Frankford avenue
and extending along Oxford avenue.
Verree road: thence from the intersec.
tion Of DustletOn avenue and Verree
road through private property along a
proposed extension IT Verree rOnd to
the intersection Of Byberry road and
Worthington road thence along Worth.
ington .road and Southampton road to
the Byberry and Rensalem pike. .
Later studies Of the work involved
along the. route and estimates. Of cost
showed that the sum appropriated by
Council would be inadequate to cover
cost Of building and equipping ten miles
merat,on of some OF the items Of extra
(, cost that made impossible the carrying
, out Of the entire scheme will be Of
interest:
Oxford road is only forty feet wide
70 full width only to Cottman street
from Cottman street to Bustleton ave.
nue. 1t Is legally opened, but not graded
to full width; bustleton avenue is open
1"|y forty feet wide. and its future
ies and grades have not been fixed
jy the Board Of Surveyors; the pres.
. snt highway bridge over Pennypack
By steep grades ' on sharp a curves. Gu Shi Which
constitutes a dangerous condition for
2 street car line: Verree road has not
City Plan: Worthington road and
southampton road nre both open only
thirty three feet wide, but further
widening is under consideration by the
Board of Surveyors.
II Build Only Ono Section
Il On account of these physical condi.
lOns and the estimate that 1t would be
)ssible to construct and equip only
eLrtion Of the double. track road for
Sle sum appropriated. 1t was decided
by the Mayor and Director to divide
the route into two sections, the first
Of which. approximately six miles in
length, extends from Frankford to Lott
street; IN Bustleton; and the second
from Lott street to Byberry. a distance
Of about four miles. and to place under
contract Mt once the first or lower sec.
ON, leaving the second or upper sec.
on to be built later, when found pos.
.ble or advantageous.
It was considered expedient to build
q permanent double. track construction
only In the widened part Of Oxford ave.
nue. and through Bustleton, and q
single track road with turnouts, using
'.T' rail truck on temporary loca.
tion for the remainder Of the section
built.
As constructed, the line consists of
. single track In Oxford avenue south
OF Ieipcr street with n conectinR c,irve
to the T.. Il. rs tracks In Frankford
avenue; north Of I.ieper street, at
which point the street is open full
width. the road Is double. tracked to
the Roosevelt boulevard: from this
point single track IL laid around the
Oxford circle and out Castor road along
the east shoulder as far as Cottman
street; from Cottman street the single
track Is laid on the eastern part Of the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-04
pNovo9 ~ rNe NeN NsloAN pAovo STO0so

will start running OH it with passengers
tomorrow.
1t has been stated that the line is
the safest in the world. Officials OF
the transit department are authority
for the statement that no thoroughly
tested, practicable device Tor protecting
the lives of passengers is known which
has not been incorporated into the new
system.
Merely to list those devices would
require columns Of space, and many
Of them, such as the doors that Will
not even squeeze neatly pressed coat
tail. have been fully described hereto.
fore.
Passengers on the new cars tested on
the Market street lines may have noted
the way the doors close. Apparently
there is lots of power behind them. The
fact is. however. that n child can stop
one Of them with his little finger by
merely touching the rubber bumper, in
which is wire that. when pressed,
automatically reverses the direction Of
the doors movement.
Another feature of safety Is the fact
that the motorman cannot start train
of the new cars until nll the doors are
closed. No bell-pulling by the conduc-
tor is necessary. The doors give their
own signals.
Devices for the control Of the trains
under high speed are as accurate and
finely balanced as the wheels Of costly
watch.
In the old type cars brakes are ap-
piled by the direct force Of air. In
other words, the air line is continuous
from the front to the rear car. When
the motorman turns on the air brake q
fraction OF assecond is consumed before
the power is taken up all along the
line of cars. That Is what makes the
cars bump. The wheels of the first car
are the first to feel the friction.
In the new cars the air is applied
electrically, so that the application Is
virtually instantaneous for train of
any length.
There is still another feature to pre.
vent humping and also to protect work.
men around the cars. That is the auto.
matte combination coupler. All the
mOtOrInan need do to hitch one car to
another is to bump into it. BY that
operation III" tractor coupler. the elec.
tric power line and the air lines arc
automatically connected. A similarly
simple arrangement provides for seDa.
ration Of cars.
The automatic couplers carry protec-
tive devices also. Thus when cars are
uncoupled the electric and air lines are
instantly covered. protecting the wiring
from the weather and the air from
leaks. Literally miles Of electric wire
cars.
Arrangement of the doors is now
generally known to that part of the
public using the Market street line. bur
the purpose Of the arrangement NAV be
worth describing.
In the old ears the two end doors Of
coupled cars are SO close together that
congestion results on the station Mat.
form. With that there is generally n
clear space between the end and center
doors.
The idea Of the new arrangement IN
to give equal distance between each
door, so that the crowds during rush
hours will be evenly distributed along
the station platforms. That also re.
duces the distance each messenger needs
to walk once inside tho Ear. thus cut.
IT. |own the stop tip' TOR disrharsa.
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road, which was legally opened, but has
not yet been graded; the single track is
laid along the east shoulder Of Bustlc.
ton avenue to n point south of Penny.
pack Park; then carried over the park
and the creek by n steel viaduct 5O4
feet In length. temporarily located so
as to permit the future construction Of
a permanent bridge on the line Of the
highway; from this point the single
track continues along the east shoulder
of BustletOn road to BustletOn and is
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-04

the closing of the doors from the out.
side by tn" platform guards. if the
platforms are crowded and passengers
block the closing of the doors also the
center door can be opened when in the
yard by push button or n hand lever
that is placed under the car. and any
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-04

door can be opened manuaIiy from tn,
inside of tn" car by lever that il To-.
Gated under the seats.
The end doors are of the ordinar,
sliding type. operated by hand. ane
are intended principally for the us,
Of the tranlnen.
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SURFACE LINE TOBUSTLETON
WILL LATER GO TO BYBERRY
Sno,v Plo and us Sections of Snov Fence Provided
to Meet Coming Winter Weather in Exposed
Sections of Ne,v Track

FRANKFORT the section Of the city that holding
- today Of beginning
facilities Buston has
s15oO0000 is adequate surface line and
saved annually resident
ton VIII in The of the city.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1922-05-13

Fabricado y garantizado por
THE VAIL MPANY
Nueva York E. u. de A.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1922-05-13
COncurSO de
FL Impartial"
Bases que sc ha de sugetar ell mismO:

clos. En- case de empate, Sc dejara
a opci5n de elias 10 que Sc ha de
resolver con el caro- en- disputa.
(h) 81 una persona ha reunido
mas votos que otra, pero esta ha acer-
tado mas ndmero de dfas en- cuanto
a la palabra suprimida a los anun-
clos, el CAIRO sera otorgado a ambas,
por haber cumplido las dos los reque-
rimientos del presente Concurso.
(i) Ell insuperable car1 BUICK
sera sentregado su dueh0 due
nos en- los mismos dep6sitos de San
tiago A. Panzardi, Inc, el dfa 1ro.
de enero de 1928, como obsequio de
Aiio Nuevo.
Este caro- BUICK seleccionado por
nosotros para premiar la constancia
Y ,habilidad y ademas Ia adquisicion
diaria de GEL IMPARCIAL" entire
nuestros lectores, es uno de los auto
m6viles mas 1uiosos, c6modos, rapi-
dos, de A cilindTos y pasajeros que
han adquirido una alta reputation
en- todo Ell mundo, y que en- Puerto
Rico, donde es representado por San
tiago A. Panzardi, Inc, van la ca
beza entire los carros de turismo aquf
en- venta. Su precio no esta de acuer-
do con los grandes servicios que pres
ia, pues resulta inferior a 10 que
realmente vale. iva vd. desper-
diciar la oportunidad de poder ad-
quirir un BUICK GratisP
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1922-05-13
SH-UETAS CONTEMPORA>
MEAS DE COSAS, ASPEC>
TOS Y COSTUMBRES

industrialismO el ambiente.. ......
;Que ha paSadO por mi menta eSta
tarde?. -. He pensado en- mis- iecto-
res. 81 los tengO. .en la fuerZs. de
los mfsticos espalioles Y musulma-
nes. -. .en q cari1O de mis- hijos. i.
Y, ell el perraZo negro que sin COMO
cerme; Sc interes0 por mi breves mo-
mentos.
Que aparen.e desorden de ideas
completan este boceto psic0l6gioo de
esta tarde. Pero que simple senci-
40. 4. r3t
go Es la vanidad que no puedo desha-
cerme5de ella; els la tradici6n, que
alta y3degiiella mis- dudas; es Ia vida
que sd escapa de mi ser para niger
tarse hn la vida de mis- hijos. -, y
p6r 1himo, es la curiosidad que STEM
pre- agaaIa' y 1que mueve la rued, del
p;'ogrEfso, i.umque a1ueIla ctriositiad
pase ppr elfcefebro de un perro. III
A3al lAAtohto MaftineS Aliures.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1922-05-13

(a) Todos los dfas aparecera uno
de nuestros anuncios con una palabra
suprimida por nosotros y el lector
que acertare cual es,, 10 hara constar
asf en- Ell Cup6n adjunto.
(b) En- la primera plana de GEL
IMPARCIAL" Sc mencionara la pa
labra suprimida, para facilitar al
lector su participation en- este Con-
curse.
(c) Mensualmente Sc verifcara
un escrutinio parcial, cuyo resultado
Sc publicara en- estas columnas al dfa
siguiente de celebrado. Ell dfa 81
de diciembre Sc llevara a cabo Ell es-
crutinio general, para la entrega del
autom6vil.
(d) No debe mandarsenos por
correo nj traersenos personalmente,
Cul,ones a nuestras oficinas, sino a
fin&s de semana; y cada votante
tendra de nosotros un recibo que lie
acredite el ndmero de Cupones en-
viado.
(e> No debe incluirse la palabra
de un dfa en- ell Cup6n de otro dfa, so
pena de anular este. Para ESQ van
fechados los Cupones diariamente.
(f) Anula tambien el Cup6n, ell
que no este convenientemente lleno,
como Sc indica en- sus instrucciones.
(g) Entire dos personas que ha-
yam reunido igual nimero de Cupo-
mes, sera vencedora la que de elias
haya acertado mas ntimero de veces
en- ell entretenimiento de los anun-
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1922-05-13
EN- CASA DE MR.. P|ETTERSZ

La otra noche en- ell grato "home''
de los esposos Piettersz, Gale del
Parque, Sc reunieron amigos Y ami
gas de la familia, con ell fin de feste-
jar la linda Gladys, la perla de la
casa, cuyos natales caian en- ell dia
que acababa de desaparecer en- ell ho-
rizonte.
Y EN- verdad que lograron SUI objeto
los congregados en- tan amable sitio,
pues hubo ALI fiesta como para rago-
CHAR al corazon mas melancolico; f g.
ia del espiritu, ESQ 81, tai cual conve-
MIA al caracter de la nina que va acer-
candose las alturas de la 'nujer, por
la senda, de una educacion cuanto rle-
de haber de mas esmerada.
Hubo .dulces Y refresccs en- profu-
sion, con esquisita amabilidad seryi-
dos, en- comedor muy elegante; pcro
hubo sobre. todo musica muy buena!
TOGO en- el piano la reina de, la fiesta,
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1922-05-13

modo. La cocina del Cadiz es de las
que tienen fama entire las gentes que
viajan y tambien esta acreditado el
moderno buque no solo de poseer ex-
celentes condolences marineras sino
un rapido andar. En- diez u once dias
pone al pasaje en- Santander.
Por aerograma recibido aver por
los Sres. Sobrinos de Izquierdo, la no.
ticia que dieramos anteriormente que
da ratifcada. Ell Cadiz amanecera
aqui ell dia 20, Y saldra ell mismo dia
por la tarde, directo para Santander,
Y otros puertos del Norte de Espaiia.
Tambiep va a Cadiz y Barcelona.
De la animation que ha de preva-
lecer durante ell viaje, es buen indicio
este: solo hay cabida en- la Camara
de primera para seis pasajeros mas,
y ESQ porque los Consignatarios de
aqui, en- vista de la gran demanda, pi-
dieron con insistencia que Sc les con-
cedieran algunos camarotes mas, que
los que en- an principle Sc destinaron
a Puerto Rico estan va veneidos des-
de hace muchos dfas. I bs3 I If
Los pasa5eros que van al Norte tie
nen una gran ventaja: la rapidez. Los
que van al Sur a, Barcelona, tienen
Ia ventaja den visitar antes los tres
mejores pdertos del Norte, hacienda
,por 10 itaqto 'dn pintoresco viaje de
turismo, por toda Ia costa espanola.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1922-05-13

Estoy en- .el Parque y enfoco. La
primavera con SUI lustre de juventud
Y vida da verdOr al campo al que
la reciente lluvia hace despedir un
fuerte Olor {. terra mojada.
Las hojas amarillentas v doradas
de las palmeras tornan suavemente su
color de tristeZa, desierto y sequfa.
por el de un verde sedante Y amable.
Los Hdcares Marfss parecen can
tar la oda de algeria agrandando las
sombras de- sus tupidos; follajes. 4
Mines hiheras ldiyierten las htiras
.en la playds de lfiente a .4a lBfisa.e :
,Gapsados fe?s51y psggaa tdsds baFiSfP&s fl|i&
de. sexo dAstipttpssn desahridlRR ly son
cara de i1gbecilHs, caliscurren norela
aren't. 7sns..s : Lab modal; Ia 5dxagefatiaD y
un' 'deseb dk eyhibfef6lfs isS, iiRcR 'br6i
ldpgar I1as Ehoras te4nfl mar paffl sal
liz barnizadp ps .GeIssdbtre1 NimOstrsRl e,I
.sus rraras lin iter4IsEe'9casSsaritisotfr Il
e stll'.stsa tn p4rlHzo sllBeeASg eat44Pso!H sin
pedirle n Aarfe eSe1ase 3 M ne IS s.
sscerca lhOE Eendo la cola y brindaMio.
l5ne ami4taN be f9aEiei0d 1ee Aspaa-
ale, agralleke. huele hoIiddf y Esq hieja.
AHaI parSceSina muier coanetaadue ha
pstado eI nectar un 'mihut6 que
Sc knstp Ttsiamsnte.ssrasss ssssass,sssM
III MIS- amigos de esta tarde ~de colo
auiM Vi vida,.==assn ,tlesfilando: ante el
IycrepGsc,tlo, Sespertino sprimerro Ia bri-
sa sque desfaliece. luego,t q esihs6nico
..batallar de las-olas J; mas tarde, el
verdor del campo Sc haze girls; por
dltimo, el solitario retro va siendo
profanado por los atacados de cine
fibia..
Las luces el6ctricas impregnEn de