vJl"" rAT Viris '-v giijf :l ijKs ''Ja - . j JyfHWI. jVf -fS 1, Ftl5&w: iiftTiwrt'fs ..i. ... .. . -.: J.3! ...J,- .... ., --...wuilU '3li.!,",j"JiwF'- t'"'iweA-'-rtErr! -t" --? Strc? -7?-Vfc ' 331 A ! EVISfllflG LlOiXiEU l'iilLAl)ELniA TUEHDAY, NOVlfiMBKB IT, 1D14. ! U.ii.iM5fcwi mi mm m i I. . !. .iiHinl ii ill m 'llLT'".'',' 1. ' atl"lt'"'""i "" """ ' ' " " ---t- '""'.J"' ' ' ' ' ' 1IIIM ' ' " ' ' r ' ' " ' ' " " " ' ' ' " '" " m1'' AROUSED CITIZENS ORGANIZING TO PRESS DEMANDS FOR REAL RAPID TRAMTS ERVICE sU tsoi m i !si Ll- i- j COUMLMEN MUST TELL THEIR STAND ,; W ' . ... :, Citizens 1ill Learn Attitude o i Representatives o n "High Speed" Program at Mass-Meeting. i' riV'" Organizations which hare planned mans meetings tor In purpose of taking steps to . obtain high speed transit facilities have decided to learn where their repro aenlatlves In Councils Hand on the ques tion. Invitations wilt be Issued to the members of Select and Common Councils In each community whero a mass meeting I held itfifl their tonitUuenta wilt Ask them togtynhalr ylewaplHl18. subject. In ihls way the residents of various aecllorWwJlt learh Just who Is for and'who against,, he campaign, for speed, .comfort and progress. It la possible that at the meeting of Coutidfa on Thursday a resolution will bo adopted rcc'bmmcndlnf? that an ordi nance be'passed authorising: the city to float the loan approved nt the recent elec tion. This loan carries with It a J500.O0O provlslori 'for the relocation of sewers within tho proposed central loop of the Rapid' Transit lines. It will bo some time later before Councils can pass an ordinance authorizing tho city to float the loan. Theri It must be advertised for 30 days before' tho necessary appropria tions fan be made. FIRST MEETING IN FrtANKFORD, ' Meanwhile, tho meetings will bo held, and. Judging from tho onthuslasm of' the people (n all sections, members of Coun cils will plate' no obstacles In tho way of tho progress mnde If they Intend to abide by the sentiment of their constituents. The first "high speed" mass-meeting will bo held "next Thursday, night under tho au6plqc3.;,of the .Franktord Business ilen's Jmjprovqmcnt. Association In the' FrankfonT'Kreo"Llbrary. -Director' Tay lor, ot the. Department tOf City Translti wilt deliver an .address. In which ho wilt deal ,vtth. transit conditions - In- 'Frank ford and show thi necessity 'for hfgh speed lines to the. central section of tho city. The address will be illustrated with lantern -views showing transit conditions of tho past, presetit'ahd also tho fdturo. CounelfmenJrepYcaentjn'g the three wards whlch.cntnpose. I'rankford haVe also? been Invited to speak. They nro-Corrimdn C6un ellmerf t6tii, atlo .eVis niid'splcct Coun cllmnri .J5aysf .of, tho 23d Ward: Common Councilman Bradenstcln- and Select Coun cilman-Afltchelh ofthe S5th Ward; Com- I ALL OVER PHILADELPHIA FOR FIVE CENTS njiijiiiii'iiiiMiiiiiiiuiiiiiuiuu I 0XBp!?0U6ff r W i yP m i 1. ysfiJi t .iZ2J V. N I 50 VI ARCHSr . I MARKET ST ) X 5 -j h j JJJ pfWlLl I i A LEAGUE my? TJiis map of present aiul proposed high-speed lines .shows at a glance how a passenger may ride from one extreme of the city to the other for ONE FIVE CENT FARE. It will be noticed that a trip from Frankford to Darby, or to Roxborough, or any other important section, can be made without'- the use of surface lines. When these lines arc completed, the outlying sections of the city will be bound together by the numerous tracks of the most modem subways and elevated lines. mon Councjlman Costello and Select Councilman Uoal, of the ttst Ward. Officers of the organizations arranging tho meetings In various sections of tho city declare thcro will be no Injectldn of politics, and the Councllmen aro being Invited regardless ot political affiliations. NEED FOIt IMPROVEMENT. Investigation of transit conditions In tho northeast has shown that about 30,000 people travel dally from that section to the central business district on tho street cars. Approximately 20,000 of these riders live In Frankford, nnd their forces are strong enough to compel serious recog nltlon. It was pointed out to them In a pre vious Issue of tho Evening Lnnonn that the high-speed lines recommended by Dl rector Taylor would savo the dally riders In the northeast (51,000 a year by the elimination of exchango tickets. As near ly 75 per cent, of this saving will bo made by tho people of Frankford, they are seriously Interested. In addition to the financial saving It has been shown, tho proposed elevated lino from that section would save each rider 4S minutes a day In time, without speaking of the additional comfort In riding to and from tho central part of the city. Under present conditions It re quires 49 minutes to reach tho central part of the city from Frankford. The proposed high-speed lino will cut the trip down to 25 minutes. The business men of tho community dotnnnd better transit Bcrvlce becauso they realize there Is no Inducement to live In Frankford owing to Its practical Isolation. Thoro are great opportunities to Improve the entire section It It were not Inac cessible on account of tho transit facili ties. Frankford Is now divided Into two sections by Immense stretches of land which borders Frankford nvenuc, ad jacent to tho built-up section. Upon this wasto ground hundreds of homes and business establishments could bo erected and many more Btreets opened. All theso facts have been Imbedded In tho minds of. the residents for years, but tho beat thoy could obtain up to the present tlmo were a few extra lamp posts, and, occasionally, some Improve ment In the street paving. They now realize that progress cannot be mado without proper transit facilities, and they Intend to take the first step In that direction on Thursday night Tho Germantown and Chestnut Hill Im provement Association will hold a meeting in tho interest of rapid transit next Fri day night at tho Library Lecturo Itotfrn, in Vernon Park. Director Taylor will speak on "How Rapid Transit Will Bene fit Qcrmantown." Realizing that a high-speed line along Woodland avonue will bo a great benefit to that community, the Woodland Avenue Business Men's Association will discuss the subject at a public meeting In tholr headquarters, 71st street arid WooUland avenue, next Monday night. They have invited Director Taylor to address them. He will explain how rapid transit In that section will bring practical results. BOSTON'S TRANSIT PHlADBLPttA AREA 767 SQ. MILES POPULATION I.94Q833- SUPERIORITY eJPmSK AT A OfAN BOSTON AREA 605 SQMIB POPUIAWN 1,573.345. rsa A rI INVESTED IN RAPID TRANSIT Z5tt3..ttaSTO-.i-. - DINRArTD TRANSIT and population (city and suburban) ( of Boston and Philadelphia invested In transit facilities, FIVE-CENT FARE TO CARRY CAR RIDER ALL OVERTHE CITY Under Proposed Transit Sys tem Outlying Sections Will Be Closely Connected With Business Centre. All over town quickly for flvo conUt Thle Is tho story of the proposed rapid nuianuii. to Tho ac- transu system i """"" Ji, n. oompanylng diagram shows how ho out lvlnc sections of the city and the busi es? centre will be und together w.h elevated and subway lines, which win make It possible to toko 1 gh .speed tr ips from ono extreme of tho city to the other for a slnglo flvc-cent fare. Theso lines, as recommended I by Direc tor Taylor, of tho Department of City Transit, tie the city together, and It Is Roneral y agreed that their operation will mark the beginning of a new era for FA. glance will show what a. simple mat ter it will be to ride from Frankford to Darby or from Roxborough to the Navy Yard at League Island for ono faro. And at tho same rate ono will also be enabled to go from Gormantown to Darby or from Roxborough to Frankford. The heavy black lines icproserit the subway and elevated roads which bind tho sec tions together. To take tho extreme trip from Frank ford to Darby, a rider will board a train at Bridge street, ride on Frankford ave nue to Kensington avenue, to Front street, to Market streot, then change to the Market street subway, ride out Market street to 32d, ohango again to the Wood land avenue elevated lines nnd speed to Darby all for one fare. Frankford resi dents desiring to tako the League Island trip would change at Broad street and reach tho Navy Yard via the Broad street subway. .. . ..li. mm TtnTlinroUch Lce'lsland couM be made with only ono change. Tho rider will take a trn from a station In ItoxboroUgh, ride to Henry avenue, to Mth street, then through - tho subway beneath tho Parkway to Broad street nnd change- to tho -South; J Broad street subway to the Navy Yard. To ride from Roxborough to Darby, only-3 two changes will be necessary. On reach ing the west end of the proposed loop at Broad streot, the rider will change to the Market street subway and again ac 32d street to the Woodland avenue line. t Tho Cormantown- to -League Island,, trip can bo mado by taking a surface tear to a station of tho high-speed line " I in Lower Germantown, ride on the North . Broad Street Subway to tho central loop and change to the South Broad Street lino. The trip from Manayunk to League . t, Island can be mado by taking a surface car in Manayunk to tho high-speed line In Roxborough and then on to the cen ( tral loop, as stated above. ,kbi, Tho Journey from Olney Or Logan to tne Navy Yard can bo mado without using 1 the surface lines. . ,, Along the line of the proposed high- speed route In the outlying sections ot tho city there aro -many acres, of und.o-, vclopcd land. It Is the Relief of real ..inin mon PBnirallv. however, that theso chaotic spots will be a thing of the past whon tho now transit system begins operations. -. -.-.. 'IS fit ii i Transit Program In Brief The transit program provides for the operation of all high-speed lines In conjunction with the surface system, which will serve as the agent for th gathering and distributing of passen gers using thp high-speed lines with out extra charge.' Thus the advantages of rapid tran sit will be extended as equally as practicable to every front door In Philadelphia. Fassengors will bo enabled to travel In a forward direction between every Important section of the city and every other Important section of the city quickly, conveniently and com fortably by way of the combined sur face and high-speed lines, regardleas of the number of transfers required In so doing, for one 5-ccnt fare, Btght-cont exchange tickets are to be abolished. on n V? SEAt.i .M? IL WITH THE WITS AT HOME AND ABROAD f r ' ' we E w wt't boina sadly .'. ' sgajgap's?'???" n ;,yu-i 'irSSSt , o' ..'j ;'; " " II zZm&z.. "'" ';' -f Sftifd From the St. Louli Star. From the London Dally Mirror. Prom the Elliabetli Evening Times. i I . "THEY AIN'T ROOM FOp oUTH OF USI" OUR ALARMIST'S LITTLE WAYS WHO CAN RIDE IT? fcjJt I 'I llfl T " '' ll" ''' T'JbBKF--''' ' . 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