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"High Speed" Program at
Mass-Meeting.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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