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TRANSIT FUND BIG
BNOOGH FOIl '' IKOWff
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crIvo the city excellent transit facilities.
She loan Itself doe not nuan murh, bill
fit 18 how It la Unod thnt will count. If
She; money-! judiciously and cronmnlcnllv
Expended It should brlnR Philadelphia
well to the front among the iininklpall
pies of the t'nltcd Blntcs."
LOAN'S TWO-POM) KI'l-T.t'T.
1 The 00. TOCCOO fo-tn. which will bo rut
Jto a vote of the people on 1-Vbruary S, will
havo A two-fold effect on the city's for
JtUncd, according to the politicians and
financiers foaik of the project.
I Primarily, the expenditure of the vast
Ssum will place Philadelphia In tho
forefront of nrnt-elnm cities ns n rapid
(transit centre and as a Kreat port o
entry 'or ocean tralllc The second
rlind almost Inevltnlile effect of the tils
Klodti Will he at! Increase III the city's
ijtax rate In 18)7.
Mr. Norrls In dlsetisslnit tho port de
velopment feature said:
i "As for the snno,(o to he ttovolcd to
JmpiovltiB the port. It would not lie ad
Jvlsablo to spend that sum III les-J than
hxio or three enrs Pour years oro tho
Jclty had oid one modern pier; today
jjthero are four and rntitracti Imvo been
filet for the sulti inline of n fifth, whlth
Jwlll be ns lare us onv two of the e.xlst
ilner piers.
"At the piesMit time the shipping nc-i-'commod.-itlons
or the city are a little
laht-nd of the available blls'ness. My
jvltw has alwui 1pm n that such pier no
.commodntlons xlmtiM he kept n Uttlo
jnhtnd of the di m.ind, but not so fnr In
(advance that l.nite Investments will bo
(lying Idle If 111" JVXAMO were expended
flu a year and a half, this would be tho
jCtie.
I "This money would build several of the
JlnrKcr piers and this should be the
mlllmate form of investment, but not at
,the present lime.
. "Philadelphia can never rival N'ow York
Jns n port, but If It encinirniteM shinning
hy nlwn.s belnu piepated to bandlo
'cdlclcntly siicli business as we do got,
Jthe city should eventually take nn lin
jtportnnt place aiiioiiK the ports of the At
Inntlc sealio.ird
J "The allotmiiit of l.t.OOO.OOO for main ntul
branch sewers strikes me ns small In
.comparison with tho other Items, and If
Sa sewnfto disposal plant Is to be iltf
Jflnltoly taken up, the Item of 2,00".(00 for
.that purpose will only llguro ns about 1U
"per cent, of the cost.
f "Ihe other Items of the loan Impress
mc ns beliiK leasonable and proper."
i Ml.liiri ANSWKJtS SKllUll
Director .lohn Meiiis, of the Department
Jof Whiiivi-s. Mocks and Ferries, replied
itodny to the statement of Charles Sewer
In Councils ciliiday, that "spending
money for thlrt port Is like throwing
, money Into the sewer'" Mr. rieKer Is
'chairman of the subcommittee on appro
priations, which Is nn Important factor
In dctermlniti how money derived from
Sloans shall be cxpimli-il.
t "Mr S-jer." said the Director, "has not
Mnvestlcntcd sntth'lciitly to nbtnln tho
;renl facts. If he hail, lie would not have
'made mich a statement as was quoted In
Jthe newspapers."
I "Ho askid. 'What inn Philadelphia on
ipect to do as a pnt? Huston and Now
jjYork are on the sea. Baltimore has u
Jnaturnl d, p-ea heibor'
i "Now. as n ir-itter of fact, neither Hus
ton nor New York aro on tho fen. The
distance from tin- lightship at Snnd
.Hook to New YoiU Ii W miles, while to
"reach the sea from Hoston It Is nee
'cssarv to tiairsi- " miles of Improved
Ichnnncl The city of Haltimoro Is -i
rfmlloa from the Capes.
I "There Is no ureat harbor In l-'uropc
'that Is situated dlivrtlv on the sea. And
I mlsht remind Mr. Scuor that Ohiirlcstnii.
which Ik on the son. hns one nf the poor
Jest harbors on the Atlantic const. Sa-lvanm-i.
iieuiby, J5 miles from the ocean,
than a splenillil ri-put'itloii as u port.
"Mr. Seijer has also been quoted ns
saving that the lmpiovement or the Imr
'5lior Is not a peimnnunt Job. I know as
well as be that redreilulm: is often neces
sarv The rnlled Htates (invurnment
spends $3fli,fl0i) n ear here for tho pur
fposo and receives In return upward of
i20."P0.0Ofl In customs receipts.
"Philadelphia has spent JlO.OOO.noo on her
J port. Ne.v York nas spent $1I)W).00'5."
KvinKNcr: rip punspi:niTY.
Advocates of the loan said today that
ithe great wave of prosperity now
sweeping over this eountrv was retlected
Shy the action ot tie- members of Coun
cils' Kinnnc- Committee, who. after con
sultation with tho political leaders, de
Sclded the time wns ripe to double tho
I funded lt lit of the city. The resulting
vpood from the passage of such a loan
ns the one proposed Is Incalculable in
jthe ejes uf city llnthclers.
J The net funded debt of the city on Sep
tember L was I1,S:8.0I3 and, with tho
1 nA rinn ArtA ..111 innbn tl, nrtotll tleht nf the
f-V,WlW',J. ,-', ..,- -- ..--...-. .
tracts for the furtherance of the many
public Improvements provided for In the
measure.
TAX INCinBASC JUSTIFIED.
The drain which the new bond Issue
will entail upon the tax revenues of the
city for nnnunl Interest and sinking fund
charges Is well known to the financiers
back of the loan, but they contend that
evi n though nn appreciable Increase In
the rlt's tax rate results, Ihe benellts to
be derived from the pnssaso of the loan
will many times ofrset Ihe Incre-ise In
taxes. To provide for tho requests of
the various municipal depal tments for
IMG would require a tn.x rale of Jl-M In
slead of the present rate of (1 per $100
of taxable property. It was asserted to
day bv members of the Finance Commit
tee" Hint the tax ralo Increase to pro
vide for the loan nnd other expenses
would not be In excels of 3) cents.
No time will be loit In passing the leg
islation necessiuy to place the big loan
befole tho voters Councils will sit every
week of the present month. The bill fav
orably reported yesterday by the Finance
Committee will be pt lilted this week Nc: t
week. If present plans are catrled out, It
will be pnscd b Common Council and on
tho Thursdav folloulii,' favorable action
Is expected III the Select blanch. This
will enable the bill to reach Mayor Blank
cnburg on the day following Us lln.il
passage by the upper brain h.
Mayor HlankenbiirB Is expected to sanc
tion the big loiin. which cmilaliis pmvls
Ion for all of the great municipal under
takings started dining his administration,
and thcte is little doubt of his approval.
Should he see lit for nnv reason to veto
the measure the men buck of the measure
could oosllt pasx It over his veto In time
to advertise It for the required 3D days
before Ftbrunry s, the date set for popu
lar vote on the loan.
In the event of the loan receiving the
approval of the voters. It will he neces
sary lor Councils to pass measures au
thorizing the borrowing of the sums of
money needed next yenr for the Improve
ments named. Before the loan Is iloated
It will he neiessary to ndveitlse Ihe bill
for four weeks. All this necessary legis
lation requites so much time that no
ttionov Is likely to be borrowed before
April
The need of Tumls for the Frnnkford
ebnnteil. In addition to the money al
ready appropriated, will cause that
project to hi Included In the first pntt
of the loan floated. Tho phraseology ol
the loan mensuio now hcfoic Councils
makes It possible to use a part of the
loan money, under the subway and ele
vated railroads section, for elevated lines
contemplated, but to he decided upon
later. This opens the wav to the con
struction of a number of branch elevated
lines, lo tetleve congest Ion 111 viulous iiii'
!lng ic-tlons eUiiiioring for relief
The $tr.n00,"00 III the loan for elevated
and subway construction and Js.oon.nno
for the port would not at once conxtltute
a charge against the current revenues.
The bonds covering these amounts will
be Is-nied upon the basis of the consti
tutional autboilly granted h the amend
ment approved b the voters at the elec
tion last month This creates a new bor
rowing power of 10 per cent, for subway
and elevated coiistiuctloii, harbor Im
provements and docks, the Issue of
bonds for M) years Instead of SO yenis,
and permits of the pavinents of the Inter
est and sinking fund charges on those
bonds out of their proceeds for the ears
the projects are under construction and
for one ear thereafter.
For this reason the. greatest drain will
fall upon the cin, in the nature of fixed
charges, on $3".ocin,ono of the big lsue
These bonds can only be IskuciI for 30
years with roriespondliig higher annual
(lxed charges for the shorter period of
$("1,000 n year for each Jl.nnO.OOO
The li.rrowmg enpaclU "f the eltv jit
the present time Is approximated Jl(
O-ONO. so thnt the new- loan, when Iloated.
will leave t'je city with comparatively lit
tle leeway In tho matter of a reset ve bor
lowlriE power
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lion III llione mr IIilOJ.ll IUKI t-.-ii i.,,i,.-.
ineiitM lire i-oiishlered "nonillar." Among
these Is the ,VO'liO lt in for the art mn- I
seum to be built at the (Srei-n street en- I
trance lo F.ilrninunt Park There Is avail
able fjr this building at the present time
H"J.U"V. anil lllO liem III llie lu.-in em onii
cates thnt this pioject will be pushed at
great soeed. (
O'her 'popular" Items supposul to lend
strength to the loon project provide vnst ;
sums for the exttnsloii of tho water sup
plv svstetn. not only In South Philadel
phia but In other parts of the city, for
the construction of a new Ulockley, addi
tional biiiluliigs for the insane, r- eb
minded ami female Indigents at licri
and general highway iinniovenients.
DRUG USERS TAKE NEW
HOPE AT HEARING
Opportunity for Relief Offered
by Narcotic Committee Re
cently Formed
Persons afflicted with the drug habit
hod the opportunity for the first llmo to
day lo lake advantage of tho assistance
and ntlvlce offered by the Narcotic Com
mittee formed recently nt the suggestion
of Francis Fisher Kane, United States
Attorney for the Kastcrn District of
Pennsylvania, ahd headed by Hdw-nrd
Hole, editor of tho Indies' Home Journal,
to solve the "dope" problem In this city.
Dr. John W. Hhelii, nerve specialist, nnd
Dr lloiatlo ('. Wood, Jr.. active members
of the committee, nttended a scoro or
moro of drug hentlngs before t'nltcd
Stntei Commlrsloner Howard M. Long
In tho Federal llillldlng today, and In
tunny cises mcdlcnl attention was given.
It was the Inrgcst number of drug cases
scheduled In one day since the Harrison
antl-tiarcotlc act went Into effect, and
committee members thought It a propi
tious occasion to begin the contemplated
work.
Doctor Illicit! Is connected with the
Polyclinic Hopltnl. while Doctor Wood
rotiduts a clinic at the Medlco-Chlrurglcal
Hospltnl. In all, with Commissioner I-ntig
and Piere Archer, crlef deputy Internal
tevnue collector in this city, both pres
ent, the hearing room wns pervaded with
a benevolent spirit of social service work.
Many of those arraigned had been held
for further henrlngs and weie discharged.
Many l.ad spent several weeks In Moyn
menslng Prison, by speclnl airangement,
III an effort to get away from the habit
and temptation, nnd the experiment evi
dently proven successful In many cases.
All thoe discharged were examined by
Doctor Ithelti and Doctor Wood, who took
a minute record of each case, offered
cheer and advice and made arrangements
to ki ep In touch with the Individuals.
At rntigemetits for further mcdlcnl exami
nations nlso wero made. Doctor Wood,
Doctor Itheln and Dr. Charles W. Httrr,
of the Orthopedic Hospital, also n mem
ber of the committee, will conduct regu
lar clinics nt which those afflicted with
the di tig habit will be treated free of
charge.
FORD AND DRY AN NOT
WANTED IN BRITAIN
' f'nnt I m it'll frnni 1'itrrn fln
int iiinK t Hip tnjtiiKi. Ilr hrcantr nroturil
hfruiiT n Irrk (iVnlnl him mltnlttuncr to
Mr. t'linl'H rmifrrciMT rimm.
NO MUTISM WKM'OME
I'flK FORI) AND II H VAX
l.ciMin.V. Dec ,1-Sii I-Mward A Corn
wall, n Liberal member nf Pailiumi-nt.
took the lead today In a movement to
pievent William J Ilrjan and llenrj
Noted Men Say Ford Pence
Trip Is Silly, a Big Laugh
Itfr l that seme of the lendln men
of the Vnltrd Stales think about Henry
Ford's prreonnlly eondiifted peace party!
President Mllson ?
i:-rresldfnt Tnft Just UiiKhed.
Kt-I'risldeiil lloosurll Nol inlscbleT
ous only bernuse It Is so ridiculous.
Alton It. I'nrker Ford Is n clown.
I!. t'. Heneillrt It Is sheer foolishness.
Cotonrl (leorite llnriej It Is silly.
.Tnnus It. Day The plan Is rrolesqae
nnd will neenmpllsh nothing but ridicule
of our country.
Wllllnm .lennlnus Ilrynn It Is worthy
of praise nnd will nreomiillsh much kooiI.
John Wnnnmsker lr. Ford hits three
Ihhntsi n mission, n Renerous heart nnd
n fnt poekftbook, but be hns no plan lo
slop (he wnr.
(nrilliml (llhlmns I thlnlc Ihere nre
(nn many formlilslde dimeultles In (he
way to hope fnr Us successful culmina
tion. tloernor Fielder, of New .Terser Med
dlesnme. luilne Hen I.lndsey I heartily npprore
Mr, 1'ord's efforts lo (op (he sIsuitlKer.
John llnjs llnmmond, Jr. Two weeks
In Finland would show (hem their
peace plans are nlistiril,
Charles . FMol, president f merlins
nf Iliirinrd Ford's pence cruise Is nli
surd. Ilr. Alnses .stenrn, who spent $3.08 I'll
sue hint.
Ford cnnilnt' to Dnglnnd on a peace mis
sion Ho asserted that the piesence of
either man lure would he uiiweholi.e to
KiiBlat'd and a source of Irritation
Sir Kdward gave notice that be would
In'terpollato the Government on Monday,
asking Sir Hdward Grey, the Foreign
Minister If he had heard of the piopnsed
visits of Hrvon nnd Ford and whether ho
will notlfv both through the Washington
Government that a visit on a peace mis
sion b the two Americans would be dis
tasteful to the llritlsh Government.
FEAIt FORI) TIUP MAY
KMHARRASS TIIK V. S.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 3.-Stnte Depart
ment officials today made no conceal
ment of their fears that the Fulled States
will be seriously embarrassed by tho
Ford peace expedition to Kurnpe. This
feeling of apprehension has been Inten
sllled by the Inquiries from Kuropcnn
nations.' both neiitrnl and belligerent, as
to what If am, connection the ptace
ship had' with the State Depai tment.
To all of thfse lniiililes Secretary Lan
sing has leplled with emphasis that the
iiaclllsts would carry no authorizations us
peacemakers from the State Department.
At the passport bureau applicants who
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Lower priced tailors naturally draw
the line at some of the costs we
assume in making clothes.
But we find that, to produce distinctive
style and quality fit, we must pay more
for the actual cutting and sewing.
Moreover, most of our imported fabrics
are bought from Scotch and English
weavers, who will not sell at all to lower
priced tailors.
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iclty total JilO.OflO.ioii Thcfco figures aro
offset to a small degree by tho moneys
now In the Sinking Fund to retire old
loans, ltenllzing the Immensity of the
'plan, members of the Fin.ue Committee
jhavo gone to gieat lengths to explain
that tho monev in the loan would not be
Jbmroweil at utiy one time, but th.it loans
would onlv be floated at such times as
money would bo needed to enter Into con-
Canndlan Cardinal in Rome
HOME:, Dec 3. Cm dmul Hegln, Arch
bishop of Quebec, who arrived In-re
Thursday for tho conslstori,, will he re
ceived In audience bv the Pope tomorrow.
He will be the only American Cardinal
at the conslstorv, none of the three in
the Fniteii States having ionic
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Intend anlllnr with Ford nre repftrded os
tourlats. Tho previously nnnounced ottl
clals will wlthhoM passports to rvny of
tho belligerent countries.
Ono vcternn illptomat snld that somo
or trrnny of a InrKO number ot persons,
however well IntcntloncJ, If Inexperi
enced In tho ways of diplomacy, might
easily commit a faux pas even In n neu
tral country which would ombarrasH that
country In Its relations with tho belllB
erents and so brltiB the United States
Into undesirable prominence.
Th question of whether former Sec
retary of State Ilrynn would bo granted n
passport If he wants to bo to ,Mis'nntl
on a peace mission was raised at the
State Department today. Officials re
fused to say what action would be taken,
but Indlcnted plainly that they believed
no passport would be Issued.
Paisports to belligerent cnountrles i are
belnB Isiued only when persons hove
ursent business there," nn official of the
pasport division of the State Depart
ment said.
A pasiport wan granted Henry Ford
todav by the Slnte Department. It Is
made out only to neutral countries, Hol
land. Denmark, Norway nnd Sweden.
Hy noon moro thnn ISO applications for
paisports had been made for persons de
siring to go on the Ford ship. Amonff
those fnvoralilv acted upon were for
.Indue Hen Mndsey and Henrietta Ilrood
Mndscy, of Denver.
The clerkR In the pnssport division wero
rushed nil day worliltiR on tho applica
tions It was believed that nil of them
would be disposed of before nlfiht. Offi
cials made It plain that nil would bo
grnntcd If tho persons for whom they
arc made were born In this country.
"ALT, AHOAltl)" WORK PUSHED
AT PEACB HEADQUARTERS
NI1W YOIIK, Dee. 3. Kleventli-hour
picparatlons for the departure of the
Ford pence expedition made hendfiunrters
at tho niltmoro Hotel ft scene of great
nrtlvlty tcday. . --.
Many anxious members of tho ejtP'oj
tlon tilephoued to nsccrtaln whethe -their
passports had arr ved from V Jliwln.
Their minds were Immediately put at rest
by a statement that theso wuldrtMl
hero this nfternoon by n fPe''?',X"""
Kcr, who had been sent to V""10"
Thl messetiRor will also brlnB Mr. lords
'Tanylhlnfi nhould develop at the .last
moment to prevent any of the pfl;
grlms from lenvlnB on the Owl'. Ihe
will be nble to follow on the next ship
and overtake the main expedition nt
rtnUtlanl.1. It Is probnblo that nearly
two weeks will bo spent nt the Norwcc.lnn
capital, as the American party will nwalt
Itiere the nrrlal of delegates from other
"oveUrHanna, of North Dakota, the
only Stato Executive to necept Mr. Ford s
Invitation to Join tho penco mission,
amVm4 ftTftnr VftrV (aam .-m
ntely went Into conference with S??
clflst IcAdcr. n W
H was nnnounced that W, J, nn.
who Is on his way to New York, iiii
been delayed nnd would ba Unabls
reach the Ford headquarters befnr i
late nfternoon. or8 "
Dr. Chnrles F. Aked, of San Frnt!.
fonncr nockcfellcr pastor nnd ono of tv"
first persons to accept a berth ah,,:;!
Henry Ford's pence ship, led peace W
nunrters In n huff today after a ,
bout with some of Ford's lieutenant
Aked told reporters positively thai I
would cancel his passago nnd m .!
sail with the Ford party. ' 8tl
A frock-coitcd doorman thrust hl ,,
across the entrance to Ford hcadnUn,i.
today nnd denied tho San Franclser i ti
tor ndmlttnncc ThU caused the preark
to chango his mind nbout the b,!T
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