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EVENING LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY MARCH 31, 1916.
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MAYOR SMITH FORCED TWINING "BOBTAIL" TRANSIT PLAN ON CITY, TAYLOR CHARGES
(MNELLY CALLS HALT
ON TWMNG'S SCHEME
TO TAX SUBURBANITES
City
Solicitor Advises Transit
Head That His Plan to Fi
nance Transit Lines
Is Illegal
CITES COURT DECISIONS
City Solicitor Connelly, In nn opinion
eant to Director Twining late yesterday.
Advised him that the proposal to tax out
lying sections Is unconstitutional nnd Im
practical from n legal standpoint. The
Transit Department la urged to drop the
Idea.
The opinion of the City Solicitor fol
lows: "Jlcplylwr to your communication of
March 16, as to whether the city of Phila
delphia Is enabled to assess benefits upon
the property owners to bear the burden
or Portion of the burden of the construc
tion of Additional transit facilities, three
distinct questions arc raised: Firs. Can
this be accomplished under the present
status of the law7 Second. Can this bo
accomplished by legislation? Or third,
would It rcquiro constitutional amend
ment? "First. There Is no general statuto
which authorizes tho city of Philadelphia,
or municipalities generally, to assess own
ers for local benefits conferred upon prop
erty. Those statutes conferring the right
to nssess benefits upon the municipality do
not Include contemplated Improvements of
this kind.
"Second. Slnco tho decision of Hnmmett
vs. Philadelphia. 65 Penna. 140 (1870). It
Is ft well-settled prlnclplo of the law that
the Legislature may grant to municipali
ties tho power of local taxation for locnl
benefits upon properties benefited. But the
local benefit must not merely bo Inciden
tal to tho contemplated Improvement ; It
must bo tho primary object of It.
"It Is further held by tho courts that In
any event only tho owners of directly
abutting property can bo assessed, and
these are assessable for purely local bene
fits alone. Tho practical dllllculty en
countered In attempting to apportion nnd
assess special tax on properties not abutting-
on the Improvement would bo nearly
or quite insurmountable. Although
property In tho vicinity might be bene
fited, the Imposition of such a tax would
not bo feasible, even if permissible, and
for that, among other reasons, this could
not bo done.
'Third. It follows from decisions already
handed down and which might be multiplied
almost Indefinitely, not only In this State
but elsewhere, that no act of the Legislature
having In view the assessment of benents
Upon property for the construction of
transit facilities, or tho assessment in
any other manner of all or a part of
their cost upon Individual property own-
Li ers. would bo sustained as constitutional.
t It also follows that tho only method In
V which this could be done would be by the
t slow process of constitutional amendment.
As you are awre. an amendment to the
Constitution requires to be proposed nt
one session of the Legislature, acted upon
affirmatively, referred to n. second session,
tho Legislature meeting biennially, again
acted upon favorably, and then submitted
to a vote of tho people. This, together
with the time elapsing for the passing of
the necessary statutory legislation, would
compel an Interval of four or five years
before such an amendment could hecomo
effective. Added to this would be tho great
difficulty, even after the amendment of
le uonstnuftorr, "bfrorirtu!at!nJ5 an net of
Assembly which would enable a proper
division to be made between that part of
tho cost which should bo borne by tho
public and that part to be charged against
property owners, and dividing tho latter
among such owners Individually."
TAYLOR ASSAILS
BOBTAIL PROGRAM
Continued from I'nice One
denied Taylor'B charge that Slayor Smith
Is responsible for deflecting tho transit
plans, changes which Mr. Tnylor says
Klve the Rapid Transit Company a
atrangle-hold on the city and block transit
development.
"No corporations nor any one, directly
or Indirectly, have any power over our
Mayor," declared Vare. "I have felt from
the start of the transit matter that no
matter what the people want they will
gat it. I have not changed my mind.
"I always agreed with former Director
Taylor and always followed every propo
sition he had for transit, but I lenow
that he is absolutely wrong In saying
that the Mayor ordered the changes and
not Director Twining. I feel that Mr.
Taylor knows this, too, despite his state
ment "I have always helped Mr. Taylor, and
i have always been at the head and front
o Taylor'B proposition when he could
not get the other leaders Interested In
his plans. If he tells the truth he will
have to' say so. There has been every
effort made to make political capital out
of tho transit question, when it should
have been discussed upon the ground of
merit alone.
"1 said at the beginning that the Mayor
will be with the people, and I still say
so."
Among 'business, civic and Improvement
organizations throughout the cltv the onin.
ion was freely expressed today that the
185.800.000 loan would be defeated at the
polls unless the Smith Administration
Withdraws Its support from the Twining
proposals and keeps faith with the people.
Tho statement from former Director
Taylor follows:
TAYLOIVS STATEMENT.
"A careful study of Mr. Twlnlng's sug-
Tested changes In the city's plans for
ranslt development discloses the fact that
l adoption of these changes will serlous-
and permanently curtail the sphere of
efulness of the city's high-speed tran-
.1 system and prevent the city from nro-
Vldlng' necessary transit facilities for the
prujrcc bd . ui uia ycuiJiu ill (lie luiure.
"It, therefore. Is my duty as n citizen
to Inform tho people of Philadelphia with
relation to this subway. I deliberately
charges
"First. After carefully weighing my
words, that Mayor Smith Insisted the City
Hall section of tho Broad street subway
be shifted from Its present location under
City Hall, which was designated by the
Department of City Transit, and which
was found necessary by tho State Public
Service Commission to be proper for tho
service, accommodation, convenience and
safety of tho public.
"Second. That the new location of the
City Hall section of tho Uroad street sub
way around tho westerly side of tho City
Hall, ns designated In Mr. Twlnlng's
report, mnkes necessary the curtailment
of the City Hall section of tho Ilrond
street subway from a four-track struc
ture to a two-track structure, because
It Is Impossible to get the required curva
ture for four tracks from the now loca
tion Into South Uroad street at South
Penn Square.
"Third. That this curtailment of the
City Hall section of the Uroad street
subway mrnle necessary radical changes
In tho city s plnns ror transit uevewp
ment. and that the proposed changes will
E-rp.itlv and seriously Impair the useful
ness of tho high-speed system to tho
citizens of Philadelphia.
"Fourth. That Mr. Twining, as con
sulting engineer of tho Department of
City Transit, frequently ha.j assured mo
there Is no risk In building the four-track
structure and station designed beneath
tho City Hall, nnd that, after his report
went to press, he still was firmly of that
opinion, notwithstanding the statement
made by him In that report, which was
submitted yesterday, that one of his ob
jections to the present location of tho City
Hall section of the Uroad street lino with
station. Is 'liability of damage to the
City Hall,'
"Fifth. That H. II. Qulmby, chief en
gineer of the Department of City Transit,
wlillo planning the four-track subway
structure with station beneath tho City
It.ill. assured mo most unreservedly on
many occasions tho construction of that
section as designed would not bo dan
gerous In the slightest degree, and that
ho was still firmly of that opinion on
January 3, 1016.
AMPLE EVIDENCE AVAILABLE.
"Ample evldcnro Is available and can
be produced which will demonstrate that
tt Is perfectly safo beyond any reasonable
question of doubt to build tho four-track
City Hall section of the Ilrond street sub
wav beneath tho City Hall as originally
recommended, and I am glad to see that
tho special commission appointed by tho
Mayor went so far as to stato In Its re
port that 'as a result of our examinations
wo are of the opinion that the construc
tion of n four-track subway under the City
Hall, unless obstacles now unforeseen are
encountered, can probably bo accomplished
by the exercise of extreme care and the
expenditure of considerable time.'
"Tho construction of the four-track sec
tion of the Uroad street subway and trnnr
fer station beneath tho City Hall as
originally recommended Is essential to the
city's entire plan of transit development,
nnd to eliminate tho four-track City Hall
station section would servo no useful pub
lic nurnose.
"Tho Twining plan, In my opinion. Is
vitally defective in tho following respects:
"First. A four-track subway structure Is
provided for In Broad street between Erie
nnd Hldge avenues, with a two-track sub
way structuro extending from Itldge ave
nue down Broad street to Spruce, and a
two-track subway structure extending
down Itldge avenue from Ilrond to 8th
street, down 8th to Walnut and out Wal
nut to ltlth. without any track connection
with the Broad street subway at Broad
and Walnut streets, which Is on a lower
level nt that point.
"Thus the provision made In tho
original plan for n continuation of tho
four-track subway from North Broad
street directly through to Spruce street
Is abandoned, where the two additional
tracks are most needed to mnko offecttvo
express service feasible, between outlying
districts served by the Broad sticet sub
way and tho business district, and be
tween North nnd South Philadelphia.
"Tho absenco cf a track connection be
tween the Broad street subway and tho
oubway under Walnut street would, for
all times, deprive tho people of South
two-track throat through the business dis
trict from Fcderat street north of Insuf
ficient capacity to handle tho trains from
both the two-trnck line leading to League
Island and tho two-track line leading from
Broad nnd Federal streets to tho south
western section of West Philadelphia.
"Tho people served by the future ex
tension Into southwestern West Philadel
phia will bo deprived of direct delivery I
throughout tho business district without '
chango of cars at Broad and Walnut
streets.
"Under tho original plan the Woodland I
nvenuo elevated lino wns to bo connected
temporarily with tho Market street ele
vated lino nt 30th nnd Market Btreets,
and trains were to bo operated through by
way of Market street from Darby to
Frnnkford or Camden until tho Market
street subway reached Its capacity, when
the Ostnut street subway would In any
event bo necessary as a relief line to con
nect up the Frnnkford and Darby elevated
lino through tho business district.
"fit err one who Im studied the subject
admits that the present Market street
line will reach Its cnpnclfy In less Hum
in yrnrs unless It lie strnlRlitened brnrntli
the I'lty Hall, nnd the nlntlnn platforms
be lengthened, In which emt Its cnpuclty
won r inrrrnspil annul zn per rent. i
"The foregoing I believe to be glaring
and vital defects In Mr. Twlnlng's design
in iinwr MiL'iiiui'H which wouki lorm mo
very foundation of our municipal transit
system.
"Tho Department of City Transit
selected Arch street ns tho proper loca
tion for tho north side of tho delivery
loop because of tho necessity of building
a four-trnck subway In Broad street,
south to Spruce street, for tho reasons
which I have stated, and It seemed ad
visablo to make full uso of these four
tracks down to Arch street by placing
the north side of tho delivery loop under
Arch street Instead of under Itldgo nvo-
nue. Tlie Arch street location, In my
opinion, gives better delivery for passen
gers, and It affords ready access between
the Bending Termlnnl and tho subway
system nt the stntlon designed to bo
located at 12th and Arch streets beneath
the Beading Terminal.
"The Department of City Transit select
ed Locust street ns tho proper location for
the southerly side of the delivery loop
because it was Impossible to locate the
southerly side of the delivery loop In Wal
nut street, with tie necessary trnck con
nections with the Mitnvny In Brond street.
without grade crossings at Broad and
Walnut streets, without forfeiting tho sta
tion which Is designed to extend under
Ilrond street from Chestnut street to Wal
nut street: I believe this stntlon to bo n
necessity.
"I'niler (lie Twining plan tho southerly
tide nf the loop I pltirrd under Walnut
street nt flic expense of the necessary
track connection, hcturcn the Walnut
street Midway nnd tfir Ilrond ntreet sub
way. "The department recommended that the
Woodland avenue elevated lino he
brought In preferably by connecting It
with tho present Market street elevated
line nt 30th and Market streets, and In
the event of failure on tho part of the
Philadelphia Bapld Transit Company to
make tho proper provision for tho through
routing nf the Woodland avenue nnd
Frnnkford trains by way of the present
Market street subway elevated line. It
was recommended that the Woodland ave
nue line nnd the Frnnkford line bo con
nected by a Chestnut street subway to bo
built by tho city.
"These two elevated lines, If operated
through Chestnut street, vould seriously
competo with the existing system, nnd for
this reason a fair agreement between the
city nnd the existing system would thus
be assured providing for tho through op
eration of the Frnnkford and Woodland
avenue trains by way of tho present
Market street subway-elevated lines.
"Under Mr. Twlnlng's plan tho cltv
would forfeit that strategic position which
it has gained and which will require tho
Philadelphia Bapld Transit Company to
operate tho Frnnkford and Woodland nvo
nue lines through tho existing subway
until It reaches capacity and the Chestnut
street subway Is built.
"Mr. .Twining proposes as step No. 1 to
build the Frankford elevated, connecting
it with tho existing Market street lino of
the Philadelphia Bapld Transit Company,
permitting the Frankford lino to be
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HORACE V. iMncPAYDEN
Chairman of the Ail-Philadelphia
Transit League, who demands the
resignation of Transit Director
Twining.
current figures. Tho building nf tho
foundation of the city's transit system In
the central part of the city will tnko much
more time than the building of tho out
lying lines; therefore It should bo started
first. Tho present abnormal and exccsslvo
prices of materlnl nnd labor will not con
tinue indefinitely and tlieso conditions
therefore cannot be argued ns reasons
for curtailing the scope of tho city's plnns
for transit development to an extent that
will impair Its usefulness
"I cannot agree with Mr. Twining thnt
It Is not necessary to furnish high-speed
transportation facilities without delay to
North Philadelphia above Erlo avenue,
to South Philadelphia below Spruco street.
to the Woodland nvenuo district of West
Philadelphia, to the North 2Dtli street
Boxborough district, or to the 35th Ward,
and I lirllme tho people resident In the
district ulilrli 1 tunc cnunierntril will
ussprt their rights In n vigorous wny.. If
Ihcy full tn do mi the- hiss will lie theirs,
"If a person wishes to travel In Phila
delphia from nny point to any other point,
tho entire transportation machine should
bo nt his dlsposnl In making tho trip for
one n-cent fare, lcgardless of the number
of times he Is required to change cars.
"Every citizen contributes his share in
one way or another toward the establish
ment and operation of the transportation
machine as n whole and should have tho
privilege of using that mnchlno nt all
times without submitting to discrimina
tion. "Under the plan which I ntnnd sponsor
for, nnd um prepnrrd to uphold until It
enn be Imprntrd, n passenger mny hoard
n surface cur nt Ills front door, ride to tho
nearest Million on the high-speed sjHtrin,
transfer free tn the high-speed sjstem,
transfer free In changing curs between
the hli;h-sprel lines, and enn transfer free
mi lent lug the high-speed system to n
surface line which carries film to Ids destination.
Philadelphia of the privilege of nnch
lng points served by tho subay under
Walnut street, 8th street nnd BIdge e
nue, throughout the business district, with
out change of cars and stair climbing, at
Mi. Twining s proposed station at Broad
and Walnut streets.
"I believe thnt tho privilege wh.cli is
to be accorded passengers from North
Philadelphia of traveling either directly
through south on Broad street or around
by way of BIdge avenue, 8th and Wal
nut streets, without chango of cars,
should be accorded tho people of South
Philadelphia.
"Tho building of a two-track subway
structure In Broad street between BIdge
avenue and Spruce street instead of a
four-track structuro makes It Impossible
to bring the Parkway-North 2Sth street
Roxborough Una Into tho west side of tho
delivery loop at City Hall station, from
which point, under the original plan, the
Parkway trains would be routed through
to either South Philadelphia; or south,
under Broad street, to Locust; east, un
der Locust; north, under 8th; west, un
der Arch, and north, under Broad, re
turning by the same route.
"Under Mr. Twlnlng's plan tho Parkway-North
29th street-Boxborough trains
would be routed In through the Parkway,
to loth, south on ICtli to Walnut, east
on Walnut to Sth, thence under Sth to
Itldge avenue, under Itldge avenue to
Broad street and north on' Broad street,
returning by the same route.
"The northwestern section of tho city
would be better served by delivery at City
Hall station and at Chestnut street sta
tion under Broad street, with the privi
lege of traveling through to South Phila
delphia without change of cars, or to
points In the business district without
change of cars. Alternate trains could
be operated over these two routes under
the original plan.
"Mr. Twining proposes that an extension
of the two-track subway be made In the
future south from Spruce street to League
Island, and proposes that an extension
serving the Woodland avenue-Darby dis
trict shall be branched from the South
Broad street subway west over Federal
street. This will bring about an obiec.
through-routed with the present Market
street line.
"He proposes as step No. 2 to build the
North Broad street subway from a point
near Erie avenue, on the north, to Rldgo
avenue, on the south, with one pair of
tracks extending soutn along Broad street
to a point near Spruce street, and tho other
pair of tracks turning east along Bldgo
avenue to 8th street, south on Sth street to
Walnut and west on Walnut to a point
near lGth street.
"It would bo Impossible to get an Inde
pendent operator to equip and operate
these lines embodied In steps one and
two. In competition with the Philadelphia
Bapld Transit Company, and Mr. Twining
seems to recognize that fact, for ho pro
poses that no moro construction than Is
now authorized be undertaken until It Is
definitely known by whom the entire sys
tem Is to be operated and on what terms.
"The only construction now authorized
Is the City Hall station section of the
Broad street subway between South Penn
square and Filbert street, and the Frnnk
ford elevated between Callowhll! street
and Bridge street; for tho latter terminal
facilities will soon be required, and must
be obtained by tho city upon fair terms,
regardless of the attitude of the Phila
delphia Bapld Transit system.
"It U an amuilng proposition that the
city of 1'lillndeliililn shall (.(up (i,e con.
structlon of the Ilrond street subway, and
of Its other high-speed lines and await
the pleasure of tho IMilladelplilu Hupld
Transit Company making an agreement
for their equipment ami operation. The
proper course to pursue is to proceed with
the .construction of the fucllltles which are
essential to the proper service and accom
modation of the people of Philadelphia,
and designed In a manner which will en
able them to be equipped and operated
either by the Philadelphia Bapld Transit
Company, or In competition with the Phil
adelphia Bapld Transit Company, then
there will be no difficulty about getting a
proper agreement between the company
and the city.
"I fully agree with Mr. Twining that the
prices of labor and material are at this
time abnormally and excessively high, and
mac it woum oe ooin unwise and un
tlonable condition, for It will create a I necessary to award very large contracts at
"That is what tho people are entitled
to; It Is what the people want, nnd It Is
what tho people aro going to get. If thoy
uphold the so-called 'Taylor plan.' That In
tho plan, coupled with tho elimination of
tho exchange tickets, which' hns been
agreed to between tho Director of tho De
partment of City Transit and tho officials
of tho Philadelphia Bapld Transit Com
pany, subject to ratification by City Coun
cils nnd by tho Union Traction Company.
"Tho Director of the Department of City
Transit has recognized tho Just claim of
the Philadelphia Bapld Transit Company
for protection of Its net income against
loss resulting from the co-operation to bo
accorded tho city by tho Philadelphia
Bapld Transit Company In operating tho
rlty owned high-speed lines on a free
transfer basis, and has agreed with the
officials of the Philadelphia Rapid Tran
Hlt Company, subject to the approval of
City Councils, that tho Philadelphia Bapld
Transit Company shall be reimbursed for
that loss.
"On tho other hand, tho officials of the
Philadelphia Itapld Transit Company have
joined in that agreement, subject to its
ratification by tho Union Traction Com
pany. If the conditions had not been fair
to them they would not have done so.
"Let us require, tluit thnt ajtreement
be ratified by the Union Traction Com
pany to the end that It shall be carried
out. The rlty bus the power to do mi
and should exercise that power In behalf
of the citizens. '
"Tho Twining report leads one to be
lieve that the city's plans for transit
development must he curtailed If the city
Is to escape dire consequences. He states
that these consequences may be an In
crease in the rate of faro or an Increase
In tho tax rate, or assessment of benefits
against the property, which will be Im
proved by the establishment of parts of
the municipal high-speed system. The
facts are as follows:
"If all of these lines should be built
and stand Idle and earn not a dollar of
return, the entire Interest and sinking
fund charge on the bonds issued for the
building of them would amount to only 5
per cent on J50.000.000 and 6 per cent on
J6.000.000. or $2,800,000 a year.
"It the city had to raise this entire sum
by taxation, which would be an absurd
assumption. It would only require an In
crease of 15 cents In the tax rate That
Is the maximum liability which the city
could assume in proceeding under the
Taylor plan If the facilities were to stand
Idle and produce no revenue whatever.
'Mr. Twining has entirely overlooked In
his report the fact that by establishing
these facilities as provided, the city
should consider other offsets which It
will get against the fixed charge.
"1. The one mill personal property
tnx surrendered by tho Stato In aid of
transit development $280,000 n year.
"2, One dollar tax on probable nb
normal Increase In taxable values dub to
rapid transit development, 1,200,000 In
1920, Increasing annually up to $3,000,000
for the ye.ir 1930.
"I do not wish to go Into loo much de.
tall nt this time, ns I shall probably have
more to say later.
"1 nnt to remind everyone that no
part of the Interest or sinking fund pay
ments nccrulnir on city bonds Issued for
transit development will be pnyubln out
of current retrmies b.v the city until one
yenr after the fncllltles ore nrtunlly In
operation nnd earning revenue, Therefore,
tho transit loan could have no effect what
ever on the tax rate for four or five yoarr
In nny event, no matter what nny one
snys.
"I want to, remind tho citizens of Phila
delphia that the saving to them due to
the elimination of tho exchange ticket will
be over $800,000 a year, and that tho an
nual saving to them In time, calculated
on a basl3 of IS cents per hour, will be,
in 1920, $1,035,000
"As n result of the deliberate nnd core
fnl study which I bine ninde nf Mr. Twln
lng's report nnd the plans which lie recom
mends, I regret to soy thnt I nm forced to
the conclusion Hint those plans nrc nil
mlrnhly calculated to fortify the position
nf the Philadelphia Itnpld Transit Com
pany against nny serious competition nnd
tn strangle tiny proper nnd efficient rapid
transit development In the city nf Phila
delphia In the future.
"I cannot go Into further detnll nt thl"
time, excepting to stnto that tho foui
tracks In Brond street, with a central
transfer stntlon beneath tho City Hall,
are essential to the welfare of tho traveling
public In Philadelphia, and that not ouo
objection which has been urged agnlnst
tho City Hall station section of tho Broad
street subway has nny force whatever,
"That station was designed to ulti
mately have outlets: from tinder ground on
the south pavement of South I'cim square,
both cast and west of Broad street, In tho
west pavements of West Penn square. In
Broad Street Station, nt various points In
tho sldewnlk around the outsldo of City
Hall, nnd In tho City Hall courtyard.
'These plans were not referred to by
Mr. Twining. They nro on file In the
Department of City Transit. If they nre
carried out nrr congestion need be feared In
or nrmintl the City Hall and passengers
will bo properly distributed.
"It should be remembered that the so
called 'Taylor plan' provides for through
routing and only such North Broad street
trains as are not needed on lines through
routing with North Broad street will bo
turned back on the North Broad street
line directly by wny of the delivery loop.
"Tho so-called 'Taylor plan' provides for
tho following routing of trains:
From North Broad street to Arch
ftreet, then by wny of the delivery loop
down Arch street to 8th, down 8th to
Locust, up Locust to Brond, down
Broad to League Island, nnd return.
From North Broad street directly
through to Lcaguo Island nnd return
From North Broad street to Broad
and Arch street, thence around tho de
livery loop by way of Arch street, 8th
street nnd Locust street to City Hall
station, tlicnco out tho Parkway North
29th street line, to Boxborough and re
turn. From North Broad street around the
delivery loop and return.
From South Brond street to City Hall
stntlon, thenco out tho -Parkway-North
29th street-Boxborough line nnd return.
From South Broad street directly
through to North Broad nnd return.
From South Broad street around tho
delivery loop nnd return.
From Boxborough to City Hall sta
tion, thenco directly through to League
Island and return.
From Boxborough to City Hall station,'
thence soutii to Locust street, around
tho delivery loop and north on Broad
street and return.
From Darby to 30th nnd Market
streets, thenco by way of Market streot
elevated-subway and Frankford elevated
to Frankford and return.
From 69th street terminal by way of
Market street elovatcd-subway and
Frankford elevated to Frankford and
return.
"On the completion of tho Camden tube
a portion of tho Darby and 69th street
trains would be routed through to Cam
den. "From Frankford tho Frankford trains'
would bo routed through by way of Mar
ket street to Darby and to 69th Street
Terminal and return.
"All of tho plans of the department
wero drawn to afford the greatest amount
of through-routing possible, nnd the
greatest facility for passengers to trans
fer between surface lines and high-speed
lines and between any two high-speed llne3
at nil points of Intersection.
"The removal of the City Ilnll station
to Uroad and Arch street virtually will
prevent the free transfer of passengers
between the Market htreet subway-elevated
line and the Ilrond street subway
line.
"The people of West Philadelphia who
now wish to travel between West Phila
delphia and many points In either the
northern or southern section of the city
have to pay an extra fare to do so. Under
the contemplated plan It looks as If they
would have to contlnuo to pay that extra
fare.
"Likewise, people In South Philadelphia
and In North Philadelphia, wishing to
reach many points In West Philadelphia
now havo to pay nn extra fare to do so. If
the City Hall station be removed it Is
likely that they will continue to pay that
extra fare.
"It Is time for the citizens of Philadel
phia to come forward and assert their
rights In this, matter. If they fall to do
so It will not' be because I have not In
formed them of their peril.
Baby Dies in Mother's Absence
Mrs. Lena Foraker, of 2633 South Falr
hlll street, left her 7-months-old baby,
Allen, In a perambulator outside of her
home last night for a few moments, and
when she returned the child was dead. A
physician said the Infant had suddenly
been seized with convulsions.
BRITISH BLOCKADE
NET MADE TIGHTER
All Ships Violating Rules Sub
ject to Seizure, New
Order Declares
LONDON, March 31. The British
blockade that has been tightened by the
Order In Council Issued last night, which
declares that "neither a vessel nor her
cargo shall bo Immune from capture for
a breach of blockade upon the sole ground
that she nt the moment Is on her way to
n non-blockaded pott."
The order sets forth that, subject to
certain modifications nnd omissions, tho
Government ban put In force tho Declara
tion of London rcfpectlng tho capture of
merchant craft during tho war.
Certain doubts, however, have arisen
concerning tho right to effect "tho capture
of conditional contraband on board n
vessel bound to a neutral port," nnd these
doubts It Is declared "expedient to put
nn end to." Hence It has been decided
no longer to ndopt article 19 of tho Dec
laration, which provides that "whatever
may bo tho ultimate destination of a vessel
or of her cargo she cannot bo captured
f-ir hrench of blockade If at tho moment
'' '! on her wny to a nonblockndcd
port."
,i Is therefore ordered that tho pro
visions of tho Declaration of London
"shall not bo deemed to limit, or to liavo
limited, in any way the right of his
Majesty, In accordance with tho law of
nntlons, to capture goods upon tho ground
that they nro conditional contraband, nor
to affect, or to have affected, the lia
bility of conditional contraband to cap
ture.whether the carrlago of tho goods to
their destination bo direct or ontttll trans
shipment or subsequent transport by land."
This provision Is mado applicable also
to absolute contraband.
Another clause says that enemy dcsti"
natton "may bo presumed to exist 1C tho
goods are consigned to a person who
during the present hostilities has forward
ed Imported contraband goods to terri
tories belonging to or occupied by tho
enemy."
TWINING SHOULD 0IHT
AT ONCE, SAYS LEADER
OF TRANSIT LEAGUE
Horace V. MacFayden Asserts
Director's Usefulness ns
City Official Is
Ended
Garrett Hill Boys Entertain
Twenty-five members of tho CJnrrctt Hill
Boys' Club, of which Samuel Scovlllo, tho
Bryn Mawr lawyer and naturalist Is
director, entertained a big nudlenco last
night In the Bryn Mawr flrchouso with a
minstrel nnd vaudeville show. Androw A.
Blley was tho Interlocutor and the end
men wore Charles Baker, William Chap
pell, Thomas Norton nnd John Magulro.
Other participants wero Joseph Oane,
Joseph Smith. J. Ignatius Klrach, John
Powers, William Brown, George Mcllugli,
William. Devcrcux nnd Georgo Coane,
m a daily iSMn
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Contractors are estimating on a new
bank building at 1431-1433 Chestnut
street for the Logal Trust Company, The
structure, 37 by 95 feet, will be four stories
high, built of brick and stone. Bunting- &
Shrigley are the architects.
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Keep Well!
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HITS FARE RAISE PLAN
"Director TWlnlnR's usefulness .
on'oV"101"1 Ib ended. Ho should f resign at
Such was tho observation and demand
of Hornco V. MncKadyen. chairman of h.
Atl-Phlladclphla Itapld TranXt&M
at lllfl homo In T.vrnltm o.... i ?ue
ouBh this mornlm?. """"' "oxtor-
J.very toiler should Unlto In a rt.
mamt that he bo fired at once unless hi
bocs into voluntary retirement." continued
Mr. MncPadyen. It wns after a fir,
hour study of tho csontlal features of th
report and recommendations presented to
Councils' Klnanco Committee by v,
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sor, thnt Mr. MacFadyon spoko.
"fiver slnco I can remember there tit
been n demand for tho elimination of ti,
8-cent exchango ticket nnd a desire tl
force legislation that would Insuro a unU
vorsal B-cont fare," said he. "Yet In
spite of tho notation of years, Mr Twin
Ins calmly suggests nnd recommends in
Increase In faro to 526,000,000 persons
and pats himself on tho back for advli!
Ins thnt 30,000,000 moro persons b.
mulcted for $800,000 by tllo exchani-.
ticket tax, that this Is to continue f"
RomcthlnfT like 40 or GO years and run
up n srenter total, with tho increase of
the city's population.
"Mr. Twining nsks us to allow the P. R.
T. to contlnuo tho sale or exchange tickets
which bring In $880,000 a year, and that
wo nre then to pay soven-twelfths of a
cent moro on each of tho 525,000,000 rides
that havo been nbsolutoly a straight nickel
fnre. This means tho abolition of all
fi-cent fnres and adds $3,062,500 to the
carfare GUI of the toller or, with the ex
change ticket rovenue, a total of $3,042,000
moro for car rides than tho people want
to pay a sum that execedu the Interest
charge of a $50,000,000 loan by $1,692,500
nnnunlly, an excess that would amortize
tho original projected $60,000,000 loan In
2G years.
"Ho would havo us spond $35,000,000
for a patch system, but throws up his
hands In horror at tho thought of spend
ing $50,000,000. Tho difference would
amount to $075,000 Interest in a year at
4 14. Iwr rnlit np nhmtt 1.i nut nn .-.
On these figures."
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