EVENING LEDGfiR-PHILADEJLPHIA, WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER U, 1916
1
MAMNG FEATURES OF PROPOSED1
LEASE Aivi Tnts lb 14 AUKtitiMENT
free Transfers,
proposed lease 1914 agreement.
, lrnsfr shall be jrfven "Free transfers to be given
.. - -...fA lines of the wherever surface lines lntr viv
?t,riect the high-speed lines speed lines (City's and Company's) at
of the city's system or the station ijolnU, enabling a jwsstnW
ZSA street line ai iwwniwmwi . n..BiCr m lorwara mrecuon, but
!?? ". MBMxiKer to transfer in a the aforesaid freo transfers shall not
,B2f Sictlon. but free transfers bo made In the business district until
Ii bo Droded In the delivery January 1, 1920."
LS'hStanen Arch and Walnut
fct between Are n.iawaro
fifi until -
wVPENSATOUY PAYMENTS FOR EXCHANGE TICKETS.
lderation oi wio """" " . uujiua oi mo elimination
(KB?
f J2"dinc tickets, and the ex- of exchun tickets for the company
1U surrender and pay oyer to therefor, ns above provided, thetlty
"" ttin accruals to tne aaws oi wuum nKreo to release the company
dB"1" ".r: . ,! to the daU
& Mntrsct in the sinking fund ac- from tho payment of the tax now paid
ll'Ar-i.nU to said sinking fund the amount of approximately $110.-
'" Tlwmfrom , or until 000 per annum for a period of
Jr w under tho 1907 contract, upon dividends of subsidiary company
Sf?.Mltrmit the lessee to postpone stocks, as provided by ordinance, in
JUi
m" wL .MAimt no surrendered six years onlv. or n tnikl nmmmf
,trUtDoned shall bo mado up by approximately 5690,000. The city
iLj. larcer annual pvi. i r ;. . . . "1D """pany
S-iid sinking fund by the lessee the accrual in the sinking fund and
Hnw'll as will bo required to permit the company to postpone future
u.n the same amount in such payments into the sinking fund for
rul fund at It"0 aaio oi ten yearn irom juiy l, 1914, the sink.
!?,.- hn 1907 contract ex- Ing fund payments so surrendered and
53 ?OP . years) as would postponed to bo made up of such
jo, interest " - -", " v" " ,-,7'XZm .
ner ceni. uci nm..... - i'"" - iimiuiuiu mn years as
t-i u v nrifrinnl nr hrrttilo will ne renuired tn nmdnr. k .....
fW nr?Tl ..fa nnvments at June amount in tho slrfklncr fund nt -
ijr smwni. piration of tho 1907 contract extended
"iFutnermore,foraperifdof for seven years, as would, with in-
L- btirinnlng '. or ,untll tercst included, have been produced
the dtv will relieve tho lessee by the original sinking fund payment
7rnaVment of tho present taxes at tho end of the fifty-year term."
i dividends In excess of 6 per cent." .
KyOR SMITH'S TRANSIT PLAN
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ni r ri On.
Mrfl. to the ieniavivn
agreement
JdtaT former Director Taylor.
L A VOLUMINOUS DOCUMENT
W f ""''" .--.written noitea
IZZ an'roVta led exam.nattorf Impoeslt,..
p1,.l davi. but In main essentials Jt
MIrL.r.iv with the 1014 agreo-
,lo"iTr . rn;t exDerts. The
I SSJntot Mayor Smith that the lease Is
I'fiffSca Ihe J Areement Is being
b-l in good faith V u,e pp''
KetetM ",.UV.. i. tooVlnir to Mr.
Bra .unut O- domlnt
J but In the enure irar.o.i. ..lu..... .- ...-
r vjnM Sheldon Potter, discussing the
EwttMsce today, said:
Si -It was a wi&o iinna w " "----j&wljloni
for making the public familiar
Cirttfi erery detail Deioro ..jr -
r &.L.K nniv i.nuiiLiio - ""F"" -
?wod by which the-new transit lines
SSd be operated, and. the Mayor In mak
fhfwnestlons to them did the only thing
?"xiia do. He iurnlshed a basis of nego
' SWen In his proposition, and now,lt s up
K Councils." . . ., ...
5 Jtorry rrencn. preiun.
MBiber of Commerce, was asked(what he
Mfht of the Mayor's plan, but would only
f...., h. had nn mmm,nt to make at this
ll,l!fc-. . -.. ..l.fm.
DT. Edwara IS. uieanon. in'"
rnnnril Mid that while he had been
ijti'uie president's chair yesterday, he had
fil, lnt.rrimt.il too ITVUCh tO Pay Strict
iUon to the message, and had not had
n to reaa u sinco men. wnn. .v .
i won't express an opinion, he-said. .
i-i . :.....
"y- DEUAY IN WNBIUWU"!"''
, Cwncllmanle boaies wm noi iuko up mo
.Ctmsslon of Mayor Smith's plan for leas-
dty-bullt transit lines to tne .-nuau-
Iuipld Transit company qoro uid
of the nrrsent month. The delay was
died upon today at a conference between
MjA'nnin Joseph P. Qaftney, ot Councus-
nuace Committee, ana Director -i wining,
ut tse Dertartment of Transit.
Ifce plan now Is to give the widest pos
tftri publicity to the scheme, and, with this
mi In view, the lengthy ordinance contaln
fcCUtt provisions of the proposed lease will
Vesrlnted and some fle hundred copies will
"', U lent to the officers of the various busl-
snd civic associations in Tho city. Tnese
irs will be asked to call their organ!-
MUwa torether to ko over the plans, so as
i'W be prepared to ozpress their views on
'.; leaie when the final public hearings
m mm in city nan in jsovemDer.
1 JJtjror Smith Is In entire accord with the
of city financiers to give wide pub
to the lease provisions and time for
wtful study of the whole situation,
fteries Seger, chairman of the committee
M Mreet railways, is also In accord with
ptan, and he and Chairman Oaffney
Jl confer within the next few days on a
J for holding the first pubho meeting of
.H t)o councilmanlo committees entrusted
with the ordinance previous to Its being
offered In Councils for adoption or rejec
tion. .
QAFFNBT'S STATEMENT
In speaking of the plana of Councils,
Chairman Oaffney today said:
"Every one will agree that the matter of
the lease la too big a proposition to be
handled hastily. "We mean to make all
progress possible without Interfering with
a full study of the provisions In the or
dinance. I want to make a study ot It and
I believe that most Phltadelphlans feel
the same way about It I nave suggested
the printing ot S00 copies, and these will be
sent to those most Interested tn the transit
situation. Several weeks will necessarily
elapse while this general study Is under
taken and In the meantime I think It would
not be wise for the councllmanlc com
mittees to take up the ordinance.
The ordinance provides that the city shall
build and the Philadelphia Itapld Transit
Company shall equip and operate all or "any
of the following lines.
Broad street subway with branches.
Frankford elevated.
Thirty-fifth Ward surface line.
Darby elevated.
Parkway-Northeast subway-elevated.
Delivery loop.
Chestnut street subway.
The complete abolition of the eight-cent
exchange tickets and the establishment of
universal five-cent fares Is provided for
within a period of years not yet deter
mined. The method of financing Is basically the
same as that given In the 10 M tentative
agreement. With a sinking fund for the
amortisation of the cost ot equipment to
the company, and a reserve fund, which Is
to be under the direction ot a salaried board
consisting of three members.
SAFETY FIRST
Particular emphasis Is laid upon the de
tails of equipment. The operating com
pany Is required, under the terms of the
ordinance, to Install the moat modern
safety devices, the most comfortable rolling
stocK ana tne most modern methods of ven
tilation. Overcrowding of cars Is directly
prohibited.
The 1907 agreement between the city and
the transit company Is to be amended to
permit the city to relieve the company of
part of Its obligations In return for the
abolition of the exchange tickets. The
financial arrangements are made so as to
repay the operator for his Investment In
equipment, to arrange for a rental to en
able to retire the bonds issued to build the
system and to divide profits on the baBls
of the ratio of Investments by the city and
the company.
There is no provision for the construction
of a Camden tube.
Transit Director William .8. Twining said
today that the lease embodied In the or
dinance, with the exception of the new.llnes
authorized by Councils and the dates left
blank, is In all Its conditions identically the
same as the UK tentative agreement.
The communication, which the Mayor
read to Councils before presenting the leas
ordinance follows In part
"With ths people I shall sgnd. "What
they want In rapid transit. Is what I
want. Among the mas of maps, plans,
specifications, programs, data, state,
menta and reports submitted to me was
a draft of an agreement prepared some
time In lilt by the then Director of
Transit, the parties to which were the
city, the Philadelphia lUpId Transit
Company, the Union Traction Company
and the Market Street FJevated Pas.
senger JUIlway Company, ths subhet
matter ot which was the operation by
these companies, upon the conditions
therein specified, of the following lines:
Frankford Line, Darby "Line, Uroad
Street Line and Delivery Loop, and a
reference to the Camden tub. This
agreement was never executed.
TRANSIT OFFICIALS' LKTTnil
Discussions ensued In the public press
as to whether It had ever been sub
mitted to or accepted. In whole or In
part, by the proposed operating com
panies. In the public press recently
appeared the following letter, purport
ing to have been communicated by the
signers thereof to the directors of the
Philadelphia Itapld Transit Company,
on May 31, Kit;
"On behalf of R. T. 8totesbury and
ourselves we present herewith the out
line ot a plan of rapid transit develop
ment by the city and tho company which
has been formulated after extended con
ferences with the representatives of the
city administration and City Councils.
"In the opinion of all of us It wilt
give the cltlsens the fullest opportunity
of enjoying the very large Investment to
be made by the city and the company In
the new development, and at the same
time otter a Just and fair solution ot
the problems which the changed condi
tions of travel will present.
k "As the Union Traction Company Is
Interested In the matter, and as Its co
operation Is essential, we recommend
that a committee be appointed to take
up the questions with a like committee
of the Union Traction Company.
"HORATIO a. LLOTD.
TIIOMA8 E. MITTEN."
The xennlnenr.s and authenticity of
that letter remain unchallenged, and.
that being the rate, 1 re.olved that If
the 1SI4 draft had la that year ben
formulated as a baals at netltlon for
the equipment and operation of tbo
cltr-bnllt lines by the Philadelphia
ILpId Tranult Company, there was no
apparent reaeon why It thould not act
la a .Imllar rapacity In 191S.
, I therefore laitrneted my Illreelor of
Tranult to bring the IBM draft down to
dole so ai to Include therein tho new
lines aulhortted by 'the ISIS ordlnaneo,
the Camden tube, the construction of
which ha not been antherlied, but tho
operation of which. If yon deem mate
rial, may bo provided for by amend
ment. IMi tho IllreeUr has done, and
the reled draft Is Incorporated In. the
propoeed ordinance hereto attached.
I would respectfully urge upon ytra
that publlo opportunity be given for a
full and free.dlscusslon ot all the terms
and provisions of the proposed ordi
nance and agreement, so that the great
eit problem facing the cltlsens and offi
cials of the city may be honestly, fairly
and equitably solved.
Slnoo this Is a financial as well as a
transit problem, I would respectfully
suggest to your honorable bodies that
the ordinance be referred to the Finance
and Street Railways Committees Jointly.
To the general public the moat Interesting
section ot the ordinance Is the one on the
abolition of exchange tickets wherein Mayor
Smith follows the recommendations ot ex
Director Taylor. The wording ot the two
articles, with blanks to be filled tn here,
after, Is as follows:
rltOORAM OF AIIOLITION
The lessee agrees to abolish from the
leasee's system on
all of the present three-cent exchange
tickets, except In the delivery district,
which Is defined as bourided by Arch
and "Walnut streets Inclusive and the
Delaware and Schuylkill rivers, where
the said exchange tickets may be sold
and used as at present until and In
cluding , , when nuch re
maining exchange tickets shall be abol
ished. On and after . ......... one
free transfer shall U)e allowed to each
passenger paying a five-cent (5c) fare
and using exclusively the lessee's sys
tem In a forward direction at any point
where lines of the lessee's system In
tersect outside ot the delivery district
as above denned.
On and after , , one free
transfer shall be allowed each passen
ger paying a five-cent (5c) fare and
using exclusively the lessee's system
In a forward direction at any point
In Philadelphia where tinea ot the lea
see's system Intersect.
The city Is authorlxed to enforce equip
ment and In case ot default on Uie part
ot the lessee Is authorised tn declare the
provisions of the contract void and to pay
the lessee the cost ot equipment furnished,
upon agreed terms, or may proceed upon
any securities or bring suit for speclflo
performances or for Injunction.
The lessee Is to make payments to the
city out ot Its revenues for the advantages
nnd privileges accorded. The gross
revenues of the city's system shall consist
of revenues from transportation and revenue
from operation other than transportation,
together with all gross receipts or gross
earnings or other Income or profit from
all sources derived from tho operation and
use of the city's system.
From these gross returns are to be de
ducted expenrca exclusive of maintenance
and damages necessarily Incurred by the
lessee In operating the city's system; taxes,
WHERE 5-CENT FARES WON'T PREVAIL
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According to the proposed transit ordinance, the lessee (the P. R. T.)
will agree to abolish all present three-cent exchange tickets except in
the delivery district (shaded), bounded by Arch and Walnut streets
and the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers.
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Features of Proposed
Lease of Transit Lines
TEASE, as incorporated in ordi--
nance, is based directly upon
1914 tentative agreement with
changes only in dates and the inclu
sion of new lines.
o o '
Refore It is submitted to Phila
delphia Rapid Transit Company or
passed by Councils public hearings
will be held before councllmanlc
committee.
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Ordinance provides for abolition
of eight-cent exchange tickets nnd
the substitution of universal free
transfers in all sections of the city,
except the central business district,
and in the business district after an
undetermined number ot years.
As compensation for abolition of
exchange tickets the city will permit
postponement of futuro payments in
sinking fund for a number of years
not yet determined, the surrender of
sinking funds accumulated Under
1007 contract, and for a number of
years not yet specified tho P. R. T.
will be relieved from present taxes
on dividends in excess of six per
cent.
Public Service Commission will bo
required to approve contract beforo
It can be executed.
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Termination of 1907 contract to
be placed further in future. Num
ber of years of cxtcntlon not yet
determined.
Disputes between company and
city to be settled by arbitration.
Surplus earnings to be divided
between city nnd company in pro
portion to their respective invest
ments. 00
Salaried reserve fund board of
three members, one appointed by
city, one by company nnd ono by
Public Service Commission, to be
established with power to control re
serve fund, which is required t,Q be
established. , ,
.
Lessee is to assume responsibility
for any accidents and damage Suits
as the result of operation of lines., .
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
TO CONFER DEGREES ON
MANY MEMBERS TODAY
Fourth AYardf Highest In Or
der, Will Be Conferred
With Elaborate Cere
monies at Hotel
STATES REPRESENTED
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If any, upon property used by th IVssee' In
the operation of tho city's system?,' to
gether with all taxes and goverfunental
charges of every description whch i may
be assessed against the lessee, or agttlnst
the city Incident to the malntenanco' oV the
city's system. Also a maintenance, re
serve, a depreciation reserve, a damago re
serve, a contingency reserve. it
From the net Income, which Is the
amount remaining after the deductions
are made, the lessee Is also authcfrlied In
each fiscal year to deduct Interest on
lessee's Investment ; equipment amortisation
fund: Market street line rental: net
preferential payment to lessee an amount
which may bo paid to tho lessee during
the early operation of the city's system
for protecting the lessee against loss by
decrease of business due to diversion of
traffic from the lines now existing; Interest
snd sinking fund charges on the city's
Investment.
The fourth degree, the highest In the
order, will be exemplified by the Knights ot
Columbus ot District No. 1, liastern Tann
ylvanla and Detaware, today at the Uelte-vue-Stratford.
More than ISO members,
the largest number ever participating tn this
State, will havs part In ths Imposing exercises.
The candidates In the initiatory class rep.
resent Torto lllco, Illinois, New York, New
Jersey and Pennsylvania, and Include mon
slgnorl,, priests and laymen of prominence
In their respective sections. The degree ex
emplification Is under the direction of John
V, Loughney, master for the district, with
the following staff ofllcers assisting. Sam
uel Brown, James P. Kogarly, Michael J.
Mcfinery, Hugh 11. Dunlap, Francis A. Mc
Carron, John F. Myers, Kdward Med rath,
tho Ilev. James A. Dalton and Joseph C.
McMenamln.
This Is the first time Ihe flegree has been
exemplified In a hotel and the decorations
are on an elaborate scale for the occasion.
A reception, dance and dinner will be held
In the ballroom and Clover Iloom of the hotel
In the evening. These functions will be at
tended by tho members of the Fourth De
gree and their ladles, the newly Inltlateu
candidates nnd prominent persons from
Philadelphia and other placet who have
been Invited to attend, Included among the
guests are Mayor Smith, Governor Brum
baugh. Judges Head and Williams, of ths
Superior Court, nnd thi Congressman repre
senting Philadelphia districts.
The committee In charge of the reception
consists of William A. Hayes, chairman;
Thomas J. Cleary. secretary; Daniel Wade,
treasurer: Ilobect Hepburn. Thomas tIc
Kahnev John J. Keohane. Charles W. Pfaff.
& It. Clinton. Joseph J. O'l.oughlln. James J.
Baney. IMward V. Judge. John F. Myers.
John A. Qulnn. P. J. O'Brien. William J.
Drier. F. A. Scott. F. A. McCarron. (leorge
P. Phillips, John II. Walsh. James F. Cox
and Albert J. Crawford.
The master a committee consists of Thlllp
S. McDevltt. Christopher J. Kelly. William
II. Feoney. James W. Wafer, Frank X. Gaff
ney and Joseph C. McMenamln, secretary.
REGISTRARS ACCUSED
BY "SEVENTY SLEUTH
Two Officials and Two Other
Men Held it Alleged
Fraud
A cleverly executed trap te ofeUla tre4
evidence of an alleged plot to mamtfaetor
Republican votes by means ot false rente
tratlona In ths Thirteenth Ward result e4
last night In the arrest of two members ot
ths registration Board of ths eighteenth
division and two other men accused (
conspiring to register "John Barr," In
mate for three days of a Tenderloin lodg.
Ing house, who was In rrallty Joseph Bonja
mln. Investigator for the Committee of
Seventy.
He was the leading witness against ths
prisoners at a hearing before Magistrate
Imbes in Night Court, where all four wers
held In MOO ball for a further hearing on
Friday. By that time. It Is expected that
Wiree other men, Including a division leader
and additional registration board members,
will hare been placed under arrest.
The arrested men are Lewis Folk. 41t
North Ninth street. Itepubllcan registrar;
Arno Leonhardt. SIS Callowhlll street.
Democrats registrar; John Conway. 304
North Ninth street, and CJeorge 11, Slavln.
clerk of the Acme Lodging House, 30
North Ninth street
The testimony of Benjamin Is to the ef
fect that he took up his residence In tha
Acme Lodging House on October 4 and that
when he mentioned to Blavln that he wished
he could vote and "make a bit" Slavln In
troduced him to Conway, who In turn pre
sented him to the division leader. The lat
ter on Saturday, which was registration
day. Induced one of the registrars to prd
cure a tax receipt In tha name of "John
Barr." After this had been done "John
Barr entered the polling place, having been
vouched for as a resident of 30 Ndrti
Ninth street for three months by the leader
and registered.
Hotel Man Sent to Jail .
MAUCH CHUNK. Pa.. Oct. 11. Judgs
Barber has sentenced HarVey A. Iloth. a
Little Gap hotel man, to pay a fine ot J300
and costs and to serve fifty days In tho coun
ty jail for selling liquor on Sundays and In
wholesale quantities with his retnll license.
Last week the" Court revoked the license,
the fifth action of the kind since Judge
"DID I SAY SNIVEL SERVICE?"
National Civil Reform League Asks Ex
planation of Vice President Marshall
NEW YortK. Oct. 11. The National
Civil Service Reform League made public
today a copy of n letter sent on October S
to Vice President Marshall by Richard
Henry Dana nnd George T. Keyes, president
and secretary of tho league, respectively.
The league asked a reply so as to be In
a position to deny a newspaper report that
the Vice President had declared:
"Did 1 say 'civil service' or 'snivel serv
ice' T They both mean the name. We
found the offices guarded by snivel service,
and our only regret was that we couldn't
ry more of the appointees loose and fill
their places with Democrats."
To the league It seemed "Inconceivable
that the Vice President would publicly ad
vocate the use ot the public service to re
ward partisan services."
Enameled
Clocks
Delicate tints, in tnrOel- M
ing cases, for the
bureau. Minute re
peaters and plain time.
Z.J.Pequignot
Jewels
1331 Walnut Street
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THE MOST WONDERFUL
OVERCOATS IN ANY
PHILADELPHIA STORE
"MOHAIR WBS" $15
Unless you
look at the
price ticket
you will say
they are $25
overcoats.
As a matter of fact
they are. We are al
ways leading, and as
soon as we found the
"Mohair Nub" fabric
was to be the popular
cloth this Fall we set
about to have a won
derful coat to sell for
$15.
So here are the coats
and the specifications:
Box coats with patch
pockets, self or velvet
collars. Sleeves and
shoulders silk lined.
Sleeves with turned-up
detachable 'cuffs.
Cloth rainproofed.
The only mystery about
the coats is ihe price
$15
William It
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1217-1219 Chestnut Street
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