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EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, APRIL 30, 1917
MODEL BELT LINE
NEEDED IN CITY
Sharp Contrast Between
That in New Orleans and
Philadelphia's
PUBLIC CONTROL BEST
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Southern City Enjoys Railroad
Advantages Not Furnished
by System Here
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By A NEW ORLEANS VISITOR
(Thin la the first of two nrtlrfm, the (econrt will
bo puMl.hM tomorrow)
Comparing the port ot N'ew Orleans ttlth
the port of rhllntlclphli, to tho oWnnnt
trmclor from tlio South there are two
tallent features here thit form a strlk
lnff nnrt Immediate, contrast with harbor
facilities In the ("rcieent City
In tho first place, lick nf munlclpit own
ership of right-of-way frontage on tho Doll-
waro nnd Schuylkill nivers Is Instantly np
piient Tho entire harbor fiontago of N'cw
Orleans has been preserved by tho Sttto of
Louisiana ns a public heritage, rorefathers
of tho present business generation there,
In order to turn that most valuable ot com
munity assets Into maximum account for
promoting commerce, through amendment
of tho constitution enabled tho Board of
Port Commissioners of Xew Orleans to ex
ercise uncommon powers In de eloping port
facilities under Us Jurisdiction. 'With the
exception of 47G0 feet of water frontage
owned by the Illinois Central Hallroad ccry
Inch of ground on the rlxer front Is owned
by tho municipality llen tho rallroid s
property Is subject to appropriation
Only 13 per cent of Philadelphia's water
frontage Is goerned bv niunlclpil owner
ship. Railroads, the I'ederal Goernment
nnd priato Interests control tho rest
Under such conditions tho dlsadantago to
tho port's deelopment Is olnloui
. Bnir i.ini: contrasts
In tho second phce Public Belt Bill
road utilities hero utifortunitelv are ham
pered To begin with, t.io Philadelphia
belt lines do net cntiitlj skill the river
fionts Further, nllhough Bl per tent of
the stock nf tho lino Is controlled by the
Board of Tiado nnd tho Chamber of Com
nieico It Is iu fact n. corporation legally
operating for profit, though it was created
and ovists for tho public Interest
Howcer, there Is a moement on foot to
eradlcato this e II a plan to extend the
belt's Hues In order that tracks nny bo
laid to each wharf and dock As an eco
nomic measure tho benefit of this change to
the shipper Is invaluable Mnc jeirs of
mlenuatc and clllclcut public belt serico In
Now Orleans Illustrates splendidly how Im
portant to tho progress of u great port Is
this particular utility
CJoorned by sKteen citizen tixpajers,
with the JIajor ns president, nil of whom
rero without remuneration tho Public Belt
Ttallioail In New Oi leans was organized In
August, 1008 As ,in experiment tho city
appropriated $500,000 to ptomote tho en
terpiise Foui most profitable jears followed this
progio3slo nue, atid at the end of that
period $2,000 000 moie was appropriated
As a icsult. the Hue owns its own engines,
delUcis nnd handles cars oer Its tracks
from the trunk lines to tho point of des
tination It fuitber delleis outgoing cits
from the place of loidlng to the nenest
freight connections on irlous rallunds
It Is not illfllcult tin ii to see tho tiemen
fious advantage nf a publicly owned and
conti oiled tciinlnal sstem such as this one,
which sklits the entire ilver frontago nn a
tiioad light nf waj Shippers iccele equal
treatment therib anil the city has com
mand nf fi eight tinnsfcis
FBi:ifJIT BATHS GRKATLV LOWKRUD
Befoie the Publli Belt Uillioid was es
tablished tho tnxt nf b nulling a slnglo tar
Hat late pei iiifHcnietit, honii times levied
$13. The geneial average was $fi Since Its
adoption the Hat late pel miAcmuil of
loided in imptj i.us Is mil) $.',
'1 be Publlt Belt osclianges with ten roads
'and assumes obligations of a common t.u
rier In size the main lino is 2) 9' miles long.
Its cotton .ueliotie division Is 1 J 8S miles
long nnd it i nwltUies, whuf tiatks, team
and vaid ti.irks me J0J1 milts long, mik
ing a total of TiS 01 miles of npeiation
It Is probablv the mint tllltlent iul)llcl
owned teiiuliial s.vstcm In tile United St ites
In Ills ippnrt on tiaiispoitatlnn by wiitei
In the I lilted Stitis, llcrbeit Knox Smith
Commissioner of Cnrpoiatlons, United
Mates Uepaitment nf I.tbur, fc.ilcl.
'Two liorts onlj, .New Orleans nnd han
1'iantl-to, nie notewoithv foi theli hlgli
ilegieo of public ownership, control, ef
flilt no and eiiulpnient '
He failed to Incluilo Montreal, however,
which Ii genei ll considered a model on
tho same plane
"At San I 'ram Isco there Is nn excellent
FjBteni of wharves iimlei State control,'
his report continues, 'which are kept open
for general tiaflic The wnter terminal in
theso cities Is by far the best in tho touu
trv." It Is a known fact that public belt facili
ties eliminate or rediue dravago problems
to a minimum.
New Orleans nnd Philadelphia m ly both
bo termed liver haibors, both easily ac
cessible for ocean vessels and both about
the same distance from tho sei
CAMDEN PUSHES WORK
FOR "WAR GARDENS"
Mass-Meeting Next Thursday in Y. M.
C. A. Ward Chairmen
Appointed
The fnrma garden committee appointed by
Mavor Ullls to further "war gardens" will
hold a mass-meeting to fuitlier tho causo
In the Camden V. M (' A auditorium next
Thursday evening. W P Burgee, a farm
cxpeit and member of tho New Jersey State
Agricultural Department, will bo tho prin
cipal speaker
Plans are being made for the allotment
of garden plots In many sections of Camden.
The work 1 being organized by ward chair
men who have been appointed. They aie:
Asa T,. Roberts, 603 North Fourth street :
David Jester, 325 North Sixth street; M S.
Mlddlcton, 538 Cooper street; A. B. Sparks,
600 South Fouitli street; J. H. Bowcn, 300
South Fifth street; Rlchaul Carney, 205
Chestnut street; K D Jntkson, SOS Broad
vva; William D Savers. Jr. 620 Spruce
street; William Derham. 1835 Dioadwuy;
Geoige I, Bender. 70G Washington street;
Dr. H. I, Rose, 652 State street; Charles
Hettinger, fltl York street; Georgo Mill
neaux, 2738 Harrison street; H. R. Kusii
ner. 1220 Princess avenue; A. t. Mll.er.
1462 Bradley avenue, all of Camden, and
R. 13. Zlmmeimann. of Mcrchantvlllo.
SLEUTH SHOT IN CHASE
Detective Sferlously Wounded in Effort
to Capture Car Thieves
A detective of tho Philadelphia and Read
lng Railway was probably mortally wounded
In a revolver duel with two alleged icar
thieves at American and Berks streets. He
Is George Rehl, of 543 North Terth street.
He wa shot In the back. He was taken to
St. Mary's Hospital.
Rehl and another detective attempted to.
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Last year you rolled billions of Burley cigarettes because -you
couldn't buy them ready-made. You certainly do love Burley; 60 million
pounds were poured out of those green, blue and red tins last year.
Do you know why you couldn't buy them? The shredded
Burley didn't work right for a cigarette flavor didn't hold.
So we had to go back to the old kitchen stove for the right idea.
And that old kitchen stove gave us a new principle in cigarette making.
The Burley tobacco -it's toasted
Just like buttered toast, hot. Simple, isn't it? All big discoveries are.
So there's Lucky Strike your real Burley cigarette at last with
the tobacco toasted to hold the flavor.
"It's toasted" that makes you want to try one, quick. And the
sooner you do the sooner you'll make a life contract with Lucky Strike,
the real Burley cigarette.
20
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If your dealer doe not
carry them, tend $lfora
carton of lOpackages to
The American Tobacco
Co., New York City.
How to open the package
Tear off pert of the top only, as chown
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