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20-A Sunday. Mar. 15, 1981 Philadelphia Inquirer 4 Coping with the strike: There are ways to get around Ml MONTGOMERY COUNTY Era C0NSHOHOCCE BCRWVN J. xfoxchas SPRMG CHEST MUT HUfcNOGF MIOUON IIAIirtii SJ.IWWTINS7 wvrfunmjuH STMTON DEVON moil STRAFFORD WAYNE ST. DAVIDS RADNOR VIUANOVA ROSE MONT 'V BRYN mawr I WSTHI 2 4 WBTHI ulttCBIAftn.

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No matter how you plan to gerftf1 and from the airport, remember it is going to take longer and you" must allow extra time. The city and the Greater Philadel- phia Chamber of Commerce have been working for more than two weeks on methods of easing the con-sequences of a strike. The city has extended office hours now 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. in order to permit stag- gering schedules of employees.

It will use city vehicles for car pooling city workers, and it will use city trucks and automobiles to shuttle city employees to and from remote parking locations at JFK Stadium, the Philadelphia Zoo and the site of the old Philadelphia General Hospital, near the Civic Center. Some major hospitals and universities are providing transportation to the nearest Conrail stations along major arteries in the city for pa- tients, employees, students and faculty members. The chamber compiled a 27-page memorandum and sent copies to 2,600 member companies, presenting guidelines and suggestions to help them and their employees cope with -the strike. The memorandum said -that while "we feel the responsibility will rest on the inividual employee to get to and from work within the scheduled work hours, companies should lend all assistance possible for the assembly and full-scale use of available alternate transportation, and assist in the formation of car pools." The chamber also suggested that companies, whenever possible, stagger work hours so that the work trips are not during peak hours (7 to 9 a.m. and 4 to 6 p.m.).

It provided the com- TIAniQ Uith A lict nf rnnuniilaMraln CLIFTON ROSE VALLEY MORTON WALLINCFORD 8WARTHMORE SECANE A MOYLAN. By John F.Clancy Inquirer Staff Writer Getting around Philadelphia without SEPTA is difficult but not impossible. The key is to plan ahead. For instance. Conrail commuter trains will be running more or less as usual.

Find out if there is a train station near you, what time the trains leave there and how to get to and from the train station. If you ride a bicycle or drive, where will you park? Can you walk from the train terminal to your job? If at all possible, leave your car at home. If you must drive to work, try to set up a car pool among workers, neighbors and friends. Find out where you can park your car. The city has established 15,000 free parking spaces, but it requests that you have more than one person in your car.

Above all, make sure that you park legally. The city also has set up an emergency hotline number, 686-4960, tended by up to 30 persons around the clock, where information may be obtained on how to get from one place in the city to another. Callers should provide their ZIP code to help get correct information. One source of transportation in Center City frequently is overlooked the PATCO High Speed Line (Lin-denwold Line). Within the city it is is a subsurface line with stations at Eighth and Market Streets and along Locust Street at 10th, 12th and 16th Streets.

The ride within the city costs 55 cents. You can get into town from the suburbs and outlying areas of the city on the Conrail commuter lines along the tracks of the old Penn Central Railroad and Reading Co. Conrail has said it will use every piece of rolling equipment it has, add ticket agents and increase the number of stops on most runs in the vent of a strike. Tickets will be collected at train platform entrances in the 30th Street and Suburban Stations and the Reading Terminal and on the platforms of outlying stations. No tickets will be collected aboard the trains, and ticket collectors on train platforms will not accept cash for payment of fares, so tickets must be purchased in ad- BUCK COUNTY 1 J-? I .11 III I I -m cuumu I un AMOAIUSIA a A NEW JERSEY CONRAIL -PATCO Philadelphia.

InquirerPETER FALCHETTA line's information service can tell you how many zones are involved in your commuting distance. If you will be going to or coming from the Philadelphia International Airport in Southwest Philadelphia, remember that there will be no SEPTA bus service between the airport and Center City. Even more important, there will be no shuttle buses which usually carry passengers from the long-term parking lots to the airport terminal buildings. Airport patrons would be best served taking a taxi or an airport limousine or have someone drive them to and from the airport, rather than leaving their car in the long-term parking 1 KTACDHV pumyr MOORE RIDLEY PARK CRUMLYNNE BALDWIN WE ST MONT" HADDONFKLD liiiiiilllllll RED ARROW s. KW1 9 I WW vance at stations.

Entrances to the Reading Terminal will be assigned to certain trains to speed loading and unloading. Despite all the special procedures, delays are expected, so plan to take an earlier train than normal. "The seating capacity of the commuter fleet will be greatly exceeded if the SEPTA transit shutdown does occur," said Richard B. Hoff, eastern region manager for the SEPTA service provided by Conrail. "This will be trying to our regular passengers, and we ask them for their patience and cooperation because there undoubtedly will be crowded and delayed trains." SEPTA is struck but talks go on 1 1 1 'liSf ia I i II I Iff I fjfj! I b'9 savinss on cribs' dressers mre vur MANAVUNI ARDMORE WISSAHK BALA mfriomX tiKT AOS aiDT ttnetST.

rilMIMl tHiIT LANSDOWNE iimos Jr ft mm rnnvnjs CUR PARK SUBURB STATION SHARON Ml rULCROFr OLENOLDEN For information about Conrail schedules, you may call 574-7800, which also can provide data on SEPTA lines still in operation: the Red Arrow lines in Delaware and Montgomery Counties and the Frontier lines in Delaware County. Red Arrow lines also has an information number, 734-1300, and Frontier information can obtained by calling 279-8400. If you are to use Red Arrow lines to get into the city, remember that there will be no service beyond the 69th Street Terminal. Instead, you should take a Red Arrow bus to a Conrail station and then take a train into downtown Philadelphia. Three Red Arrow routes that run CHECKS ATVPUHOCXEN 1 2) TWUHOC KAiTwwrwut fsatlsf into Center City will not be in operation.

They a Routes 44, 44G and 45. Routes 101 (Media trolley) and 102 (Sharon Hill trolley) will be converted to bus routes for the duration of the strike. Red Arrow bus routes that will continue to operate are 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 74, 76, 77, 80, 81, 83, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 111, 112, and 113. Route 100 will continue operating as a trolley. Frontier lines in operation will be Routes 95, 96, 97, 98 and 99.

Remember to have your exact fare ready as you board the bus. The base fare on the Red Arrow lines is 65 cents, plus 30 cents per zone. The ums' No Problem' Snoiy return vour purcruse witn original carton ft receiot vour money win oe refunded instantly action our CoalTrw, stations, fare schedules, a list of Red Arrow buses serving railroad stations, a schematic map of commuter lines and a list of limousine transportation to and from International Airport. ty of even bigger problems in coming fiscal years because of President Reagan's proposed curtailment of federal subsidies. Under the old contract, SEPTA'S experienced bus drivers worked; eight hours over a 12-hour period.

They have said that because they are idle and unpaid during off-peak hours, there is no need for SEPTA to hire part-time employees. 2 Late last week SEPTA softened its demands, agreeing to limit the use ofJ part-timers and promise job protect tion to current employees. Despite the critical role the'jobt security issues have come to play the talks, several participants said in recent days that they believed SEPTAL would back off entirely and agree to; retain the contract clauses. Those clauses prohibit the layoff of employ-J ees with one year's experience tyid forbid the hiring of part-time staff, A union source said earlier last! night that if the two sides came to terms on wages, the other issues would fall into place. Another major issue still to be resolved was a new method of promotion that went into effect last March, which advanced mechanics on the basis of tests.

The tests met with widespread opposition last year, which climaxed with DiClerico's defeat of the past leadership in fall union elections. While DiClerico has voiced a militant stance on behalf of the ubIo'I his opponents in the talks have pro ected a tough image as well. David Gunn, who became general manager of SEPTA in 1979, carries the reputation of taking a hard anti-union line from his previous job at Boston's transit system. r.zz-z In past strikes, attendance at city schools dropped and area businessti lost as much as $2.2 million a day in sales. To minimize those effects the event of a strike today, the Green, administration has announced plana' to open special parking lots around the city, ease some parking restriqj tions and form car pools for 30,001 city employees.

Deadline nears on coal pact; I. II A A f-fSJ Ull Auociated Preu WASHINGTON Negotiators for the coal industry and the United Mine Workers (UMW) union began virtually nonstop bargaining yesterday as the deadline approached for a tentative contract settlement. The atmosphere at a downtown hotel here was tense representatives of management and labor em-, barked on what both Sides agreed would be a long weekend at the bar- gaining table. Neither the UMW nor the Bitumi- nous Coal Operators Association, chief industry bargaining agent, offered any public assessment of the talks, which sources say have stalled over the volatile issue of miners' pensions. The current threeyear contract between the UMW and the coal operators expires March 27, as does a separate pact with the Association of Bituminous Contractors, covering mine construction workers.

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"We have been at the tail end of the dog," said Lindner, who called SEPTA'S offer "far short." State negotiator Edward Feehan suggested just before midnight that the strike be delayed. At that point, Lindner was upstairs at the Sheraton negotiations, but most of the members of the union's executive committee were downstairs voting to go on strike promptly. Lindner said that when Feehan suggested the delay, he tried unsuc cessfully to get downstairs to report Feehan 's suggestion. However, he said, the hotel's elevators were slow because of a large number of guests at an insurance brokers' convention and Lindner did not get downstairs until the executive committee had agreed to call the strike. Two years ago, a brief strike was settled quickly, just after the contract deadline.

But in 1977, the workers walked off their jobs for 44 days; in 1975, workers struck for 16 days before a new contract was reached. Just three hours before the deadline, key union officials were pessimistic on the prospects of averting a strike, noting that the question of wages had yet to be discussed. "It does not look very good right now," said one. SEPTA officials "haven't put anything on the table," he said. Yet Feehan was carrying proposals from room to room at the Sheraton, shuttling offers between the union and the company in an effort to head off a strike.

And neither side was ready to rule out a settlement. At 9:10 p.m., union president Dominic DiClerico emerged from his fifth-floor room, headed for SEPTA'S 22d-floor room with coffee cup in hand. "We are trying like hell to avoid a strike," he said. Asked if the strike could be averted, he said, "I hope so." SEPTA board chairman David Gi-rard-diCarlo, sitting by his telephone at home last night, refused to comment on how talks were progressing. A strike was expected to have minimal impact today, because travel on the authority's routes within the city is lightest on Sundays.

But beginning tomorrow, should tne sinne continue, anout daily commuters would be without transportation to work, school or shopping, and the shutdown would swell ridership on Conrail's rail commuter lines, sever connecting points with SEPTA'S suburban lines and add to Center City traffic congestion. Although discussions have been going on for days, the talks have centered on peripheral issues, as both sides appeared reluctant to discuss possible wage settlements too early. Negotiations have dealt with pensions and vacations, as well as such potentially explosive issues as efforts by SEPTA to win more flexibility to furlough workers and hire part-time employees. The authority has said that because of its bleak financial picture, it needs to begin eliminating its least profitable services. SEPTA officials have projected a $16 million deficit for the year ending June 30, which includes such non-cash items as depreciation.

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