European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 23, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Dail Magazine big Betsy is. The dime new York times 2 Little used is the new Betsy Ross Bridge with its one Way 60-cent toil while business booms for its rickety neighbor spanning the Delaware River. The reason is a 50-cent difference in their tolls. By Don Janson new York times he Delaware River port authority which operates Bridges Over the Delaware River to link Pennsylvania and new Jersey seem to have produced a White elephant for its newest  1976 it opened its fourth the Betsy Ross Bridge a $105-million Beauty that stretches for 3.4 Miles Between Philadelphia and Pennsauken township new Jersey. Use of the eight Lane Span costs a Motorist 60 cents one Way. But anyone can Cross for a dime two Miles up Stream on the Tacony Palmyra  is not As new or spectacular. In fact it is downright rickety by comparison. The Burlingto county new Jersey Bridge commission bought it for a song in 1948. It is now an old fashioned Bridge worse it creates traffic jams when opened to permit vessels to pass through. The Betsy Ross needs no openings. It soars 135 feet above the water. But at 10 cents a crossing inconvenience apparently is no big Deal in its first full year last year the Betsy Ros Drew some 11,000 vehicles a Day compared with seven times that for its Little four Lane neighbor. The totals for the year were 23 million to 3 million. This meant a $1.5-million deficit for the big Betsy and a $641,302 surplus for the dime a throw  the Betsy Ross still looks deserted to users the. Port authority has not Given up. Several tactics to lure business have been tried. One was to charge no tolls at night in order to accustom users to trying the bigger  had to be dropped because trucks which ordinarily pay $2 to $4 to Cross abandoned not the Tacony but the authority s Benjamin Franklin Bridge Between Philadel phia and Camden to the South in order to Cross free far ther upstream. So the authority advertised the benefits of using the efe Tsy Ross compared with the Tacony Palmyra. It told newspaper readers radio listeners and Televik saturday september 23, 1978 Sion viewers there were no delays for Bridge open Ings on its Bridge no traffic slowdowns with eight lanes and better connections with interstate 95 on the Philadelphia Side. The Betsy Ross is doing a Little better this year. The authority predicts the red Ink will not be quite As  the dime Bridge remains jammed and shows no signs of yielding enough business to make its new rival Profita  authority once sounded out the Burlington county Bridge commission about taking Over the Tacony. The commission and the county s freeholders who appoint the commissioners told the authority to get lost. Tolls produce Money for Road work in the county. The authority could Force the Issue. It has the Power Totake Over and condemn the old Bridge and make a Winner of its new one. But for now anyway it does t dare. The uproar would be too great. The stars and stripes Page 13