The Street railway journal (1905) (14761358632)

Identifier: streetrailwayj261905newy (find matches)
Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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all North and South Lines 28,500,420 165,537,343 Total of all East and West Lines 27,108,938 148,662,218 Total of all L Lines 14,134,412 88,694,684 Grand Total of all Lines 69,743,770 402,894,245 built. In Berlin the situation is largely the same as in New York,and the avenue itself is short and its equipment with tracks wouldnot appreciably relieve the traffic situation, while the Thames Em-bankment will undoubtedly be equipped within a few years. Thismust ultimately be the course adopted in Philadelphia, as the actualcost to the city and to its residents of devoting the only availableand satisfactory street for north and south travel to lumberingstages and to the automobiles and other carriages of the wealthy Menormous. When this is done and the surface transportation inPhiladelphia is supplemented by a subway extending under theentire, or the greater part of, both Market and Broad Streets, thetraffic situation will be greatly relieved. u 8 i Supplement to the Street Railway Journal
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Prepared and Engraved for The Street Railway Journal, by J. L. Smith, Philadelphia September 23, 1905.) STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 477