. The street railway review . in the Farmers Loanand Trust Building, aided In the experienced ad\ice oftheir en<fineer, Mr. William K. Wdrthen, jiast ]iresidentof the Societ\ of Ci\il ICnjrineers. Thex ha\e txtendedthe utmost courtes\ to all the promoters who have laidtheir schemes before them and thev have had no lack ofschemes to choose from. One of the leading New ^orkpapers has already blossomed into prophecy as to the spanning it with his steamers until the time comes for thegreat cantile\er bridge to be thrown across the estuar\-,and it will jirobably In- a long wiiile before he goes
. The street railway review . in the Farmers Loanand Trust Building, aided In the experienced ad\ice oftheir en<fineer, Mr. William K. Wdrthen, jiast ]iresidentof the Societ\ of Ci\il ICnjrineers. Thex ha\e txtendedthe utmost courtes\ to all the promoters who have laidtheir schemes before them and thev have had no lack ofschemes to choose from. One of the leading New ^orkpapers has already blossomed into prophecy as to the spanning it with his steamers until the time comes for thegreat cantile\er bridge to be thrown across the estuar\-,and it will jirobably In- a long wiiile before he goes outof business on that account. Mr. Samuel Spencer is anengineer and practical railroad man, well known onEngineering Commissions as one of the lirst ; hewas, before joining the commission, a director of theSuburban Rapid Transit Co., which was acquired bv theWall Street Napoleon, during the first stage of thediscussion, to form henceforth an integral part of theele\ated He is a member of the firm of Drexel,. NEW VOBK INDEEGBOUND decision, and has been roundly rated for it bv its con-temporaries. We shall probably hear from the onl\-reliable source within the next two or three weeks. The commissioners are men of such wide reputation,that it is hardly necessary to make more than a passingreference to their personalit\-. Mr. William Steinways name vibrates a chord through-out this continent, but he is more than musical, for he is arailroad man with \ ery large interests in Long IslandCity. Mr. Starin is the admiral of the North ri\er, AILWAT CAR SYSTEM. Morgan & Co. Mr. Eugene Burke, the well-knownlawver, and Mr. John 11. Inman, president of the Richmondand Danville, complete the board. The dutv of the commission is, in few words, to selectone or more routes and determine the class of their line runs through pri\ate propertv or otherwiseaffects it, thev must obtain the consent of one-half theowners, failing which thev must be heard before a com-mi
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