. Electric railway journal . most crowded streets, such asOntario, Euclid and West Superior avenues. 5. These subway loops in the public square should beso connected as to permit of turning cars at this pointand also of running them through, since both methodsof operation on the surface lines will be necessary forthe best results, especially up to the time when throughrapid transit can be established. A general typicaldiagram illustrating how this may be done is shown inFig. 1. 6. The initial rapid transit line should consist of acentral through route east and west, passing under thepublic squ
. Electric railway journal . most crowded streets, such asOntario, Euclid and West Superior avenues. 5. These subway loops in the public square should beso connected as to permit of turning cars at this pointand also of running them through, since both methodsof operation on the surface lines will be necessary forthe best results, especially up to the time when throughrapid transit can be established. A general typicaldiagram illustrating how this may be done is shown inFig. 1. 6. The initial rapid transit line should consist of acentral through route east and west, passing under thepublic square and planned to collect passengers from intersecting and branch lines of surface and other carsby transfers, so as to concentrate a traflfic of sufficientdensity to support a train service at frequent for this rapid transit track is made as shownin Fig. 5. This main trunk line east and west shouldbe arranged to receive branch lines to radiate southeastand southwest as the city development may INITIAL STREETCAR A NO RAPID TRANSIT SUBWAYSCENTER or CITY FIG. 1. SUGGESTED ROUTES OF INITIAL SUBWAYSFOR SURFACE CARS IN CLEVELAND 7. Arrangements should be made for turning backspecial surface tripper service short of the public squarein order to induce passengers to walk outward from thedistricts in returning home at night, rather than in-ward toward a central point. This system, of subsidiaryloops can be developed in connection with the subwaywhen the through trunk line becomes overcrowded. Theidea should be to maintain and increase capacity andspeed of service to and through the main delivery dis-trict and handle the surplus by surface cars from theedges of the district. The most practicable arrange-ment will be a progressive shifting of the long-haultravel to rapid transit routes and the handling of shorthaul by surface cars. 8. Efforts should be made to provide further routesfrom the east to the west sides by bridges, and thuskeep out of the central
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