. The new New York : a commentary on the place and the people . Pu XXIV. —THE ELEVATED ROAD AT ONE HUNDRED ANDTWENTY FIFTH STREET QVIA a35?aHUH 3H0 TA aA09{ a3TAV3J3 3HT—.VIXX .J^T335IT2 HT3I3-YTHHWT. CHAPTER XXIV THE LARGER CITY Almost everyone in New York who goes to businessin the morning and returns somewhere to dine and sleepin the evening, has his separate tale of woe to tell about theannoyances of urban travel. If he lives up town, alongthe line of the subway or the elevated, he hangs by a strapfor three-quarters of an hour in going and coming; if hecommutes from Yonkers or beyond, he i
. The new New York : a commentary on the place and the people . Pu XXIV. —THE ELEVATED ROAD AT ONE HUNDRED ANDTWENTY FIFTH STREET QVIA a35?aHUH 3H0 TA aA09{ a3TAV3J3 3HT—.VIXX .J^T335IT2 HT3I3-YTHHWT. CHAPTER XXIV THE LARGER CITY Almost everyone in New York who goes to businessin the morning and returns somewhere to dine and sleepin the evening, has his separate tale of woe to tell about theannoyances of urban travel. If he lives up town, alongthe line of the subway or the elevated, he hangs by a strapfor three-quarters of an hour in going and coming; if hecommutes from Yonkers or beyond, he is held up for valu-able time in the tunnel or at the Harlem River; if he livesover in Brooklyn, he is squeezed night and morning in thebridge and tube jams; if he comes from across the Hud-son, he is continually missing his boat. Staten Island isquite unattainable, and the back districts of Queens arenot to be thought of. Rapid transit is a necessity, butsomehow not yet a comfortable reality. Moving to andfrom the centers of business is still a vexation and anannoyance.^ 1 The report of the Public Service Commission of New York gives theproportions of this transit question in startling figures
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