. Electric railway journal . curbs, to 108 ft. and 78 Much creditis due M. J. Faherty, presi-dent of the board of localimprovements, for thespeedy accomplishment ofthe task of co-ordinatingand satisfying all the di-versified interests involvedin the widening of thestreet over a distance oflx/2 miles, which as a main thoroughfare was occupied by all the utility companiesand a great variety of commercial enterprises. Thecompletion of this project marks the first step in themuch-talked-of but long-delayed Chicago Beautifulplan as laid out by the Chicago Commissio
. Electric railway journal . curbs, to 108 ft. and 78 Much creditis due M. J. Faherty, presi-dent of the board of localimprovements, for thespeedy accomplishment ofthe task of co-ordinatingand satisfying all the di-versified interests involvedin the widening of thestreet over a distance oflx/2 miles, which as a main thoroughfare was occupied by all the utility companiesand a great variety of commercial enterprises. Thecompletion of this project marks the first step in themuch-talked-of but long-delayed Chicago Beautifulplan as laid out by the Chicago Commission. The work of the street railway company in connec-tion with the program involved taking up and build-ing anew miles of double track on Twelfth Street,including seven special-work layouts, and rebuilding300 ft. of double track on either side of Twelfth Streetat each one of these sevap intersections on account ofthe change in grade. In all, the job comprised thebuilding of more than 3 miles of single track and wascompleted between the d
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