. The railway terminal problem of Chicago; a series of addresses before the City club, June third to tenth, 1913, dealing with the proposed re-organization of the railway terminals of Chicago, including all terminal proposals now before the City council committee on railway terminals. . standing space during thelight hours of suburban traffic for the extra suburban trains. The three diagrams showing proposed systems of long distanceand suburban trackways (Insert II) cover the same territoryand indicate graphically the value of through-routing, showinghow few crossings, switches, etc., would be
. The railway terminal problem of Chicago; a series of addresses before the City club, June third to tenth, 1913, dealing with the proposed re-organization of the railway terminals of Chicago, including all terminal proposals now before the City council committee on railway terminals. . standing space during thelight hours of suburban traffic for the extra suburban trains. The three diagrams showing proposed systems of long distanceand suburban trackways (Insert II) cover the same territoryand indicate graphically the value of through-routing, showinghow few crossings, switches, etc., would be necessary, as againstthe vast number now encountered in the same area. With eight parallel tracks in the subway running through thefour stations, three hundred and twenty local trains per hour couldbe run through and out, stopping at all stations on a schedule intervalof a minute and a half. Moreo^er, an equal number of trains perhour could be landed downtown by the west, north, and south siderapid transit lines. With a possible total capacity of six hundredand forty trains per hour, it would appear that the proposed subur-ban system would be adequate to all needs of the future. The proposed arrangement of unit stations, among other ad- 60 OPOSAL OF MESSRS. GUENZEL AND DRUMMOND.
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