. The Street railway journal . i^treet Ruilwaii Journal FIG. ELEVATION, SHOWING BOTH OPENED AND CLOSED WINDOWS well qualified casual visitor to doff his cap to the broad policyof studying the practice of others and giving of their ownexperience in return. A syndicate, backed by Stuyvesant Fish, George W. Young,Cornelius Vanderbilt and others, has renewed its proposition,submitted two weeks ago, to the Rapid Transit Commission, ofNew York, to build, at the syndicates expense, a subway fromDelancey Street to the Battery and equip the WilliamsburgBridge and the proposed subway with moving

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. The Street railway journal . i^treet Ruilwaii Journal FIG. ELEVATION, SHOWING BOTH OPENED AND CLOSED WINDOWS well qualified casual visitor to doff his cap to the broad policyof studying the practice of others and giving of their ownexperience in return. A syndicate, backed by Stuyvesant Fish, George W. Young,Cornelius Vanderbilt and others, has renewed its proposition,submitted two weeks ago, to the Rapid Transit Commission, ofNew York, to build, at the syndicates expense, a subway fromDelancey Street to the Battery and equip the WilliamsburgBridge and the proposed subway with moving platforms tocarry passengers at all hours for a 2-cent fare. On motion ofMayor Low the proposition has been referred to Messrs. Orr,Starin and Grout, with the understanding that the syndicatewill make a formal application for a franchise. Bridge Com-missioner Lindenthal has sent to the Board a letter warmlyadvocating the moving platforms, and Controller Grout be-lieves that it would be a good thing to have them on the Wil-lia

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