. The Street railway journal . estreet causes the congestion which necessitates the slow speed. 464 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXIV. No. 14. PASSENGER STATIONS AND ENGINEERING DETAILS OFTHE NEW YORK SUBWAY SYSTEM The approaching completion of the great subway system ofthe Interborough Rapid Transit Company, New York, is sur-rounded by the extreme interest that attends the successfulaccomplishment of an enterprise of so great a magnitude andof so difficult a nature. While the work of construction wasonly begun something over four years ago, ground havingfirst been broken in March, 1900, work
. The Street railway journal . estreet causes the congestion which necessitates the slow speed. 464 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXIV. No. 14. PASSENGER STATIONS AND ENGINEERING DETAILS OFTHE NEW YORK SUBWAY SYSTEM The approaching completion of the great subway system ofthe Interborough Rapid Transit Company, New York, is sur-rounded by the extreme interest that attends the successfulaccomplishment of an enterprise of so great a magnitude andof so difficult a nature. While the work of construction wasonly begun something over four years ago, ground havingfirst been broken in March, 1900, work of construction uponthe colossal undertaking is now practically completed, experi-mental trains are running, and within a short time actual oper-ation will be attempted. Articles will be published in an earlyissue on the power station, signal system and rolling stock,while in this number particulars are given of the passengerstations and general condition of the work. The construction of the subway rapid transit system in New. KIOSKS AT COLUMBUS CIRCLE York is one of the most interesting and wonderful undertak-ings of an electric nature that have of recent years been engineering difficulties met in the construction work werewell nigh appalling. Towering buildings along the streets tobe traversed had to be considered, while the streets themselveswere already occupied with complicated networks of sub-sur-face structures, such as sewers, water and gas mains, electriccable conduits, electric surface railway conduits, telegraph andpower conduits, and many vaults extending out under thestreets, occupied by the abutting property owners. On thesurface were surface railway lines carrying the enormouslyheavy urban traffic of this city both night and day, while allthe thoroughfares in the lower part of the city were of coursecongested with vehicular traffic. All of these conditions addedto the difficulties of construction, and it is accordingly greatlyto the credit of the contra
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