. Electric railway gazette . out the same. The total length ofsingle track will be about five miles. There will be four tracks on Tremont Street along theline of the Common. Each one of the tracks will have agreater capacity than either of the present surface tracks,as the subway tracks will be absolutely free from the inter-ruptions and delays to which the surface roads are present delays and confusion at the Granary bury-ing ground will be avoided by means of a loop. Carsreaching the end of the trip at Park Street, after deposit-ing passengers, will pass around a loop from the
. Electric railway gazette . out the same. The total length ofsingle track will be about five miles. There will be four tracks on Tremont Street along theline of the Common. Each one of the tracks will have agreater capacity than either of the present surface tracks,as the subway tracks will be absolutely free from the inter-ruptions and delays to which the surface roads are present delays and confusion at the Granary bury-ing ground will be avoided by means of a loop. Carsreaching the end of the trip at Park Street, after deposit-ing passengers, will pass around a loop from the incomingto the outgoing track. The motorman will not be obliged to change from oneend of the car to the other, and certain lines of cars willalways start from one side of the platform, and other linesfrom the opposite side, so that passengers will naturallydivide themselves according to their destination on thetwo sides of the platform. The platforms will be sixteenfeet below the surface of the street and the stairways lead-. METHOD OF VENTILATING SUBWAY. ing to them will be shorter than those of the average ele-vated railway stations. The subway will be lighted by electricity, which will besupplied from a special lighting plant separate from thestation which will supply the current for operating andlighting the cars. Excellent arrangements have been made for ventilatingthe subway. Fresh air will be drawn in at the stations,and will flow in each direction to the fans where it will be ex-hausted through special openings at the side of the fans will be operated by electric motors, and the drain-age of whatever water may find its way into the subway willbe effected by pumps operated by electric motors. Drainswill be laid in the ballast and will lead to the lowest pointswhere the pumps will be located. Arrangements have beenmade to insure drjmess in the subway by using a concrete bot-tom and by covering sides and top with water-proof coating. The Rapid Transit Commission
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