. Wacker's manual of the plan of Chicago; municipal economy . e contemplated outerharbor, has produced and will continue toincrease a traffic congestion situation un-paralleled in a single section of any city inthe world. 2. The plan which is best adapted to im-prove the existing conditions of intolerablecongestion at these points, is the plan of araised street, as it will separate these east to 3 per cent, for the benefit of commercialteaming. 3. This plan takes into account also theRandolph street viaduct traffic, by divertingit into Beaubien court and distributing itat Lake street under the
. Wacker's manual of the plan of Chicago; municipal economy . e contemplated outerharbor, has produced and will continue toincrease a traffic congestion situation un-paralleled in a single section of any city inthe world. 2. The plan which is best adapted to im-prove the existing conditions of intolerablecongestion at these points, is the plan of araised street, as it will separate these east to 3 per cent, for the benefit of commercialteaming. 3. This plan takes into account also theRandolph street viaduct traffic, by divertingit into Beaubien court and distributing itat Lake street under the raised street. Thisplan also will allow the 0. & N. W. E. E. toremain at its present grade, any other planexcepting the railway were lowered to asubway tunnel, would force the teamingnorth and south over grades altogether toosteep, and would shut out the present ap-proaches from North Eiver street andMichigan street to the bridge. 4. A surface road south of the river,by reason of the difference in elevations be-tween Michigan avenue and Beaubien court,. a„?t¥™™ °^ f^*?,* ^^ 1°* Boulevard Connection showing width ot street North and Southand the zone of the proposed improvement, Indicating ali intersecting thoroughfares. of the River and west streams of traffic from the northand south traffic on Michigan avenue. Independently of this, it is the only onewhich improves the grades of existingstreets; by it, are reduced the grades of theeast and west streets leading to the Michi-gan Central and the I. C. freight yards andthe approaches to the bridge north andsouth. The grades of the east and west streetsare now approximately 4 per cent; they willbe reduced to 2 per cent. Those north andsouth, now 5 per cent, are to be made 2 1-2 and the shortening of the run by reason ofthe widening of Michigan avenue, wouldproduce grades of 10 per cent, which areimpossible for teaming. The only alterna-tive would be the lowering of Lake, SouthWater and Eiver streets as subways. 5. In the
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