. The Street railway journal . these cars is shown herewith. THE NEW YORK RAPID TRANSIT SUBWAY THE Rapid Transit subway, now under constructionin New York City, is the result of a long de-mand on the part of the pu])lic for more andbetter rapid transit facilities for the long distancesthat must be traveled by those going from the down-town or southern end of the islantl to Harlem andthe Bronx to the north. The transit facilities in NewYork have never been able to keep pace with the needsof the city. Although the improvements have been A review of all the schemes for underground and ele-vated r
. The Street railway journal . these cars is shown herewith. THE NEW YORK RAPID TRANSIT SUBWAY THE Rapid Transit subway, now under constructionin New York City, is the result of a long de-mand on the part of the pu])lic for more andbetter rapid transit facilities for the long distancesthat must be traveled by those going from the down-town or southern end of the islantl to Harlem andthe Bronx to the north. The transit facilities in NewYork have never been able to keep pace with the needsof the city. Although the improvements have been A review of all the schemes for underground and ele-vated roads that have ever been proposed would requireseveral volumes. Agitation for more rapid transit lineshas been more or less violent for many years. The firstmovement of the kind that amounted to anything, ex-clusive of the street railway lines, was the passage of theelevated railway act of 1875. Under this law the presentelevated roads were completed in 1878 and 1879. It isquestionable whether New York will ever see again the. Tit ruds, If preferred the roof mude flat as yhown bydotted line. .Ml. Eentfl about 5 0 CROSS SECTION AVater iircici LONGITUDINAL SECTION Street FIG. 2.—STANDARD CONSTRUCTION FOR DOUBLE-TRACK SUBWAY rapid in the surface lines the last few years and the Man-hattan Elevated has extended its lines and is now equip-ping electrically in order better to handle its business, thephysical limitations imder which both surface and elevatedlines must necessarily labor in New York City make theminadequate to the growing demands made upon them asthe population increases and the number of long-haul pas-sengers becomes greater. inaugiuation of a rapid transit system that will be such amarked improvement over previous methods as were theelevated roads at the time they were started. That thepresent subway system, when completed, will offer muchfaster service than anything now available is, however,certain. The island of Manhattan is so long and na
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