American municipal progress . Courtesy of the Hccla-Wlnslow Co. Boston Library Subway Courtesy of Boston Transit Commission. Boston Subway Station. MUNICIPAL RAILWAY REGULATION 35 Boston subway in 1897 the system has been developed witharms ramifying in all directions. Each addition to the trans-portation system has provided momentary relief, which hasencouraged travel so that congestion soon demanded still otherextensions. The one hundred and thirty-six million passengersof 1891 grew to two hundred and twenty-two million in 1902and two hundred and seventy-one million in 1907. The T
American municipal progress . Courtesy of the Hccla-Wlnslow Co. Boston Library Subway Courtesy of Boston Transit Commission. Boston Subway Station. MUNICIPAL RAILWAY REGULATION 35 Boston subway in 1897 the system has been developed witharms ramifying in all directions. Each addition to the trans-portation system has provided momentary relief, which hasencouraged travel so that congestion soon demanded still otherextensions. The one hundred and thirty-six million passengersof 1891 grew to two hundred and twenty-two million in 1902and two hundred and seventy-one million in 1907. The Tre-mont Street subway was soon overtaxed, while the parallelbusiness thoroughfare, Washington Street, became intolerablycongested. The first subway was supplemented in turn bythe Washington Street tunnel (relieving the Tremont Streetsubway of the elevated trains) and the Cambridge subway withits own trains to the adjoining city on the north. East Bostonhad been connected by a tunnel supplementing the municipalferries, so Dorchester, to the south, clamored for equal pro-vision. Each set of Ra
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