. The street railway review . m - Sl^^VOYV difficulty. It is especially true in certain sections of Chi-cago, and with a view to relieve this congestion, T. steel columns of suitable form and strength, placed at theouter edge of the sidewalk next to the curb, and restingupon suitable foundations of masonry and stronglyanchored thereto. The upper end of the column to bespread in the form of a double Y, the arms of whichextend longitudinally and traversely to support the super-structure, the floor of which should be i6 feet above thesidewalk. The walk proper is suggested to be 6 feetwide and
. The street railway review . m - Sl^^VOYV difficulty. It is especially true in certain sections of Chi-cago, and with a view to relieve this congestion, T. steel columns of suitable form and strength, placed at theouter edge of the sidewalk next to the curb, and restingupon suitable foundations of masonry and stronglyanchored thereto. The upper end of the column to bespread in the form of a double Y, the arms of whichextend longitudinally and traversely to support the super-structure, the floor of which should be i6 feet above thesidewalk. The walk proper is suggested to be 6 feetwide and the railing light, strong and ornamental, and itis not believed that a structure of sufficient strength tosupport 400 pounds to the square foot would be suffi-ciently heavy to offer any objection in darkening the walkand stores below. Spans of a single arch should crossthe street at corners, or if desired, midway in blocks, soas to afford easy communication between all parts of thestreet, it being intended to have the walk on both desired, property owners could construct an entranceto their second stories direct from this sidewalk, and thussecu
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