. The Street railway journal . he drainagewater from a pump well to theMarket Street sewer. It is the intention of the companywhen the entire system is in opera-tion to run both express and accom-modation cars on separate last express stops going westwill be at Fifteenth Street, and afterthe cars leave that station no stopwill be made until Thirty-Second Street is reached. TheSchuylkill River will be crossed by means of a new bridge. In width and depth the western section of the subway will bevery large. From the top of the street grade to the bottom ofthe drainage well the distance

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. The Street railway journal . he drainagewater from a pump well to theMarket Street sewer. It is the intention of the companywhen the entire system is in opera-tion to run both express and accom-modation cars on separate last express stops going westwill be at Fifteenth Street, and afterthe cars leave that station no stopwill be made until Thirty-Second Street is reached. TheSchuylkill River will be crossed by means of a new bridge. In width and depth the western section of the subway will bevery large. From the top of the street grade to the bottom ofthe drainage well the distance will be about 48 ft. The distance On the afternoon of March 14 Mayor Low, of New York,drove the first spike in the track laid in the New York event was made the occasion of cjuite a large gathering atthe Sixtieth Street or Columbus Avenue Circle station of thesubway, which has recently been completed. Among those present were all the Rapid Transit Commis-sioners, including President A. E. Orr, John H. Starin, Wood-. 7^ 9 ^ D way l^Uf^FPtCP- TR9LLEY) I I.;

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