. The Street railway journal . e of enor-mous value in case there arises congestion and blockadeson the real rapid transit routes of the city. Surface paral-lels to elevated or subway routes furnish outlets of greatimportance at such times. Under normal conditions thecircuitous through route connects sections which mightotherwise be reached with great loss of time and no little in-convenience and in a general way serves a traffic which isimportant in the aggregate though scattering in its originand destination. The assumption that everyone desires tofollow the major avenues of traffic, as Mr.
. The Street railway journal . e of enor-mous value in case there arises congestion and blockadeson the real rapid transit routes of the city. Surface paral-lels to elevated or subway routes furnish outlets of greatimportance at such times. Under normal conditions thecircuitous through route connects sections which mightotherwise be reached with great loss of time and no little in-convenience and in a general way serves a traffic which isimportant in the aggregate though scattering in its originand destination. The assumption that everyone desires tofollow the major avenues of traffic, as Mr. Harriman puts it,is unsafe in a large city, and the profitableness of throughurban routes with short-distance riding characteristicsproves the wisdom, of their establishment. 156 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXX. No. 5. INTERURBAN RAILWAY DEVELOPMENT NEARMILWAUKEE Milwaukee promises to be the terminus of one of thelargest and most interconnected interurban railway systemsin the Middle West. The lines of the system planned for. A GRAVEL CUT MADE DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THEOCONOMOWOC LINE the region around the city might be considered as forminga half wheel, with Milwaukee as the hub. The several lines The new lines will not only give the nearby farming set-tlements direct communication with Milwaukee, hut theywill afford Milwaukee and Chicago people a convenientmeans of reaching some of the most attractive spots of amost picturesque and romantic region. The territory for50 miles or more west and southwest of the city particularlyis indeed picturesque. The region is oflakes often of several miles area, irregularly-formed hills andfertile farming lands. The portionaround Waukesha is most widely knownfor its mineral water, which is rich inmagnesia and has other valuable medi-cinal properties. During the ColumbianExposition at Chicago this water waspiped to the Exposition grounds, about90 miles distant. The country, moreover, is rich inIndian lore, and evidences of
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