. Electric railway review . engineering experiment sta-tion, Urbana, 111. May 2, 1908. ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW 539 METHODS RECOMMENDED FOR INCREASING ELEVATEDRAILWAY SERVICE IN CHICAGO. George Weston, consulting engineer, Chicago, has justsubmitted to the Chicago city council a report on the Unionelevated loop. The report describes the loop as at present operated andits rush hour capacity, and outlines changes that should bemade which will increase its capacity in the number of carsper hour that can be passed through it. The changes recommended are as follows: 1. The through routing of cars be
. Electric railway review . engineering experiment sta-tion, Urbana, 111. May 2, 1908. ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW 539 METHODS RECOMMENDED FOR INCREASING ELEVATEDRAILWAY SERVICE IN CHICAGO. George Weston, consulting engineer, Chicago, has justsubmitted to the Chicago city council a report on the Unionelevated loop. The report describes the loop as at present operated andits rush hour capacity, and outlines changes that should bemade which will increase its capacity in the number of carsper hour that can be passed through it. The changes recommended are as follows: 1. The through routing of cars between the Northwesternand the South Side companies. 2. The lengthening of the station platforms and the re-locating of certain platforms with reference to the interlock-ing plants. 3. The introduction of universal transfers between thefour companies. The net increase shown by the calculations made amountsto 43 per cent over the present rush hour capacity of theloop. Tallies giving the probable increase in growth of traffic. Chicago Union Elevated Loop—Proposed Arrangement of Plat-form with Prism Glass Floor. show that the future business will outgrow this resultingincrease in capacity in the period between 1912 and 1915. The through routing of cars is essential to the properexpansion of the downtown business district and this view ofthe necessity for through routing should be the underlyingprinciple to bring it about. Briefly, Mr. Weston says: It is evident that the present elevated loop must be sup-plemented in the near future by additional facilities by whichto take care of the rapidly increasing traffic. It is also evi-dent that a complete and comprehensive plan must be de-vised to ultimately provide in a full and satisfactory mannerfor the traffic through the congested business district, andwhich shall tend to stretch out and enlarge this district, butit will take time to evolve and construct such a system andplans that can be put into immediate execution must, be de-term
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