. The street railway review . ^ miles to the Quai d Orsay as indicated bythe heavy line on the accompanying map. This involves anexpenditure of about $8,000,000. The new road will have two tracks and will drop fromthe Valhubert station on a grade of per cent towards theSeine. Here the river banks are in two stories, an upperquay or roadway, and a lower quay used as a dock or wharffor canal boats. A belt 9 meters wide has been secured onthis lower quay, and the line will follow this in the open for650 meters. It will be an underground road beneath theupper quay for the remainder of the dist
. The street railway review . ^ miles to the Quai d Orsay as indicated bythe heavy line on the accompanying map. This involves anexpenditure of about $8,000,000. The new road will have two tracks and will drop fromthe Valhubert station on a grade of per cent towards theSeine. Here the river banks are in two stories, an upperquay or roadway, and a lower quay used as a dock or wharffor canal boats. A belt 9 meters wide has been secured onthis lower quay, and the line will follow this in the open for650 meters. It will be an underground road beneath theupper quay for the remainder of the distance until it reachesthe terminus under the Cour des Comptes. Openings in thewall side of the quay facing the river will aflford light and. MAP OF PARIS SHOWING EXTENSION. ventilation. The rail level is about that of the normal heightof the water; any seepage water in times of flood will be ga-thered in a sump and drained out. The road follows the line of the Quais St. Bernard de laTournelle, de Montebello, St. Michael, des Grands Augus-tibs, de Conti, Malaquais and Voltaire to the Quai d Orsay,passing the bridges, Austerlitz, Sully, de la Tournelle, de1 Archeveche, au Double St. Michel, Neuf, des Arts, duCarrousel, Royal, and Solderino. From the Pont Sully tothe Petit Pont the underground construction will be a ma-sonry arch nine meters span for a length of about 900 me-ters. From this point, for another 500 meters, the upperroadway will be carried by a metallic arch and for the bal-ance of the distance the masonry arch construction will beresumed with a span of about 8 meters. About half way between the Place Valhubert and theQuai d Orsay, between the Petit Pont and the Pont a station will be built, known as t
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