. The street railway review . The plans for a comprehensivc system of street railways suited lo the needs of ihe cotu-munily as set forth in the report would he Ihe same whether thesystem be owned and operated by a private corporation, or ownedand operated by the city, or owned by the cily and operated by aprivate corporation under lease. So far as engineering featuresalone arc concerned, it is immalrrial whether the subway systemsas outlined be owned by the city r by a private corporation. In connection with my investigation of this problem I have con-sidered many plans, such as movable sidew
. The street railway review . The plans for a comprehensivc system of street railways suited lo the needs of ihe cotu-munily as set forth in the report would he Ihe same whether thesystem be owned and operated by a private corporation, or ownedand operated by the city, or owned by the cily and operated by aprivate corporation under lease. So far as engineering featuresalone arc concerned, it is immalrrial whether the subway systemsas outlined be owned by the city r by a private corporation. In connection with my investigation of this problem I have con-sidered many plans, such as movable sidewalks, elevated sidewalks,sub-sidewalk railways, and elevated structures for carrying railways,pedestrians, and Ihe present underground ulililies, some of whirhplans originated with me and some with others, but after a carefulstudy of Ihe silnation the magriilude of the problem as evidencedby the great nimibcr of i)assengcrs which must be taken in and oulof Ihe business district in very short periods of lime, night and. Jak. 20, 1903.] STREET RAILWAY REVIEW 31 morning, has forced me to abandon some of my preconceived ideas,and it is my opinion that a full realization on the part of others ofthe exact conditions which must govern a comprehensive solutionof this problem would show the advocates of the other plans theinadvisability of their adoption. It is possible, however, that someof the suggestions relating to super-surface structures may someday prove advisable to adopt in Chicago, but probably not until thecapacities of the systems recommended in this report, or othersimilar systems, have been reached. The question of the utilization of the water power of the SanitaryDistrict Canal for generating electricity and transmitting it to Chi-cago for the operation of its street railways has also been considered,but inasmuch as a decision regarding it need not be r^ade at pres-ent, and from the further fact that the question was not involved inmy commission, I have not submitted a di
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