. The street railway review . VAULTS FOR WIRES AND I> NEW YORK SCIENTIFIC STREET CO. 3. Adaptability to any or all of the citys lines of travel. 4. A speed of from twenty to twenty-five miles perhour, /. c. to traverse the length of the island within halfan hour. 5. Comfortable traveling. 6. A cost which will have a fair showing of profit. EXIT tROM CARS NEW YORK SCIENlIFifC STREET CO. propose to operate freight trains. On the other handsome of the high speed deep tunnel schemes which arewell adapted to make through connections also proposeto handle the short haul by means of way stat
. The street railway review . VAULTS FOR WIRES AND I> NEW YORK SCIENTIFIC STREET CO. 3. Adaptability to any or all of the citys lines of travel. 4. A speed of from twenty to twenty-five miles perhour, /. c. to traverse the length of the island within halfan hour. 5. Comfortable traveling. 6. A cost which will have a fair showing of profit. EXIT tROM CARS NEW YORK SCIENlIFifC STREET CO. propose to operate freight trains. On the other handsome of the high speed deep tunnel schemes which arewell adapted to make through connections also proposeto handle the short haul by means of way stations. It is evident from a glance at the time table of the NewYork & Harlem Railroad that this latter attempt wouldnot be likely to be successful. Short haul traffic will notbe diverted to and congested into trunk lines if it can findvent some other way. Both the magnitude and the con-figuration of New York City demand a dual treatmentof the problem. The question as to whether the road should be abo\eor underground is con
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