. The street railway review . The Alley L enters the Park at Sixty-third street, incommon with the steam roads, and the station about tobe described is within 100 feet of the terminal. The L terminal shown in our engraving is on the roof and to thewest of the Transportation annex, the intramural roadcrossing the annex. This is about 400 feet from theStoney Island fence, and the platforms run parallel northand south of the place. Near by is the grand stationwhere the steam roads discharge their passengers. TheAlley platform itself is 250 feet long and 80 feet wide,and, as stated, runs north and
. The street railway review . The Alley L enters the Park at Sixty-third street, incommon with the steam roads, and the station about tobe described is within 100 feet of the terminal. The L terminal shown in our engraving is on the roof and to thewest of the Transportation annex, the intramural roadcrossing the annex. This is about 400 feet from theStoney Island fence, and the platforms run parallel northand south of the place. Near by is the grand stationwhere the steam roads discharge their passengers. TheAlley platform itself is 250 feet long and 80 feet wide,and, as stated, runs north and south. It is covered witha light iron roof and surrounded by a picket fence 7 feethigh. The platform is divided by two tracks 36 feetapart, making a center platform 36 feet wide and twoside platforms each 22 feet wide. The track runs within30 feet of the platform on the south side. Access tothe grounds from the platform is obtained by three stair-ways which are continuations of the platform, one in the TO I. TOGROUNOS. PLATFORM FOF? IN-COMING TRRINS TICKET BOXES PLATFORM FOR OUT-GOING TRAINS \>/ □ PLATFORM FOR IN-COMING TRMINS W. F. TICKET BOXES UIDIDIDIDODI^ I. BOXI lIDlDlDlDIDIfl ^°^>our. OS PLATFORM FOR SOUTH BOUND TRAINS INTRA MURAL R R TRACKS PLATFORM FOR NORTH BOUND TRAINS PLAN VIEW OF WORLDS FAIR TERMINAL OF ALLEY L. of urban transportation, but the means to meet the sur-roundings seem equal to the task. The system briefly described is a complete interchange oftraffic from the Alley L, the intramural elevated, the greatterminal station and the Exposition grounds. Engineer-ing skill, executive brains, and money have not beenspared to make the arangement not only a complete sys-tem of terminal transfer and discharge, but also one ofthe most complete and interesting exhibits on the grounds. The last section of the Elevated extension into Jack-son Park has been placed and a large force of men hasbeen steadily at work and has now almost completed
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