. Report of the Committee on Improving and Beautifying Utica of the Utica Chamber of Commerce . *5Ws » i*^ ^ *. \ \ 22 It would indeed be a distressing prospect if there were noother alternative beyond these two extreme plans, one represent-ing the railroads idea of the cheapest thing there is any chanceof getting the city to adopt and the other seeming extravagantout of all proportion to its advantages. In casting about for some other solution I could not helpbeing guided by my observation in other cities, and by theprevailing public opinion about me in Boston and eastern Mass-achusetts, wher
. Report of the Committee on Improving and Beautifying Utica of the Utica Chamber of Commerce . *5Ws » i*^ ^ *. \ \ 22 It would indeed be a distressing prospect if there were noother alternative beyond these two extreme plans, one represent-ing the railroads idea of the cheapest thing there is any chanceof getting the city to adopt and the other seeming extravagantout of all proportion to its advantages. In casting about for some other solution I could not helpbeing guided by my observation in other cities, and by theprevailing public opinion about me in Boston and eastern Mass-achusetts, where the process of eliminating grade crossings hasbeen going on steadily and rapidly for a generation past tillthey are now nearly all gone. In this process, which in the im-mediate vicinity of Boston has included eight main lines anda large number of branches, a great variety of conditions hasbeen met. In many eases the streets have been carried over thetracks and in many cases the tracks have been carried over thestreets. Now the general public opinion in that locality,an opinion which my personal observat
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