. The street railway review . iped its limits a few words cities such as IJeilin and London liie lesult of \iaductrailways has been to increase tlie \ alue of adjacent prop-erty, and therefore that lots under or contij^uous to therailway would have a rise in value. There should besome qualification to the .statement as regards Berlin andLondon. In IJerlin the Ringbahn or Belt line girdlesthe outskirts of the citv, formingan external connection with theradial lines of trunk Stadtbaim or city railway isa diagonal line forming connec-tions at its extremities with theRingbahn and trave
. The street railway review . iped its limits a few words cities such as IJeilin and London liie lesult of \iaductrailways has been to increase tlie \ alue of adjacent prop-erty, and therefore that lots under or contij^uous to therailway would have a rise in value. There should besome qualification to the .statement as regards Berlin andLondon. In IJerlin the Ringbahn or Belt line girdlesthe outskirts of the citv, formingan external connection with theradial lines of trunk Stadtbaim or city railway isa diagonal line forming connec-tions at its extremities with theRingbahn and traversing theleart of the city, but the greaterlart of it was through suburbwhen it was built. In I^ondon the viaduct rail-ways are all of them with the ex-ception of the lines from Charing-cross to Laiuion street radial lineslaving termini a short the heart of the cit\-. The. AUSTIN CORBINS VIEW OK ELEVATORS AND GROUND PLAN OF WHITEHALL STREET CNDERGROUND STATION. luust suffice to mention a scheme of very great im-portance, and one which until lately appeared the onhone likely to satisfy the requirements of the city. It is aproposal to purchase a right of way through the middleof the blocks from end to end of the island and to upon the cleared space a high viaduct, at the top ofwhich four tracks of railway should run: under whichshould be warehouses and stores and possibly dwellinghouses, and in the basement of which there should bepipe lines supplying the city. The promoters expect arevenue of $500,000 per annum from the pipe lines scheme possesses some advantageous docs not disfigure the streets like the elevated road: itwould give very rapid transit froin end to end of theisland, and it affords an asylum to the troublesome pipe-lines. It is more: much more of a real estate specula-lion than a railway
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