. The Street railway journal . he formal beginning of the working out of a trans-portation problem that was of immediate and far-reachingimportance to the citizens of Brooklyn and the Long IslandRailroad. Several years elapsed before the results of thework, first of the Commission and then of the Board of theAtlantic Avenue Improvement, began to be noticeable, but itprogressed year by year until finally consummated on theabove date, a little less than ten years from its inception. The respective parts taken, first, by the Atlantic AvenueCommission in formulating a concrete plan of improvemento
. The Street railway journal . he formal beginning of the working out of a trans-portation problem that was of immediate and far-reachingimportance to the citizens of Brooklyn and the Long IslandRailroad. Several years elapsed before the results of thework, first of the Commission and then of the Board of theAtlantic Avenue Improvement, began to be noticeable, but itprogressed year by year until finally consummated on theabove date, a little less than ten years from its inception. The respective parts taken, first, by the Atlantic AvenueCommission in formulating a concrete plan of improvementof such far-reaching importance; and later by the Board ofthe Atlantic Avenue Improvement in planning and executing•the work; and by the Long Island Railroad in co-operatingwith all the duly constituted authorities for the advancementof a plan so conducive to the welfare of the community servedby it, have not been enlarged upon in the foregoing technicaldescription of the work, but they are now matters of history, Isy/- ..,.,. ^ ,4Kahn Bar ^Anchor Belt00,.n C0»10DS Sfrf^et Ry, Jovrttal ;;iule3 lOCnn Ot-ntcrs FIG. 30.—DETAILS OF PIT IN SIX-TRACK INSPECTION SHEDAT DUNTON a full knowledge of which is available for other municipalitiesand corporations which may be confronted by similar prob-lems. But the record will be incomplete without an acknowledg-ment of the credit due to the late William H. Baldwin, Jr.,president of the Long Island Railroad from 1896 to 1905,whose foresight, public spirit and initiative played such a lead-ing part in the solution of a difficult rapid-transit he have lived but one year longer, he would have wit-nessed the consummation of his labors, which have conferreda lasting benefit on the community. ^4 ♦ DATA REQUESTED BY THE AMERICAN STREET & INTER-URBAN RAILWAY ASSOCIATIONS COMMITTEEON A STANDARD CODE OF RULES The American Street & Interurban Railway Associationscommittee on a standard code of rules is sending out a cir-cular le
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