. Annual report of the Railroad and Warehouse Commission of the State of Illinois . streets crossed at • s ss-^^s-s-sss S -2- 1 (§E- 1 1& 11ft S II . i 3- 4 OS i i JO 5 Eh 1 1 t X «5s 1 1 Number of (single track)erade steam railroadcrossines remaining =.=.| 6| .,. Number of (single track)grade steam railroadcrosssings abolished s Ilr Number of (single track)grade steam railroadcrossings originally in ex-istence —^1 i| l| Number of steam railroadcrossings remaining —1 S| s s Number of steam railroadcrossings abolished MH -1 =1- Number of steam railroadsoriginally cros
. Annual report of the Railroad and Warehouse Commission of the State of Illinois . streets crossed at • s ss-^^s-s-sss S -2- 1 (§E- 1 1& 11ft S II . i 3- 4 OS i i JO 5 Eh 1 1 t X «5s 1 1 Number of (single track)erade steam railroadcrossines remaining =.=.| 6| .,. Number of (single track)grade steam railroadcrosssings abolished s Ilr Number of (single track)grade steam railroadcrossings originally in ex-istence —^1 i| l| Number of steam railroadcrossings remaining —1 S| s s Number of steam railroadcrossings abolished MH -1 =1- Number of steam railroadsoriginally crossed atgrade -—1 SI aig1 1 1 Number of grade street rail-way crossings remaining. 1 i Number of grade street rail-way crossings s! g| g- Number of street car linesoriginally crossed at 3=- 1 g 1 g Number of grade streetcrossings remaining :;:; 1 | n Number of streets vacated. -» :| 5 1- Number of streets providedwith subways or viaducts ..^.| s Is Number of streets originally crossed at ...»| s| IS 1 1 ^5 ryJU i KO °i 3< s .! 1 1 112 S i. From the footings it will be observed that a total of miles ofline has been elevated and depressed, including approaches,which is equivalent to (3 miles based on full elevation ordepression as the case may be. The number of tracks ele-vated or depressed averages from two to ten main tracks and inmany cases includes yard tracks and sidings. I have not all the in-formation at hand with respect to lineal feet of yard track and sid-ings elevated and depressed and therefore am unable to give in singletrack miles the total mileage elevated and depressed, but it will prob-ably not be far from 250 miles. Footings in table II show that out of a total of 371 streets origin-ally crossed at grade, 278 have been provided with subways andviaducts as the case may be, and 91 streets vacated. Of the 70 streetrailways originally crossed at grade, all have been abolished, and ofthe 30 steam railway crossings at grad
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