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Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
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mitted to Mayor Low by the committee onbridges and tunnels of the Manufacturers Association for the re-lief o! the congestion of traffic at the Manhattan terminal of theBrooklyn bridge. The fundamental idea is the rearrangement ofthe trolley tracks as well as those of the elevated structure on thesecond floor and the approaches so that more room will be avail- number of square feet of standing room between the cars, like-wise the unused space, both on the ground floor and elevatedstructure, as follows: GROUND FLOORPresent plan—approximate areas. Area of building, 520 ft. x 85 ft.—14,200 sq, ft. Space for car service, 100 ft. x 80 ft.—8000 sq. ft. Standing room for people, 4500 sq. ft.Proposed plan—approximate areas. Building and one-story side sheds, 520 ft. x 108 ft. -56,100 sq. ft. Space for car service, 520 ft. x 108 ft.—56,160 sq. ft. Standing room for people, 30,500 sq. ft. SECOND FLOOR.Present plan—approximate area. Area of building, 520 ft. x 85 ft.—44,200 sq. ft.
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ENTRANCE TO BROOKLYN BRIDGE, SHOWING PROPOSED INCLINED APPROACH TO ELEVATED LINES FROM CITY HALL PARK able for loading passengers and handling cars. The capacity willbe about doubled, according to the engineers estimate. The ac-companying illustrations are reproductions of photographs andplans showing the most important features of the proposed changesand affording means of comparison with the present facilities.These photographs and plans were submitted by Andrew F. Wil-son, chairman of the committee which waited upon Mayor Low,together with a statement explaining the plans in general. Theassociation believes that the most urgent and important thing isto relieve the crush during the rush hours on the trolley service,for which a plan is submitted. The drawing is made to showparticularly the immense amount of space wasted in the presentsystem and the danger of crossing tracks on entering and leavingthe cars. The plans show the number of square feet the buildingoccupies, the number of s

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