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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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ocated at the northern end so as to avoid crossing RussianHill at the center and were continued on Hvde Street southerly track tunnels would seem to be ample, one located under Cali-fornia Street and one located to the north of it, under, say,Jackson Street, or such other street as may seem more desir-able. Tunnels of this character cost less to construct than theaccepted type of subway, for the reason that they are so deepas not to interfere in any way with sewers, water and gaspipes, thus saving the cost of removing and rebuilding suchunderground obstructions; and in the case under discussion,there would not be involved any additional cost for equipment,which, in the construction of underground subways, forms avery important item of the total cost. The tunnel on California Street would extend from HydeStreet to Dupont Street, and have a length of 3290 ft., while theone under Jackson Street would extend from Hyde to Mason,and have a length of 1856 ft. With one station on each tunnel,
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PERSPECTIVE PLAN, SHOWING SUGGESTION FOR TERRACING ROADWAY IN HILL DISTRICT, SAN FRANCISCO to Bush Street and thence to Jones, the excessive gradientswould be omitted enitrely. The Hayes Street cable can be doneaway with by regrading the summit at Alamo Square at theintersection of Hayes and Pierce Streets, which would makethe street gradients convenient for all traffic on both Hayes andPierce Streets, and would be a decided benefit to the adjacentproperty. The Powell Street cable can be done away with bycarrying the Powell Street line on Stockton, the adjacent street,from Sutter to Sacramento, and then continuing the PowellStreet line on Powell Street from Jackson Street to Montgom-ery Avenue, thus avoiding the sharp hill between Union andGreen Streets. The Castro line south of Twentieth Streetwould probably have to remain a cable line, and if the balanceof the road were made electric a transfer could be made atTwentieth Street to surmount the hill beginning at that point.For the eli

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