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Title: Electric railway journal
Year: 1908 (1900s)
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Subjects: Electric railroads
Publisher: (New York) McGraw Hill Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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Paris and New York Subways—Map of Paris System the Bronx have a population of 41,400 per square mile,while the city of Paris has a population of 90,000 per squaremile. COMPETING LINES In New York the subway must compete for public favorwith an extensive system of surface and elevated lines. InParis there are no elevated lines and the surface lines areundeveloped. Most of the surface franchises in Paris expire in 1910and the reorganization and development of the system havebeen long delayed through failure to reach an agreementas to the extension of the franchises. The omnibuses andcabs, however, carry a large traffic. The subway systemwhen completed will be in the hands of a single company(Chemin de fer Metropolitain de Paris), with the exceptionof a line across the city from north to south, which is
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November, 1903. Paris and New York Subways—Map of New York System Brooklyn was so slight for the year under considerationthat it may be disregarded. The population of the district served by the subway sys-tem was 2,570,000 for New York subway and 2,790,000 forParis. Paris is roughly circular in shape, its boundary wallforms roughly a circle having a 3-mile radius and a center being constructed by an independent company. The twocompanies are, however, required to grant free transfers atintersecting points. LINES AND ROUTES At the end of 1908 31 miles of double-track line of theParis subway system were in operation. The system is December ii, 1909.) ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. 1179 divided into five separate operating lines, the longest ofwhich is a semi-circular line 91/3 miles in length and theshortest y/2 miles. Another line, semi-circular in form, is7y2 miles in length, and another, running straight across thecity, 6^2 miles. Each line is independent and self-contained. The trainsru

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