The Street railway journal (1901) (14756343634)

Identifier: streetrailwayjo181901newy (find matches)
Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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ND CHICAGO, OCTOBER 5, 1901 No. 14. TRAFFIC CONDITIONS OF NEW YORK CITY* BY FRANK R. FORD /V ?__ ( / IN the vanguard of electrical invention and application,America is regarded by the world as the leader inthe solution of transportation problems, and naturallyits metropolis would be considered as exemplifying themost approved traction methods. The fact of its position,however, has imposed upon New York City a certain con-servatism against the exploiting of untried devices and sys-tems, together with a refusal to allow the unaesthetic over- surface and elevated cars, by ferries and bridge, to eachindividual lodging place in zone upon zone of homes. Andthen, after the work-a-day necessities, in the summer time,the seekers of pleasure to the extent of hundreds of thou-sands ride to beaches and out-of-door resorts, and on Sat-urday afternoons and Sundays the workers and pleasureseekers combine their forces in an assault upon every avail-able means of suburban transportation. This commuter
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HERALD SQUARE, MANHATTAN, WHERE 1070 SURFACE CARS PASS IN AN HOUR head trolley in its central district, so that while thefinal result will be the Ijest thai the world hasseen, there are still in evidence the horse omni-bus, the horse car, and the steam locomotive for ele-vated railroad and tunnel service. The transportationproblems of especial interest, however, are those producedby the peripatetic necessities of the workers among threeand a half millions of people, wedging themselves everymorning into the small business district of ManhattanIsland and returning in the short space of a few hours ))y * Statistics in this article do not include Riclimond ISoroiigli. travel and jDleasure travel, as far as the surface and ele-vated systems are concerned, are the greatest in the world.It is estimated that at least 300,000 people travel on sur-face and elevated cars daily between their homes and thebusiness district of Manhattan from 7 and 9 a. m. and from5 and 7 )). 111., and that on a cNa