The Street railway journal (1907) (14757967414)

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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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. No. 20. Street, and it thus had the disadvantage of introducing theelement of uncertainty among the passengers and added tothe complexity of the complicated crossing at Fulton, Wil-loughby and Adams Streets, the layout of which is shownin the accompanying map of the tracks near the BoroughHall. In this connection it is of interest to refer to the mapof the track layout in the vicinity of the Borough Hall.It will be noted that there is a very complicated crossingjust above the Hall, where Adams and Willoughby Streetcross Fulton. Over Adams Street cars also are operatedto and from the bridge. Frequently more than 700 carscross at this intersection in the rush, while more than 260pass on Fulton Street in one direction, between Washing-ton Street and the intersection of Adams, Willoughby and For the nine months ended Sept. 30, 1907, 1,062,661 trips have been made. 1898 ■ 1,119,348 1903 1899 i,379,8i5 1904 1900 1,348,864 1905 1901 ■ 1,398,071 1906 1902 .. 1,275,522 1,299,1081,327,367
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lite Block Paviug in Lafayette AviSlag Brick Paving In Livicgst —la >U— Street Railway Journal Lengi udc Section on UviogstCQ Street urnlcr Slag Brielt Paving LONGITUDINAL SECTION STEEL TIE-TRACK CONSTRLXTION ON LIVINGSTON STREET, BROOKLYN. Fulton Streets. The company keeps a daily record of allcars passing the corner of Fulton Street and Court, andfrom this record the following table has been prepared,showing the lines and the number of cars for each halfhour during the evening rush on Nov. 1, between 4:30and 6130 p. m.: Time Line 4:30-5 5-5 :30 5 :30-6 6-6:30 Fulton Street 15 18 20 22 Putnam Avenue. 15 13 15 15 15 16 22 22 DeKalb Avenue 8 7 7 10 13 12 IS Court Street 13 12 13 14 13 15 18 17 Third Avenue 10 8 - 10 8 Flatbush-Seventh Avenue 8 10 9 9 5 6 6 6 6 5 6 7 121 122 141 144 Two improvements under, way are expected to havebearing on the problem of traffic in lower Fulton Street,however. They are the new subway extension under theEast River from Manhattan running out Fulto

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