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Title: The railroad and engineering journal
Year: 1887 (1880s)
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Subjects: Railroad engineering Engineering Railroads
Publisher: New York : M.N. Forney
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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express to local andfrom local to express trains. 3. That the surface of the streets and avenues in the cityshould be obstructed to the least possible extent, and thatwhenever surface ground is required private instead ofpublic property should be used if practicable. 4. That the first lines of railroad to be constructedshould be on or near the important thoroughfares coinci-dent—or as nearly so as possible—with the main arteriesof travel. Resolved, That as meeting these requirements in themanner most feasible for the west side of the city, thisBoard hereby approves of a plan for an underground four-track railroad under Broadway from a point at or nearSouth Ferry to Sgth Street; thence under the Boulevard toa point at or near i6gth Street, with such length of viaductat and near Manhattan Street as may be necessary ; thenceunder Eleventh Avenue, or under private property imme-diately to the west thereof, as may be found most con-venient to such point as the contour of the ground may
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Vol. LXV. No. 7) ENGINEERING JOURNAL. 301 determine ; thence by viaduct across Spuyten DuyvilCreek, and by tunnel or by viaduct to tlie city limits. Resolved. That the general plan of construction from,at or near South Ferry to near 42d Street shall be either bydouble-decked tunnel, w^ith two tracks upon each deck orfour tracks on the same level, as may be found upon ex-amination or survey most expedient ; the hole to be at suchdepth below the curb line as not to disturb the surface orendanger building foundations ; from near 42d Street northto be four parallel tracks upon the same level ; as near thesurface of the street as practicable when in tunnel, but notin open cut at any point. Resolved, That the stations for such line of railroad shallbe upon property acquired for the purpose, and shall beprovided with ample elevator capacity wherever the plat-forms shall be 20 ft. or more below the curb line. Resolved, That the motive power for such railroad shallbe electricity or some other

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