New York city transit A memorandum addressed to the Public Service Commission of the First district (1907) (14781173253)

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Title: New York city transit ... A memorandum addressed to the Public Service Commission of the First district
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: City Club of New York Folks, Homer, 1867-1963
Subjects: Street-railroads
Publisher: (New York : M.B. Brown Press)
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ch in this condition as in the ruthless crowding while board-ing the cars. Passengers during rush hours in the eveningare all loaded from one platform having 5,172 square feet of avail-able surface. It has four stairways, with an aggregate v/idth of 33feet. All trains before reaching this one platform stop beside oneof two platforms, one having an available area of 6,070 and theother 5,830 square feet, or an aggregate area of 11,900 squarefeet. The aggregate width of the stairways leading toi thesetwo platforms is 60 feet. These platforms are used for loadingor unloading passengers in the slack hours, but not usedduring rush hours, though every train stops at one or the otherof them. Is it feasible to have all elevated trains crossing the BrooklynBridge run into a subsurface terminal, thereby doingaway with excessive stair climbing? OeSERV-VTIOX.S— A passenger at the present time transferring from a subwaytrain to an elevated train at tlie bridge terminal must climb four <PiO<
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7 flights of stairs, an asgrogate height of 535^ feet. A sulnvay sta-tion adjoining the present subway station is now under contractfor construction as a part of the subway loop. If this were en-larged, so as to enable all of the elevated trains tu run into it,stair climbing would be reduced to one flight of sufficient heightto permit crossing over or beneath the tracks. This stair climbingis a consideration vcr\- deterrent to citizens contemplating Brook-lyn as a place of residence. Can surface cars be operated from the east end of Williams-burg Bridge to City Hall and on the basis of one farefrom any part of Brooklyn? Oi5SERVATIOXS- - Surface car tracks of the Xew York City Raihvay Lompanyextend continuously from Wiiliam.sburg Bridge, through De-lancey street, the Bower_\- and Park Row. B) traffic agreementbetween the companies, Brooklyn Rajiid Transit cars could berun over this line if ec;uipped with detachable plows to makeconnection with the imderground trolley, which equipment wcu31924030122869

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