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Scientific American, Vol. 84, No. 5 (February 1901) (1901)

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fthe same leg-islative actwhich author-ized the c o n-struction of thesubway, didnot contem-plate the run-ning of thecars of thecompanythrough the subway. The subway, It is claimed, wasconstructed to meet the requirements of surface linesonly. As is well known, a large expenditure was in-curred at… … RELAYING PIPES ON SURFACE STREET OVER THE ELEVATED. without grade crossings. This expensive construction,it appears, has now been rendered useless by the alter-ations required to meet the Elevated Railways plans. The work of making these changes has involved thetaking out of the former incline…

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