Rapid Transit in New York City and in the Other Great Cities (1906)

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Rapid Transit in New York City and in the Other Great Cities

Prepared for the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York by its Special Committee on Recognition of Services of Members of the Chamber on the Rapid Transit Commission.

The proceedings of the Chamber of Commerce authorizing the preparation and publication of this book will be found in the last chapter. The book has been prepared by Mr. S. D. V. Burr, C. E., A. M., under the direction of the Chairman of the Special Committee. Copyright, 1906, by the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York.

This HTML edition corrected from OCR provided by the Making of America Project at the University of Michigan, with permission. The original page images and OCR for this book can be found at University of Michigan Digital Library, Rapid transit in New York city and in the other great cities. / New York Chamber of Commerce., Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Library 2005.

CONTENTS

Chapter		Page
I	The Beginnings and the Growth of New York City	1
II	Plans for Relief	6
III	Early Subway Schemes	9
IV	Bridges to Brooklyn: Brooklyn Bridge, Williamsburg Bridge, Manhattan Bridge, Blackwells Island Bridge	13
V	Tunnels: Hudson River Tunnel, Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Tunnel, Pennsylvania Railroad Tunnels	27
VI	Elevated Railroads	44
VII	Rapid Transit Commission of 1875	51
VIII	Commission of 1891	54
IX	The Chamber of Commerce	61
X	Abram Stevens Hewitt	77
XI	Commission of 1894	84
XII	Preparing the Subway Contract	107
XIII	Contract Awarded and Work Begun	118
XIV	Engineering Features of the New York Subway	122
XV	Equipment of the Subway	142
XVI	Work of Commission During Construction of Subway	154
XVII	Opening the Subway	164
XVIII	Future Rapid Transit in New York	175
XIX	Financial Statement	191
XX	Rapid Transit in Other Cities: London, Berlin, Budapest, Paris, Glasgow, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia	196
XXI	Present Rapid Transit Laws	253
XXII	Appreciation of the Chamber	276

N. Y. Subway; Harlem Tunnel—half Section; Typical Underground Construction.

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