Author : Board of Supervising Engineers
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ISBN 13 : 9781332186969
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (869 download)
Book Synopsis Reply to an Order by the Chicago City Council by : Board of Supervising Engineers
Download or read book Reply to an Order by the Chicago City Council written by Board of Supervising Engineers and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Reply to an Order by the Chicago City Council: For Information Respecting Improvements Made Under the 1907 Ordinances in Service, Operation and Equipment of the Chicago Surface Traction Companies The physical properties of the Companies are being continually modernized and perfected, the systems extended and the methods of operation improved, and Chicago to-day enjoys higher physical standard of its traction properties than other large cities in the country. In spite of this fact, the existing service and routing into the principal business district are admittedly deficient and rapidly becoming more so. This Board is fully cognizant of these conditions and will assist so far as it can in applying reasonable remedies. Notwithstanding this great improvement in the physical properties of the surface companies (made in compliance with the 1907 and subsequent ordinances), and the improvement in service necessarily resulting therefrom, interpretation of the figures presented shows that the City of Chicago now faces a problem in local transportation as serious as ever before in its history. With the surface railway traffic increasing at an increased rapid rate, largely as a result of the recent rehabilitation, there are no adequate means available now for alleviating the increasing congestion and inadequate street capacity except through (1) - complete unification of transportation lines, segregated as far as practicable into short haul and long haul traffic between surface and rapid transit systems respectively; (2) - additional bridges and tunnels, and finally (3) the construction of down-town subways, terminal and storage facilities. The immediate relief to be found by comprehensive through-routing has already become quite apparent through discussion of these matters before the Committee on Local Transportation. Incidentally, with reference to this question of storage, attention is directed to the fact that the demand for rapid transit terminal facilities finds its most rational outlet under Grant Park, west of the Illinois Central right-of-way, and that this space should be reserved for such purposes. There exists ample sub-surface space east of the Illinois Central tracks which is quite as suitable for street vehicle storage, and the Board desires to place itself unmistakably on record in the above recommendation as desiring to avoid immature investment in such vehicle storage where it might hopelessly cripple plans for subway terminal storage which may later be found necessary and for which this Park frontage space is absolutely essential. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
