, 1874-05-20

fcnsiblo and attended, with MI litllo discomfort
to paaHongers, and M lfttle annoyance to iMlt-
vit1,taln mid to the general public: hs my othor
TINT has fal0n nnuor my ob6ervati0u.
It H admitted on all hands TINT any scl,otno OF
rapid transit In cities, TINT llna boon or can DO
devised, will necessarily md ifavoi1ably 10, to
greater or loHa oxto1t, tiuIannce or. to put 1t
moro mildly, ali fnconvonionco, to somebody.
Tl,ia bolng granted, 1t thun only romans to ro-
duco thls Inconvenience to q minamul!l,-uot
overlooking, in tho moa'lttne, tho conditions Of
coat nnd aafoty.
Without attompting to oritioiBc any Of tho
briefly to submit mine, which Is MI alevatod,
doublo-sraolt, tso:atory railway. passing over
tho alloys longthwise mud oyor tito atroots croHa-
tiie traoks. TIoso tracks arc to 10 laid UPON m
opon framework Of iron aud thia framework is
to bo supported OIL Iron posts planto! on oaelt
sido oftho alloy or Just inside Of tho lluo Of tho
lots nd]ointng tho alloy. The irst story !; to bo
htory 10 or IL feot above tho t1rnt. On each
story q tloublo-traoh railrosd the Arat-Btory
tracks for wny-passongors, aud tho second story
tracks Tor through ,pasAengors. covered stations
ono pido to the ot!or, constructed OF iron, and
consequently 1re-proof. Way-traius to stop at
eyory alroet: throug, trains at, any, evo1y tonttl
stroot. stattous to bo reachod by iron stalrwnya
from tho sidewalk. -Four stairways to each
ssation,-two for outgoing passengers, tho othor
two for incoming passengers. Tho objoet Of
having four stairWayH, ono Mt oach corner OF the
interrogation of tho Btroot aud aloy,' is to give
ample menus OF ingroas and egreaB. Tho Hta-
tionn arc to be. at tho Hnmc height above the
ground aH tho railway, 80 nB to cause no obstric-
ton TO taavol; and tl,oy aro to bo incosod aoross
tho whole width OF tue street, for tho double
purpose of Bheltorfng waiting passengers from
tho weather, aud Of conuoslnB the ours from tho
horses in tho street bolow,..-ths obv'attnA
worry soroug objection to elovntcd railways. Iho
rolling to be cars Of ordinary eonstraotion M.
motive power to DO light locomotives or dummy,
engines, propelled by Btonnl, md burning TARA
coai,-thts avoiding tho smoke which IL SO
serious an objection to tho uae Of aoft coal.
Tho advantages OF such road are obvious
ample facilities for carrying double tho n,'mbar
Of pasHongors carried by an ordinary single rail-
way. ,,,o,> tr,,
framework, 1t would not DO al obstruction TO tae
lirht and nir, nnd would be hro-proof.
the streot-crossng str whore It would pass through
fro-proof iron stations, entirely incloaod from
Hinht, It would not frighton horsos; and, being
OF nil points at loast II foet above tho ground, 1t
would not obstr,.ct trayol. .
Fo,trth-Running two clasBoa Of trains. way
trains on tho lower tracks and through-trai1a on
thp upper.-all kinds Of passengers could bo &C.
com.nodatod tn tile matter Of time aud speed.
FifM-A much higher degree Of spool GOULD
DO attained with safety upon such ROAD thah
upon ono built on the ground, Us thore would DO
no danger OF collision with trains at the street-
crossings.
loss liable to got out OF repair, than ono OF ofd-
nary construction. ...
Seuenth-Jhe Inconvenience and damage to
proporty-owncra would bo comparatively slight
". D. RICHARDSON.