, 1879-07-10

CnfCA0O, july 0-Sinrc 1ny last comm1tnlcA
Hon to you, tlIe three e1cyAtuts railway compa.
lIcs OF Chicago havc applied for the nsscnt ot
The CITY Council for the privilege Of thc[r COL.
btructfon; md 10 tIlafy errorItous statements
hnve appeared rcgarlNg tllesn In nearly every
oue Of the city papers, that feel II necessary
that so,lcthin, further should be said for nubfe
information.
The Chicago companies do not acek to intro
slure here anything Hike The unslghtly, cum.
krhus, noisy roads, such rs have been built In
New York. Tllere they obsirlrt the streets
witt, posts, n1lf over tl1ese Is n llpnyy woodc,,
truss bri1gu on which the common wooden
rallrua ties are laid. Dur pIa1ls arc 80 entirely
different TINT would be- i,Icasc, 10 show thc,u
81 mr. office In decided contrast 10 those In use
III New York.
The public interest IN tilt. sub1ert Is greatly
enhanced by The ncknow ctlgcts lat that cllca;,
rapid 1saHEst in MI INDISPENSABLE Necessity il d
CITY Is to nSs1'Nlc lnrGe pTDrurtfnilE.
Time Is money, ,tlm! Il slurs not pay nowadays
10 waste one hour Ut prceo'ss tins going uni
practical methods NJ rapitl transit vet t]eyisS;I
One Is hy n tunnel uiItIcr ,lc gruun! onr Is on
surfacc Ts,ntl, at,'l one IL BY IN elevated wny
)n tic Ftlrlice, '1lu III crowded city, speed In
impossible without t0tnl disregard fnr life n
property n1Nl sufficient I'uwer 10 clear MI oh
sfrnetlai fr,sn the trac1i. ANY one familiar
with tic Rcrcrcll Of tic s.r,ti1 whistle, liz.
clnnEor OF bells, nnd 'lle wAr;D.. Of whtto nnsl
rcd flags ut every street crossing, wilt at once
recognize this fact.
4 tunnel Is tafc nn,i practicable, but Under O
crowded cit. ut tloptl! sufficient to he dry mn.
safc It would nut be patsUntse,l by enough pco-
tle to '1ay its opcratnE ryrenscs. American
pc,pIc generally prefer anything elsc, and tkuIr
last resort Is 10 20 under ttr t,rdslI,ll.
The clevatea roa!s owe t1rr success to tlic
incts TINT ttey nEo II. n1Ft air, free fr0Hl dust,
free from obstruction of sl,,' kind; aru not Sub.
ject to nrctaeht nr collision, Al,tl run furnish
such rlp!d lratstt, !ltu! fci cncap fares, as to
ta ut once The most pnPnta' inelloG Ut uco,llu-
tttn,. lure lotiE bcrl familiar with this Wiule
subject, ai'I eotlic years ay' invented mud prr-
1cetetl a t'lnn bs my own. Int my economical
plan OF wood has been k''Iessutctl by 4 ,nnch
better onc Of "r,,iuht lroi throughout, as tsuu
Ii gctt[n. cheaper year by .g1r.
ll!e Pert plan fHse yettcen Is 10 erect Lyon
nret}f4 afEoss street. frost cHEh tu cnrsI, taking
'l,e stare oufy that is nov orcupicl IN 81 many
places hy nnttghtfr tclrgmn,-poles. On :: sue
eesslol1 u ilIcsc arcl's, the rpad-bcd IL colt
atrlIctctl OF iron Eircrt. continuous from one
cld of tn road tu tn. plnr. nf1,l 10 cnilst r1lce
that tho wheels running Oh irotl rAx nt tile hot
ton1 lnrt Of tue gtrr':, arc entirely elused up
iron, sigl, a.nl, by res'lyl.,= inside of llmtr
nfr-space, nIil MI ratis placed on cnstfc t.lsi-
Ions, nse ns near lIoiarl,ss rs es't! he expected
lfIr nsccHt to tllcrn7d Ia provided by ctrrllnr
iron alaErwaYs ut s,lit:1u intersections OF the
from A1l oEtcellt,n. At thu hcAd Ut eurh Of
these ftarwnss s,l'hil irOn waitng-rupfsl IL
provided, nsnl tts doors TIL krpt cIosc.l, except
wllrl! sl,G cars arc ready IL tlG entered.
In tile construction Vi u, elevated railway The
prclfminnrcs are essentially different frun any
other r0a!. Nh s,n'i, right VI way X wanted, ~
We hare .hccu accustomed tn understand that
term. The streets psc left Just rs frer for all
lustuosa pilrposes US taey we're before. No
nrivatc rights IRE. or trrd bc, inrolyvd. Eyery
owner III property las just us free rtgllts of ar-
CESS, inEress, and egrcsh as ever. And, II the
latest improvements nru introduced here, as
llicy must al ,,trchsits Le, tiHyc il nut street
II, Cblsago lhnt wSulA not b. greatly benefited
hY st,c road. Their Introduction here would
u once plnre Chicago us thu second city In THE
Uhf0t..
l 1knor It Is the intention OF the threo Chtca-
10 companies to adopt all The latcst improve.
nclts atMl to eonstfct tlIrcc grand TRUTH lines,
to tnecs, It possible, III sumo rcutrai point, and
in tfmo diverge With branches sufficient to reach
MI the suburbs. The introduction OF these
roads may be regarded as the poor mans hoon,
uni will 10 tncrenso tue possibilities ut the fu
lure that they WILL materially hasten the tine
wtun Chicago will to the lca'!ing rIty OF tlsu
United ttatGs. uEONuE ", WAITE, C. f..