Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-09-10

side streets aren't parallel with main
way. In American cities similarly
laid out the electric underground read
will be a necessity, and will come, -es-
pecially now that the Greathead shield
makes the digging of tunnels so much
quicker and cheaper, as digging from
the surface is necessary only at the
beginning and end. Yes, this applies
even to American cities whose popu-
lation is under 200, 900.
Il think -" he went on, that the ad-
yantages of electricity over steam as a
motive power are rather generally adj
mltted. 1t is safer and quicker. I'm
foreground railways, too, will be sub
ject to none OF the distractions which
surface railways encounter. On our
line there will be a conspicuous alb
sence of smoke and noxious vapors, and
the two separate tunnels will insure
almost perfect ventilation. The tenn
perature of the earth at a distance of
sixty feet benath the surface-that is
what our line will Discharges little.
Both cars and stations will be lighted
by electricity. By the way, our cars
are copied from those on the Manhat-
tan Elevated in New York.
A LIVELY CORNER.
ct is the scaffolding used in building
our road which makes the Royal Ex-
change look as if that stately building
was undergoing repairs. Immediately
opposite are entrances to the station
on the other corner is the partially
completed station of the City and South
London Company. When permission
was given to US to build a station Gin
front of the Royal Exchange it was put
forth as a condition that We should
build a subway underneath the street
for the use of foot passengers. This
means all, not merely those who use
our line; and it means. too. that in
future no one need endanger his life
by skipping through the crush of cabs,
om~nibuses and drays in the square by
the bank. Our station will also be
connected by subways with that of the
City and South London and the City
and Waterloo, so that passengers may
step from one of these lines to another.
The Central London will carry passen-
gers into the city from the west, and
will make in twenty-five minutes a
trip which now requires an hour and
fifteen; the City and Waterloo from the
east, and the City and South London,
with it's extended line, from the north
and south. We shall connect with the
Baker Street and Waterloo Road. and
also with the Great Northern and
Strand, the Charing Cross, Eusto1 and
Hampstead, and the Northwest Lon
don. Now every one is watching us,
and if our line does well it will be the
signal for renewed activity in all quar-
tehs."
O1ttEl OOS Ii 1lANI1o-
The lines referred to by Mr.. Graham
are a few of the many underground
! electric railways to the building of
Which the royal assent has been given,
| and which will be finished just as soon
as may be. A giant among them is the
Great Northern Strand, which will
make the people who live at Wood
Green and Kings Cross more neighbor-
lv than they are now, and which will be
about five miles long. Next in i'm
, portanee the Northwest and
London. 1t will get people at Crickle-
wood down earlier mornings and home
earlier of nights, and will connect with
the Central London at Marble Arch.
The Charing Cross, Euston and lamp
stead will try 10 help things in a SINH
| lar direction, will be about four miles
long, and cost, as will the two last men
toned roads, something like S13,0oe,o00.
From the south of London, almost
parallel with the southern extension Of
the City and South London's line, Is
| the City and Brixton road. This line,
| when completed. will tap the Rassen-
ger travel from the Brixten district, and
will be connected with the City and
South London's line by a tunnel.
UNDERMINING 4 CHURCH.
In building their new station at Lom-
bard street, the City and South London
have had a particularly ticklish job, for
they were obliged to tunnel under q
church. This church is ST. Mary's
Woolnoth. and is an old-timer, having
been built by Hawkshaw. n of Wren's
pupils. When the City and South Lon
don asked Parliament to extend its
powers. in 1897. the wardens Of the old
church managed to get a clause insert
| ed in the railroad bill that the yener-