Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-26
MILLIONS N SUBNAYS
Plans Presented For Grand Consoli.
dated System Of Underground
Railways.
Best Features Of London, Bud Pesth,
New York and Boston lncorpor.
ated-Cost $50, 100000.
Yerkes Will Direct Establishment
Of New Rapid Transit System
For London.

Chicago July 2e.-Detailed plans for
the construction Of a downtown sub-
way system in Chicago, at an estimated
cost of s20,000,OOO, were given to the
street railway commission yesterday by
President John NJ. Roach, of the Union
Tractionicompany. In drawing the plans
ut was said that the best features had
been selected from the underground.
systems of Buda- Pesth, London, New
York and Boston. The plans We're re-
ceived by the commission as represent
Ling the ideas of the street car men, and
were considered simply as engineering
proposals., Without reference to the
Questions of municipal ownership, cons
pensationa franchise extension which
are involved in the subway proposition.
\ The Union Traction company was re-
/ presented by President Roach and W.
4 w. Gurley, general counsel. The Chs
cago City railway COMPANY was repre-
aented by it's general counsel Il. r.
\ Bliss. The Last named stated, after the
Iplams had bsen considered by the COM.
mission. that there would be no objec-
/ tihn to the city on the part of the Chi
| cago City railway. provided adequate
| guarantees Were given that no grants
! for surface lines would be made after
1.-The subway had been constructed.
The suggestions We're taken by the
tcommission for further consideration in
iconnecsion with others which may be
Submitted. The members of the COM
mission said the system as proposed by
! the traction company was sought as the
expression of street car men and that
Tit was valuable as such. Consideration
j5cf the plans will be independent Of any
Eauestion Of municipal ownership. Pres
IiGent Roach stated that the plans Mere
offered tp5thacity tosuse at its plea sure.
The pans included provision for ans
/ Other river tunnel. at Dearborn street,
10 be used for north side lines. They
provide for u central transfer station for
iai lines. This$is to be located in Madi-
sen street, between State and Dearborn
streets. All loops Will touch the block
at SOME point, enabling transfer 10 any.
part of the city. All west and south side
Hoops Will reach the new postotiice and
better mail carrying facilities Will be
afforded.
There was no discussion of the meth
I'D Of construction OF of the proposals
for municipal ownership. TO which the
members of the commission are pledged
[ If 1t be found possible. The traction
company made no statement of its
llternis for construction of the Under
ground loops and the plans We're con-s
sdered merely from an engineering
point.
SIX loops are provided by the plans
lef the traction company The con-
tstruetion of another river tunnel Will
fenable the division Of the north side
Dimes The Wells street cables will use
lthe La Sale street tunnel and the Clark
fstreet line the new tunnel in Dearborn
4 street. LINES entering the La Salln
Iistreat tunnel will be operated from La
Sale TO Madison and Dearborn to La
sale. Those entering the Dearborn
street tunnel Will run in Dearborn,
4 Madison State and Randolph streets
/ The loop emerging from the Wash
tfngton street tunnel Will be laid in
A Franklin, Monroe. Dearborn. Madison
I, and Washington streets; the loop from
1.-the Van Buren, street tunnelNin Frank 7
Hin. Adams. STATE. Madison. Dearborn
land Monroe streets. BY consolidation
I, Of the Wabash avenue and State street
Iscable lines on State Street at Hubbard
court one loop will be used for both
4 lines. running in State. Jackson, Ram
4 dolph, state. Madison, Michigan, Jack
4 son and STATE streets.
\ The estimates of the cost of 5construc-
tion have been doubled over those sub
Imittei With the general proposition
4 first made by the company. The first
OBSTINATE was s1,0Oo.0Oo a mile for ten
Ismiles of underground tracks. The
+, present estimate is s2,0o000O mile.
4 The plans as worked out in detail pro-
ISVide for a system of pipes, wires and
4! conduits in connection with the sub
way. This addition causes the increas Sc
4 In estimates. Provision is made for the
\ 2carrying Of gas mains above the sub
way for the safety Of traffic under
4 ground.
4 YERKES PLANS LONDON ROADS.
A Chicago street Railway Aiagnnte in
i London TO Direct Establishment OF
4 Underground system.
London, July 26.-Charles r. Yerkes.
A the guiding spirit of syndicate Which
4 hopes to give London system OF I'M
foreground electric rapid transit equal to
q anything in America. arrived in London
4 shortly before 3 o'clock this morning.
a 1t is safe to say that the London pub
lie VIII hail With delight MIR. Yerkes'
coming. as the present mode of travel
Y between London and the suburbs is ex
q |ceedingly poor, and those unfortuna,es
who are compelled to use the suffocat-
4 Ing underground cars look upon any
man who can change these conditions
az nothing short of deliverer.
MIR. Yerke s. is more communicative re-
gardirg his London schemes on this side
Il of the water than he is on the other: in
!fact, he s willing to give freely an out
y line of the project as far az he himself
is acquainted with 1t, with the exception
of the names of the English pro-
noters and capitalists interested These
he thought he would be able to give OUT
soon.
The London people" said Mr.. Yerkes,
who have Travelled declare that Chi
4 cago has the best street car system in
the world, and in order to give London
intermural transit similar to ours they
submitted to me a scheme for UNDER
ground electric lines, connecting with
the surface lines in the suburbs
By they 1 mean the syndicate OF