Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-07
Bcrlin's underground railways.

A Berlin correspondent WiltcS
November 20. 1906: "A cosmopolitan
city cannot look as ornamental and
orderly as a drawing h Ber-
lin, however. In the principal thor
oughfare of it's traffic just now every
thing is topsy-turyN.
"A commencement has been made
tn LeinZiger Platz with the continue
lion of the underground railway.
Here, where the streams of traffic from
north, south. east and west converge,
a tunnel Is In process Of construction
without any hindrance whatever to
the traffic. It cannot be denied that
this extremely difficult task is being
accomplished with great skill. While
The work Of tunneling is going on un-
i~nterruptedly the mighty stream of
traffic ours over the temporary road
way which Is supported BY massive
girders. The project is naturally be-
ing hurried forward with al possible
dispatch. and the contractor hopes
that in the autumn of 1908 the new
railway station, LeipZiger Platz, Will
he o1en for traffic. Not until the
new section reaching TO the Spittel-
market has been completed VIII the
underground railway be in a position
to cone with the vast and increasing
demands of the population of Ber-
lin, UD to the present it has been a
SUI vi l9ANls 0itt AtiN Ahl hit lAl1A
time il Is extending Itself into the
heart Of the city. The section now in
course or construction may be COM
pared in position and significance with
the Metro OF Paris. where il runs
along the Rue de Rivoli. Like the lat
ter, IL viii also have stations at short
intervals. Already, however, another
extensive continuation Of this new sec
ton is being planned, which Will run
1 ~ d a month Of flnA Iftaf a nd 10 nNFNnAf
decided upon. while to the west the
underground railway Is pushing out
steadily by way Of Charlottenburg ana
West END MS far as the Havel. Thus,
in the growing railway map of Berlin
there is presented to the Imagination
the picture of Greater Berlin as It VIII
be in the near future. stretching away
as far as the forests. streams ana
lakes Of the province of B~randenburg.
And yet this scheme by no mean eX-
hausts the attempts which are being
made 10 meet the needs of the traffic
OF the metropolis. Plans for a new
underground railway to be built by
the municipality are already well ad-
vanced. This new line is to run from
north to south, and will cross the eN-
listing underground railway, so that
there win be a~N.central junction corre-
spending to those of the Metro in
Paris. Several Of the great suburbs
are already directing their attention
TO this project and contemplate ef-
fecting a connection With this city
railway, which would then be on
tinued southeast as far as RiXford,
and southwest via S%choneberg to
Wimersdof. while il would s%tretcn
nOrthward as far as Tegel and termi-
nate at the forest and lake in that vi
entity.
'"rhe third great project, which is
at present in course Of preparation. is
in connection with the Berlin Tram
ways company. Fearing hat their
monopoly may come to an end with
the expiration Of their existing con-
tract, this company is displaying un-
usual energy. Their project includes
a TUNE underneath the historic Leip-
Tiger street. This latter street espe-
cially needs to be relieved Of its ter
ribly cUngested traffic. The former
Under den Linden remains closed al
together to the tramways until this
tunnel project is carried out. as the
authorities are resolved to keep it free
great national and festive dis
plays. In connection with this project
a most interesting technical
problem. namely, how Is this future
L-eipziger-street tunnel to be carried
under hat of the Underground rail-
way which is now being built? The
difculty lies in the fact that Berlin
is built on a so-called floating strata
Of mud. According to our Information
the difficulty is to be met by introduce
ing long pipes with strong freezing So
buttons into h ground. by means of
which the surrounding soil will be
frozen firmly for a radius Of two me-
tiers, so hat it can be worked with
the chisel, In this way, as large a sec
ton of the ground as is required, can
at any time be prepared for tunneling
operations. BY this interesting meth-
cd it viii be possible to bore n u n
mel under another in the mud and
sand which lie beneath the suface."
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