Word: subways
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Question: "Resolved, That the plans of the Subway Commission should be carried...
...Various other schemes are inadequate. - (a) Surface roads. - (1) Do not eliminate danger. - (2) Do not relieve congestion. - (3) Entail great expense. - i. e. Street widening. - (b) Elevated roads undesirable in region of subway. - (1) Injure and destroy property. - (2) Do not abolish grade crossings of tracks. - (3) Not adapted to narrow, winding streets...
Question: "Resolved, That the plans of the Subway Commission ought to be carried...
...benefit of his experience in the different kinds of dynamos, lamps, fuses, wires, meters, etc. The overhead system for street lighting is not per se any more dangerous than the underground, but companies have been so pressed with work that they have to employ ignorant and careless men. The subway system will eventually be used because it is more sightly. The alternating current has never really been proved more deadly than the direct, and in fact should be less dangerous thebretically. After the lecture Mr. Davis answered a great many questions from the club...