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Show New York Planning to Put Streets on Roofs New Tork city talks of a IG-mile roadway to be built on the roofs of 12-stoiy buildings from the lower part of the city to Yonkers. Gotham's traffic traf-fic problem Is costing the city a million mil-lion and a half dollars a day. This elevated highway on the reefs would be n motor-express thoroughfare. The man living out of town could motor down to his work without Interference of cross-traffic and park bis car en the j roof of the building in which he makes 1 his living. The Improvement wonid I soon pay for Itself. Fart of the plan calls for a sories of moving platforms for pedestrians, along the second floor, the platforms running from a speed slow enough to step on easily, up to Dfl miles an hour, to provide free trans-sit trans-sit on two new north nnd south avenues. ave-nues. It all rearls like an H. C. Wells novel, but It may be realized. Capper's Cap-per's Weekly. |