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Show I MAMMOTH SUBWAY TO COST MILLIONS Chicago, Jan. 7. A mammoth sub-I sub-I w'ay, extending more than three miles in a straight lino, is recommended as I the first project to be undertaken In J building Chicago's proposed fifty million mil-lion dollar underground traction system, sys-tem, in a report submitted by the city's special subway bureau. The plans as outlined provide for a bore which shall accommodate four I tracks, capable of handling 240 surface sur-face cars and 350 elevated ( cars, or f 0.000 passengers each hour the present pres-ent combined capacity of the congested congest-ed elevated and surface lines. |