| Show W I 1 CHEAT GREAT NEED OF TO diy daiy an instance of how ready mankind I 1 in this fast age la Is to millions to I 1 save minutes may be found in the present agitation in naw nsw york looking to the accomplishment of several I 1 gigantic rapid transit projects oae of these is in to connect the elevated I 1 road i of thy metropolis and those of Br brooklyn oaklyn by two additional bridges over the east river at a coat of 21 0 aher her companies are at work on underground systems system 3 there being belog two projects to tunnel under I 1 the east last either of which will cost many millions million s of dollars A huga brida ia is proposed prop the 2 costing sotor and a tunnel under the latter river ii it now about thorda finished jay guld is asking hr fir legislation to lay a third track on tha th present manhattan L system to increase ita its capacity 01 other ber rapid transit projects are baing actively pushed in witham the whole bang conclusive evidence that the tile citizens of thit metropolis are alive to tha the urgent necea necessity sity of cutting off as much ai as possible of the time that is n now ow consumed in moving from one point to ano anoh bar sr the papers pipers of chicago have baen q doting this extraordinary ment a reat great deal of 0 late and dwell upon it with much fervor arvor because it offers such a contrast V to the state of things tn in their city it will be no less leas interesting we think to the residents of a metropolis baill farther further west maral mural transportation facilities aresu are such chas as she has ban every reason to be heartily ashamed of the city is one of magnificent distances and paradisiacal suburbs the citizens are among the busiest and most active on the globe that we should have to complain of the lack of this most necessary improvement rapid transit is under the above circumstances well sigh inexplicable one would think that the urgency of the need would produce ita its own remedy I 1 we are in a position to know that the i I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 public craving has about reached the point of satiety on the air fair promise diet with which it has BO so long been fed cannot something ba be done to hurry along a more substantial viand namely the fulfillment of at least a portion of that which we have awaited with BO so much patience |
