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UNDERGROUND TRAVEL. T1IK BOSTON SUBWAY PARTLY COM? PLETED AND IN OPERATION. A BRI0I1TI.T UOIITED Tl NNW. AFKfU'.PlN?: RAPID TRANSIT FOR BLECTRIO CARS CONORS TIO? OV TUB BTREET9 RELIEVBD, The subway for streetcars In Boston, a pari of whli h has Ju il b ?? >a op? n? -i for at rvlce. is an em.???? :-: ? of more than local Interest The ne eesslty for some relief t? the i rowded thorough? fares above it can besl be appre? lat? d, of course, by H lonlans; but tl?.- Modem Aib.n.s is i?; no means th.ily cltj In this countr) which is beset with problems of the same character. ThofO who :ii" familiar v.iih "!h<- lay of tiie land" in Bosl? n remember thai Tremont-st. runs In a ajenerall) north-and-aonth direction and forms ihe ? istern boundary of th.- Common. Ii i-; intersected by Rovlston-st., which consti? tutes Ihe southern boundary of thai historic parle On the Boylsl m and Tremonl st edges of the Common there is a broad promenade. known as the Mall. The main part of the sub? ira. . ? li. h Is w Id ? ? nough to a? commodate four tracks, passes under ihe Tremonl st. Mall, and. niter passing under Park-st, which lies along the northern side if ine Common, extends mr will extend, when completed) to Scollay ?Square, thence eastward to Adams Square, ami finally up northward again to Hayraarkel Square. This terminus Is close to the great union rail? way station .it the North End. Ft en th.- , oin, r of Tri mont and Boylston sts. there are two extensions, wldn enough f>?r only a double track. <m<- runs westward under Boylston st. Mall for about '.k"> feet, and then ascends an Incline through an op? n < ul for ,'il* feel The terminal station for this branch la situated In th- Public Gardens. The other branch reaches away to the southward, and. on nearlng th<- Junction of Bhawmul ave. and Tn mont-st., forks. A separate two-track incline leads up into each of those streeta Including th? Inclines, ihe subway has a total length of about a mile and a half, und will con? tain about five miles of track Al present the branches from th.rn.-r of Boylston and Tre? monl Bl.-. and th-- main line up to Park-Si. an In operation. A great >l<-.il o? work has already been done on the northern portion of the route, arid it is h? i ? I thai everything all) be finished within th> n \t eight months. Hi und wats broken for the subway in April, 1805, twenty Bine month- ago. The depth of this underground passageway Is 1 I f. -. t. The Width IS L'i feel for I WO T.|. l(S, .11,d 18 feel f.-r f? ur. Al Int rvala of sis r- et, along the side.-, si--. I posts are b< t up on at.1 foundatl >nB, and from the tops of those on one side there r? rn h a? n i to the top ..f o, ,<,. ,,,, ,)..? i th? r stul roof beams. Where there arc four tracks there is a c? ntral lia.f posts in the turn ? I, In addition to those along the sides, From one < ro i ?" am t.? the n< sl th? re cxl nd an ai h of ma t.ry. These su< ? ? ? Iv? ai hi . f. . mil .: I hi roof, an covered with coni-rete; ind th? mat? : lal HI th? pace betWi'.-i the Bides. A waterproof I . ? ., i In es iding from I .....a, wat< r that " ? other? leak n fi ml ill. Th? m i ?onry floor is ;.,::? *-, d, like an Inv? rted ar. h, an l al ng II ?rural line iher? r in i a dra n At Int? r\ ala the train ?: ? ?? ? :.?.. a pit, from which, whem ver the wat? r rises to a < level, the contents arc withdrawn bj auti i il ally con troll? I . 1?. :r,,- pumps V? ntllatlon Is ? ff? - '.-l by hui ? i ?l irj ran establish? d in masonrj it thi or four pointa along the i ne. The air Is suck l out of the subway, and forced upward thi ugh the op nfnga to Ihe level of ihe ?trei-i, ll u dr< I ? of Im and? m i :? ctrlc : imi and scores of an Hghta ai ?! ; i advanl ig? i . al ?ng Ihe in terl? r. As clectrlelt) i>d for th? propulsion of the i ara ? hi? h i ; il .%..>. th? r.- la i. - smoke lo a? umulat? i n the . -Mings, and no foul gases to offend the fa ? . i rv?i Tin-re is no reason why th? pla ? h ..-1 n I r? main ? lean, sweet and bright for years. AI th? und? rground r ? irse, the subway is broaden? I A high Air? fenc? runa lengthwise In the middle, ? , irallng the two noi thboui -1 tr u :. from the tw?i soul hi un I. The tra- lu of e.i., t, p.ur are Ivided i ?? rial ? n gineers call an "island platform." saj '?'?<> feel wide, and 300 or IfSJ feel long. Ace? : i.m tie had to on? platform from the ??(her onlj b) pro Ing down a low flight of ita ? ai i through a narrow bul brightly Illuminated pas age undei n- ath, oi i ! ??? going up ; i the street and . rosslng iv? r. The cara v. hi, h run Ihn ugh the tunnel ar- oi ("..i irj li lej cars, but, iik.- many which tra-. i : ? other rout? In t!:-- i ty, th? y are all con? trolled by one ror|ioratliin, Ihe West Knd Street Hallway Company, to which, by the way, the subwaj la- lieen leased by th? Tran t Commis i neri 'iii fact partially explains some of the pri au ?i taken al the stations. Then one buys a ii ki t In lure h >a riling .? i.u or ,;. Hing a, rhan? e to do o, are) thi ? ndui lor on I h? car col lecta Ihe Ll? kets, Kill fn m th? i tatlon i lat : Is effected Ihrouul lun les, wbi< b a.. >w a person to pa In onlj ?in dh i ion. in. id, easy stall '? rid d n n from Ih I reel r? the und ,-,?!? und statloi 'i i ? more than thirty Btej In a (light Th ? ai two flights for He northbound tracks, ind two f ?r the Bouthl ?ui I The h ud of - a li i.; in loa d by a neat oni tory, gla .??:??; granite b ill lin - Glazed white i?i i. i< and i I? lit) , ?,f whit.- paint Impart to ihe station interlora a fresh and the r> appearance. At present t?..- ' BOSTON'S NEW SUBWAY INCLINE IN THE PUBLIC GARDEN. , ?nly stations in use underground are at the cor ? ner of Boylston and Tremont sts. ami at Park-st A temporary loop at the latter point permits the northbound cars to return without switch? ing. When the subway is completed, however. there uiii i.ther stations at Si o lay Square, Adams Square and Hay market Square. < miy an engineer can begin to understand th.- difficulties of an undertaking lik?- this Count leas sewers, a ater-plpcs, gasplp? s and tele phon? -Air.- conduits have been laid close to the route, and Bom ? of ih.s,- have been bared dur? ing the prigresa of the necessary excavation. When ihelr position was at a higher level than the r..of ,,f the future subway it was not neces? sary to do ne re than lo protect them carefully f.r the lime. Bui if the) were lower than the roof, and higher than the Boor, the situation was root, serious. Two great water mains, one thirty Inches In diameter and the other forty BOSTONS NEW SUBWAY FOUR-TRACK SUBWAY UNDER TRKMONT-ST. Inches across, ?ere encountered at that very in invenlent level, It became necessary to con utru t siphons, bending down under the subway and up agiln on the other Bide, in order to ad ju-t these conflicts of Interest. Kor the happy solution of all th.-:- difficulties great credit is ,'-j to th? t'ity Commission Intrusted with the work, to their 'hlef - ngli.r, and, in some meas? ure, t. the engine, rs of the West End Company, An Incidental l j: I mi orlant f. ature of tlie plan of construction Is the avoidance of grade i rossinirs. In the four-track passageway the Iloylston-st. ears have the two inside tracks, and the Tremont-st and Bhawmut-ave. ears use the two outer ones in common. Accordingly, at th" southeastern corner of the Common, the westernmost track (southnound) is carried down Under the two central ones, by a special one track tunrnl which soon emerges With another one-track tunnel carrying th>- up-track. At a point still further south a similar plan Is pur sued in th.- separating of the Bhawmut-ave. and Tremont-st. cars Tie- cipa. Ity of the subway is ninety cars per mit,ute. Inasmui h as th" facilities thus af? forded :ir.- Buppli mentary to th.me already af forded on Tremont-st., and an- not a substitute for the latter, a distinct increase In the number of punes, as well as freedom from blockades, bas been secured. RJtlUYBRAVIVO POSTAI* CARDS. i From The Boston Transcript. An advertisement has appeared in some of the daily papers In which a cosh payment has been , offered for uneancelled printed postal cards. It seems that many business houses have occasion j to have a large number of postal cards printed to advertise some special line of goods or for the use of some travelling man. For some rea? son or other the conditions may change, so that perhaps only half of the cards are use?), being or m'.cd, Lbey can nut be used in any other way,, j and the result is that in nine CSSSS out of ten they are consigned to the waste basket, a? the | Government does not red. em uncancelled postal cards an it does stamped envelopes. A process has been discovered by which all of the printed matter may be removed from the card, leaving it in the same condition as when bought at the poatofBcn. A charge of one-half cent per card is- made for this work; or, in other words, a man sends five hundred carda to be "made over." The man who does the work charges f?SO for his services, ami tin- < u.?tomer save? $1* ."?0, as the printed cards were of no uas to him. WHY riu: cow lost neu APPBTtrt, Prom The Muskegon Chronicle. Several weeks ago a cow belonging to Rolla Payne began to lose Us appetite and g row thin. There seemed to be nothing the matt.-r with the animal, but it continued slowly to starve. It ate very little, just sufficient to keep life within its body, but not enough to sustain it any length of time. Mr Payne finally came downtown sad consulted Dr. D. W. Kose, who sent up soma medicine, but did not see th" animal. 8lx weeks passed and the COW grew thinner and thinner, while the owner grew i re snd more perplexed. Une night the C >w i ? -> seixed with a violent lit of coughing, ai I : : Z tail couched up. a boy's ordinary basebal wo and one-half Inehea In diameter, which luring Bj this time had been lowjged |n the anil il I throat As Bonn as ndleved of the ball tl ? ??? t>** gan to improve, and Its appetite in r is? i aml* lngly. U has now recovered Its . M A***? and is njiu: tue wurde fur Its unuai ? ? -^