£65,000,000 RAILWAY SCHEME.
New York,' March 20. After a legal fight for three years, during which dozens.of public meetings and 1000 conferences have been held between the city authorities and groups', of financiers, contracts were signed voting a gross expenditure of £0.5,000,000. for., the extension and perfection of New York's underground and overhead railway system. , It is the most gigantic. undertaking in the history of municipalities, and will, necessitate engineering 'operations of a magnitude equal to those entailed by the construction of the Panama Canal. It will increase the mileage of New York's urban railways from 271 to 020. When completed in 1017 it will be possible for the people of New York to travel over the whole of this system, connecting the five boroughs of the city, for a uniform fare of 2V 3 d.. '
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 298, 9 May 1913, Page 2
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136£65,000,000 RAILWAY SCHEME. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 298, 9 May 1913, Page 2
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