A MUNICIPALITY'S RAPID TRANSIT ENTERPRISE, BY A NEW YORK ENGINEER.

A MONO the works that have built up L—\ our twentieth-century world a place * ^ q| respect must he accorded to the Rapid Transit Subway of New York City.

Why it was constructed.

High-capacity rapid transit is vital to the modern metropolis. Means must be provided for transporting the masses—not the few —from far-distant dwelling-Why it was ^Qygj, f0 c^y every morning constructed. &

and evening. That is, we re quire cheap rapid transit of wide radial reach, and capable of handling large volumes of traffic. Up to the present the New York Subway remains the leading exemplar of achievement in this branch of enterprise.