KAPin-TRANSTI" SriUVAVS IN MF,TK< )POM'l'A X (MTIKS. 



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tion of 'ri-('ni()ii( and lioylsloii streets (lie coii'^i'st ion was so <;ri'at 

 (hat traflic was almost wholly impeded during (he l)usies( hoiii's of 

 the day. Various solutions of the problem were })roposed fi'om time 

 (() time. An elevated road was rejected hy a popular vo(e, and (ho 

 pr()i)osod wideniii<>" of the streets involved so ^reat an expense as to 

 he imi)raetical)le. The only comprehensive scheme seemed to he a 

 subway in the congested district, and in isilj an actAvas passed author- 

 izing its construction. The results have been most satisfactory. The 

 streets are not nearly so crowded as before, and there is a great saving 

 to (he passengers of the time necessary to reach the central portion of 

 (he city from almost any suburb. The total length of the subway is 1§ 

 miles, and contains over .') miles of track. Several additional lines 

 are undei* considei'adon. 



THE tX)MPUi:iIKNSIVK SCIIKME FOR PARIS. 



The problem of rai)id (ransi( was hrs( agitated in l*aris almost 

 half a century ago, and as early as 1870 the municii)al authorides 

 ))egan seriously to study various solutions. In imi(a(ion of odier 















Flc. 2.— M-ip cf P.ii I-, 'T'li \\ ui„' siU)\\ i> s 111 op 1 iti n hikI uikU i ( m\-^\.\ uct on 



cities an elevated road was proposed during (he eigluies, but the 

 esthetic Parisian would have none of i(. The beautiful boulevards, 

 streets, and public places, laid out by Baron Haussnuui at great 



