Text Appearing Before Image: lean undertaking was completed in 1904. Ultimate cost. (60,000,000. Brooklyn Bridge is the ter-minal for all lines. Manhattan western section runs to Kingsbridgc, eastern to Bronx Park. Brooklyn tunnel will pass under Broadway to South Kerry, thenceunder East River to Atlantic and Flatbush avenues. Manhattan and Bronx lines reach Yonkers and Williamsbridge. Various branches and loop-lines connect sections. INTERIOR OF SUBWAY. The subway is rectangular, 13 feet high and 25 feet wide for 2-track sections, 50 feet wide for 4-track sections. The bed is of concrete,with steel frame construction, concrete walls and roof, lined with asphalt and roofing-felt. It is mostly near the surface, but at certam points drops lower, nota-bly at Col mnbus Avenue and in4th Street, where the cars pass at a depth of 80 feet. At 169th and 181st streets are elevators to status X1Q feet below the surface.The motive power is electricity, using the third rail system. City Hall Park to 96th Street in 13 minutes. Text Appearing After Image:
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