When The First Elevated Roads Were Built

Extensión in the use of iron and steel also made elevated railways possible. A project in tuis direction dates from 1868. Exactly ten years later two sections of raihvay were open in New York. The flrst elevated road in Brooklyn began operation in 1885. These speedways at once became popular. In 1884 no fewer than 250 engines and 800 cars were in use by the New York lines, carrying over 300,000 passengers daily, or about 103,000,000 for the year. Chicago followed with the Alley L liue, so called from the lanes to which it is relegated. Boston prefers and is preparing provisión for rapid transit by means of an underground railway system like London's. -