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First Annual Message of Archibald Johnston, 1918 [continued]
and grades are permanently established and we are sure that the community will derive the maximum benefit for the expenditures made.
This means, with respect to steam railroad transportation, that the location of the facilities, their grades and capacities, shall have been permanently fixed in so far as they may have any bearing on improvements in the streets and public bridges. For instance, the elimination of grade crossings must be planned and the grades of the tracks and the highways determined; the location and necessary connecting facilities for permanent passenger stations, freight depots and yards in their relation to street grades and bridges should be definitely fixed, and only when these and other relevant matters shall have been decided upon can a comprehensive street grading and paving project be wisely adopted, so far as steam railroad facilities are concerned. To proceed under other circumstances will likely result in waste of the citizens' money.
Street Railways. The proposition also means, with respect to street railway transportation, that the present facilities, routing, tracks, road bed and type of construction, extensions and re-routing, must first be comprehensively studied and agreed to, and methods of operation, points of loading and unloading, and traffic regulations, in so far as they each and all may affect the use of the highways and bridges, must be determined before a street should be permanently paved in which a car line is located or likely to be located.
With these ends in view, we will invite conferences with the steam and electric railroad managements at an early date.
Furthermore, all facilities that are underground, or should go underground in the streets, should be comprehensively planned and provided for, including gas, water and sewer pipes. Zones should be
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