INTERBOROUGH RAPID TRANSIT CO.
On account of its geographical peculiarities the city of New York has for many years been subject to traffic congestion on the north-south line. The long narrow outline of the island of Manhattan with its dense population presents an unusually difficult transportation problem.
Until the year 1914 the operations of the Interborough Rapid Transit System were confined almost exclusively to Manhattan and the Bronx, while the Brooklyn Rapid Transit System operated in Brooklyn and the Borough of Queens. This geographical division, however, was abandoned with the inauguration of the dual system. By the new arrangement the B. R. T. operates into Manhattan over the New York Municipal line and on the other hand the Interborough reaches into Queens through the Steinway Tunnels and the Queensborough Bridge and into Brooklyn by the Eastern Parkway and Nostrand Ave. Lines.
7-car Train Equipped with G-E Motors and PC Control
30,000-Kw. Turbine at 59TH Street Station, Interborough Rapid Transit
