Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1911 — Millions for Elevating. [ARTICLE]

Millions for Elevating.

All of the railroads of this country that operate within the thickly-settled sections of the big cities have been engaged for years in the work of eliminating dual crossings with the view to lessening the necessity of making day and night hideous to those living in the vicinity of the scene of operation. Millions and millions of dollars have been spent in this work and other millions will be expended in the' immediate future. The cost Incident to the elevation of tracks in Chicago alone approximates $1,000,000, while in and about Boston $15,000,000 is a low estimate of what has been put into this form of roadbed improvement. The elevation of tracks through. Lynn and at Harrison square will call for the expenditure of at least $5,000,000, while those contemplated at Waltham, Salem and at other points, will roll up an enormous bill on account of new construe-' tion. —Boston Olobe.