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Title: Annual report of the Boston Transit Commission, for the year ending ..
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Boston (Mass.). Transit Commission
Subjects: Boston (Mass.). Transit Commission Local transit
Publisher: Boston : Rockwell and Churchill
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library

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d to about theheight of the eye with white enameled tile, starting from agreen ceramic mosaic curved base. Above the white enameledtiling, a diamond-patterned ceramic mosaic border runsthrough the lobbies and up the stairs to the street level.The walls above the borders, and wdth some exceptions theceilings over the platform, are tiled with white ceramic mosaic. The names of the stations have been set in colored ceramicmosaic so as to come opposite the middle of each car, the colorsbeing the same as the borders in each case. A distinctive coloris used for each of two nearly opposite platforms, so as toaid in identifying the stations at a glance. Directory slabsof marble, giving the station name and surrounded by aborder of colored ceramic mosaic tile, have been set over thevarious tunnel entrances. The design of the booths, news stands, borders, lettersand signs is due to the architect of the Boston ElevatedRailway Co. The stations are lighted by incandescent electric lights. Plate 13
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LU >^ O , LU LU 2i cc a. t- C/5 LU Report of the Chief Engineer. 43 Under the provisions of the Act and the lease theElevated Railway Company has permission to place or admitunobjectionable advertisements in spaces specially adaptedtherefor. These places have been defined by brass-framedpanels, 30 inches by 46 inches, usually at intervals of about12 feet but in some cases arranged in groups of three or five.Thus far 438 panels have been installed, varying from 81 inEssex Station to 31 in State Station. Plate 13 will serve as an illustration of the general appear-ance of the station platforms. Pipe Changes. The work of relocating pipes for Washington-street Tunnelconstruction is now practically completed. The relocationof the 24-inch and 12-inch water pipes in Washington streetand the 16-inch water pipes in Devonshire street, betweenState street and Adams square, were the principal items ofpipe work, done directly by the Commission, during the year. THE CAMBRIDGE CONNECTION. As stat

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