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Excerpt from Pittsburgh Main Thoroughfares and the Down Town District: Improvements Necessary to Meet the City's Present and Future Needs
Mr. T. E. Billquist, Chairman, November 26, 1910. Committee on City Planning. Pittsburgh Civic Commission.
Dear Sin - I have the honor to submit herewith a report upon desirable improvements in the main thoroughfares and the down town district of Pittsburgh, prepared in accordance with the instructions Of your Committee and in consultation with its members.
In submitting the report I wish to take the opportunity of expressing my appreciation Of the attitude of your Committee throughout the twelve months during which the investigations and the preparation of the report have continued, and of the part which the keen interest Of its members and their helpful criticism have had in making the report a useful one.
The closeness of the connection between the problems dis cussed in this report and those of the Traction System, which have been concurrently studied by Mr. Bion J. Arnold, has involved frequent conferences with Mr. Arnold and his assistant, Mr. George A. Damon, as well as with Mr. John P. Fox, engaged by the Mayor for a study of the same problem; and the informa tion and suggestions furnished by them have been Of great assistance. In the preparation Of the report on the Allegheny River bridge problems, submitted jointly by Colonel T. W. Symons and myself and printed in Part V of this report, informa tion furnished by Colonel H. C. Newcomer, in Charge Of the local office Of U. S. Government engineers, has been Of the utmost value. I am also greatly indebted to the Flood Commis sion, and especially to Mr. E. K. Morse, Chairman of the Engi neers' Committee Of that Commission, for the use Of maps and other data gathered by them.
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