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SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 277. 1922. 825 erl end at Bay Ridge. Existing lines to be utilized and im roved Y°!’” °‘N°" Y°’*· andr added to and new lines built where lines do not now exi&. C°mmu°d` "Number 4: An existing line to be improved and added to where necessary. Connects the middle belt line (number 1) with the marginal railroad (number 3) near its northeasterly end. " Number 5: An existing line to be improved and added to where necessalx Connects the middle belt line (number 1) with the mar— ginal r oad (number 3) in Long Island City. "Number 6: Connects the mi dle belt line (number 1) with the marginal railroad (number 3) in the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn. The existing portion to be improved and added to where necessary. "Number 7: A marginal railroad surrounding the northerly and westerly shores of Jamaica Bay. A new line. Connects with the middle belt line (number 1). "Number 8: An existing line to be improved and added to where necessary. Extends along the southeasterly shore of Staten Island. Connects with middle belt line (number 1). " Number 9: A marginal railroad extending along the westerly shore of Staten Islan and a branch connection with number 8. Connects with the middle belt line (number 1) and with a branch from the outer belt line (number 15). "Number 10: A line made up mainly of existing lines, to be improved and added to where necessary. Connects. with the middle elt line (number 1) by way of ma al railroad number 11. Extends along the southerly shore ofr%?aritan Blaly and throng? the territory south of the Raritan River reaching ew Brunswic . "Number 11: A marginal railroad extending from a connection with the proposed outer belt line (number 15) near New Brunswick along the northerly shore of the Raritan River to Perth Amboy, thence northerly ong the westerly side of the Arthur Kill to a connection with the middle belt line (number 1) south of Elizabethport. The portion of this line which exists to be improved and added to where necessary. "Number 12: A marginal railroad extending along the easterl shore of Newark Bay and the Hackensack River and connects with the middle belt line (number 1). A new line. "Number 13: A marginal railroad extending alo the westerly side of the Hudson River and the upper New ork Hay. Made up mainly of existing lines—the Erie Terminals, Jersey Junction, Hobo en Shore, and National Docks Railroads. To be imdproved and added to where necessary. To be connected with mid e belt line (number 1). "Number 14: A marginal railroad conuectiplg with the middle belt line (number 1) and extending through e Hackensack and Secaucus Meadows. " Number 15: An outer belt line extending around the westerly limits of the ort district beyond the congested section. Northerly terminus on tllie Hudson River at Piermont. Connects by marginal railroads at the southerly end with the harbor waters below the congested section. By slpurs connects with the middle belt line (number 1) on the wester y shore of Newark Bay and with the marginal railroad on the westerly shore of Staten Island (number 9). "Number 16: The automatic electric system for serving Manhattan Island. Its yards to connect with the middle belt lme and with all the railroads of the port district. A standard gauge underground railroad deep enough in Manhattan to (permit of two levels of rapid—transit subways to pass over it. Stan ard raih·oad cars to be brought through to Manhattan terminals for perishables and food products in refrigerator cars. Cars with merchandise freight to be stopped at its yards. Freight from standard cars to be transferred