(ARCADE RAILWAY) Proposed Arcade Railway. Under Broadway, View Near Wall Street. New York: Mayer & Sons, circa 1870. Chromolithograph, 545x695 mm sheet size; some staining, minor browning in image, 2 repaired tears. Still an impressive image. Stokes

(ARCADE RAILWAY) Proposed Arcade Railway. Under Broadway, View Near Wall Street. New York: Mayer & Sons, circa 1870. Chromolithograph, 545x695 mm sheet size; some staining, minor browning in image, 2 repaired tears. Still an impressive image. Stokes III, page 700-01; Deak 828. E2,500/3,500 "The Arcade Railway was one of the methods proposed to relieve the congestion of lower Broadway, which by 1870 had become a serious problem . . . Although the bill authorising the construction of the Arcade Railway was passed by the Legislature, on April 26, 1870, it was vetoed by Governor Hoffman"-Stokes. [SEE COLORPLATE I]