<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayor_of_New_York_City" id="mw3Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mayor of New York City">Mayor of New York City</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Anderson_Van_Wyck" id="mw3g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Robert Anderson Van Wyck">Robert Anderson Van Wyck</a> breaks ground for a new underground "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Subway" id="mw3w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="New York City Subway">Rapid Transit Railroad</a>" that would link <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan" id="mw4A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn" id="mw4Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Brooklyn">Brooklyn</a>.<sup about="#mwt203" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-38"}}' id="cite_ref-38" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./March_24#cite_note-38" id="mw4g" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 38;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw4w">[38]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt207" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-39"}}' id="cite_ref-39" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./March_24#cite_note-39" id="mw5A" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 39;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw5Q">[39]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt211" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-40"}}' id="cite_ref-40" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./March_24#cite_note-40" id="mw5g" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 40;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw5w">[40]</span></a></sup>
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