The Globe-republican., 1890-09-24

<..,rs for the accommodation ct worlds
fair Messengers under the terms OF the
lease with the Illinois Central
Granting that the Illinois Central
sbould take the position outlined by
Superintendent Snyder. it remains TO
be seen how the Illinois Central can
handle the traffic which will thereby
fall to it alone. President Fish OF the
Illinois Central was out of the city
Yesterday, but his remarks to the COM
mittee on transportation. embodied In
the committees report OF August w.
NAV be taken as indicative.
President Fish declared to the COM
pany tEAt he and his company were de-
sirous OF doing every thing that could
properly be done to promote the success
of the fair. While not feeling himself
authorized to commit the company to a
contract for rates to be charged In 1873
between the city and the exposition, he
thought the passengers could be carried
at the rate of five cents. He thought
the exposition company should provide
grounds fer depot circular track. or
"Y" at the park. The company would
have ~ make permanent investment
of upw Ard of Sl,0O0,0 900 for additional
tracks. aad equipment which would be
of little value after the fair ended. ms
equipment however, would enable the
company to transport from 10000 to 25,-
900 passengers per hour.
NJ. NJ. Kirkman. vice-president OF the
Northwestern road and member OF the
committee on transportation OF the
worlds fair directory. said yesterday:
THE question of transportation was
looked up several months ago. The
transportation committee interviewed
President Fish Of the illinois Central
and were cordially received. He said
he would help out the fair all he could,
and gave US a rate of FIVE cents from the
Lake Front to Jackson Park, with
facilities for transporting 10000 people
an hour The committee thought this
answered tho utmost expectations OF
the directors, as under this agreement
the Illinois Central can take passengers
from the city to the fair for five cents.
with no stops, in eight minutes time at
the utmost. A tramway or electric rail-
way is, probably, not necessary to carry
visitors to the fair. There has never
been a fair where it has not been neces.
sary to take cars to its different parts.
an object which can not be said of the
Chicago worlds fair"
The cable company has already di-
rect line to jackson Park, via Cottage
Grove avenue. 1t will be comparatively
easy and inexpensive to divert the State
street cable line to the east thereby
giving another line to the worlds fair
site. Beside this, the cross-town cars
can be so managed as to connect with the
Cottage Grove avenue and State street
cable lines, all for fare of five cents,
giving a most complete system Of street.
car service Added to these facilities is
to be considered the so-called alley ele-
waited railroad now in course Of construc-
ton upon the South side. PresidentGod-
dard of the South-Side Rapid-Transit
Company says there is no donbt that a
sufficient mileage of the II" road will
be completed in twelve months, and
that plans will be arranged SO as to land
passengers directly at the park. 'Our
road" he said, will be capable of trans
porting 20, 900 persons per bour in each
direction. Our rate of fare, fixed by
ordinance, is five cents per passenger,
without regard to distance"