Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-09-25

sA4ouSA sAtC passengers COU2Q D6 CaIf1SQ
1T the rate of five cents. He thought
the exposition company should provide
grounds fer depot circular track. or
"f at the park. The company would
have to make a permanent investment
OF upward OF 81 900, 600 for additional
tracks. and equipment which would be
of little value after the fair ended This
equipment however, would enable the
company to transport from 20. 600 to 49,
600 passengers per hour.
NJ. NJ. Kirkman. vice-president of the
Northwestern road and a 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 rate of five cents from the
Lake Front to Jackson Park, with
facilities for transporting 1000 people
an hour. The committee thought this
answered the 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 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"
Transportation, while Important, is
one of the least of the difficulties which
are to be met by the Columbian di-
rectors. Beside the all but limitless
facilities which the Illinois Central
road can offer, the South side cable
line company will prepare for the fair.
Superintendent Holmes said:
''Our company will make such i'm
provements as are necessary to carry
people to and from the fair. Just what
these are I am not prepared to say.
There are, perhaps, plans in contempla-
ton, but until they are passed upon by
the board of directors there is nothing
to be said about them"
With all these facilities that have
been mentioned, and the others that
can very easily and inexpensively be
developed, the question of transporta-
ton to and from the worlds fair is east
~ solved. In fact, the question practl-
cally solves itself.
The cable company has already a 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 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. Presidential d.
dard of the South-Side Rapid-Transit
Company says there is no doubt that a
sufficient mileage of the IL" road will
be completed in twelve months, and
that plans will be arranged SO as to land
passengers directly at the park. ''Oul
road" he said, "will be capable of trans
porting 90, 900 persons per hour in each
direction. Our rate of fare, fixed By
ordinance, is five cents per passenger
uithout raoard RI distancan