San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-11-21
TO MOVE GREAT CROWDS.

The following interview with Mr..
NJ. NJ. Kirkman. Vice-President of
the North Western Railway, aud
Chairman of the Transportation Com.
mittee OF the Worlds Colum bian Ex-
position, is a clear statement OF trans
portation facilities to be provided for
reaching the Exposition Grounds
from the center of the city of Chicago:
"The transportation problem as re-
CARDS the Worlds Fair is interesting.
Carriers at large will do all that is
REQUIRED of them. The railroads rum,
ing 10 Chicago will not be found
wanting. The problem to be over
come is local one. 1t is that OF car
riage between the heart OF the CITY
and the grounds. In this system the
Illinois Central Railroad and the cable
lines are the greatest factors. Inc
Illinois Central Railroad should be
afforded facilities for handling the
maximum number of passengers that
can be moved on four tracks devoted
exclusively to the business. under
stand 1t viii not use more. III should
be furnished loops for its tracks at
both ends, so that trains may move
continuously. There will be no diff
ficulty in moving trains on each track
TWO minutes apart. That would make
sixty trains an hour. Calculating ten
cars to train, and sixty passengers
to a car $4,000 passengers may be
moved in each direction per hour by
this line alone. It's tracks within the
grounds will probably require to be
on piles SO that the cable lines may
have uninterrupted access to the
Park. The main line of the Illinois
Central Railroad will, it is also prob
able, be elevated from Fifty-tirst
Street to Sixty-seventh Street. The
extent of this elevation should be
governed by the peculiar circumstan-
ces of the case, without reference TO
utner ROADS, or preconcelved notions.
The tracks may be elevated little,
and the roads depressed little. In
this way results can be arrived at
with the least hardship, and with the
least labor, and in the shortest pos
STOLE time This last is sail important
In addition to the through business
OF the Illinois Central Railroad be
tween the City and Jackson Park, it
will handle great many visitors Tor
the Fair on its local trains, probably
$4,000 q day Oh an average. "lt Will
be necessary to use the cable system
to it's fullest capacity. To sGmit OF
this the additional loop needed at
the north end should be granted.
loop will also be needed in the
grounds. 1t is of the utmost impOr-
lance that the State Street line should
be connected with the grounds either
by cable, motor or electric plant.
Inis line ought to carry as many pas
sengers to the grounds as the Wabash
Avenue line. This it will not do un
less the means of conveyance are con
Veniept and rapid. People will not
go back and forth between the City
and Jackson Park on lines that do
not give them convenient and rapid
transit. When the question was un-
der consideration as to the location OF
the Fair at jackson Park the cable
company ure emily advocated it, and
stated that il could carry so 900 OF
people per hour each way between
the City and Jackson Park.
"You can understand now the i'm
portance of their carrying out their
promise. IL will solve the whole
question.
1.-THE elevated railroad, it was
thought, would also afford facilities
for handling large number of pas
sengers. This line should be pressed
to completion so that 1t may be util.
lied 1t promised to carry 10000 peo-
pie per hour if the Fair was located
at jackson Park. The Exposition
people naturally look to them to do
this.
water carriage should also cut
very important figure in handling
visitors to the Fair, both local and
foreign. The City Engineer suggests
a dock on the lake front, with access
by viaduct over the Illinois Central
tracks. Another dock may be placed
on the north side; others still further
north; still others to the south
Steamers may also start from points
along the river. There is practically
no limit to the facilities for receiving
and discharging passengers by water.
81 hope to see lines running direct.
~ to the Fair Grounds from the great
cities along the lakes; the passengers
sleeping OH board, as at New Orleans
during the Mardi Gras
After the space that the carriers
between the city and Jackson Park
require is set apart for them, what re-
mains may be given to other carriers.
II it il found practical BILE 20 run an
other line into the grounds for the
general use OF railroads, then spur
tracks should be laid to accommodate
their cars. Many OF the railroads
will find it convenient to run their
excursion trains directly TO the
grounds if possible. They will run
them there in the morning, and take
them away at night. There should
be storage capacity for this business
equal to at least 600 cars, say eight
miles OF track. Many of the railroads