The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-09-24
OUR ST. LOUIS LETTER.
The Crowded Period Commencing
Progress on the New Union Depot
Tho Population Of the City.

fhe Crowded Period Commencing
Progress ON the New Union Depot
The Population OF the City.
ST.. LOUIS, Aug. e9.-The festivities
were inauguarated the 25th by the
lighting up of the electric and other
set pieces on the streets and by the IL
thoroughfares. The great State Dem
and the town was full of politicians
from all sections. the result being very
crowded streets and general appear
ance of hustle and activity. The illum-
nations have proved great success,
on Broadway being especially grand.
The continents and islands are dis
tipguished from the ocean by a mass
of incandescent lights and the effect is
very remarkable, especially from dis
lance. The panorama illustrating the
discovery OF America is also
source of much favorable comment,
and the arches and medallions are
all success. The street cars
have been crowded every evening, and
it is generally admitted that the car
nival of 1892 has been inaugurated
very successfully.
When that witty Frenchman, Max
O'Reil, next comes to st. Louis he will
not be able to repeat his joke about
st. Louis representing her worst side
first and compelling visitors to sec the
morgue and the jail before they can
get to the city. Since he made this
joke at the expense of the city, large
gangs of men have been at work clear
ing away the old buildings on the
new Union depot site, which has now
been excavated and actual work COM
menced on the foundation Of the
depot, which is to cost SO, 000, 900, and
have forty-two sets of tracks leading
into 1t. This depot will be one of the
most expensive in the world, and 1t
will have one special feature which
will recommend it to travellers. 1t
will be terminal or pocket depot, and
all trains will be backed into it, so
that no smoke will get into the sheds.
Another great change will be the NOV
ing of the depot from the least desir-
able part Of the city to much more
pleasant and better built locality.
Five years ago it was considered
aristocratic for St. Louis man to live
in the suburbs, because the street cars
ran such short distance out that he
had to keep carriage to drive down
town. Now, however, the situation
has been exactly reversed. The cleo
trio roads run eight, ten and even
twenty miles into the country, and it
is cheaper to raise family in the sub
urbs than in the city. AS result
wage and salary earners are beginning
to move out very freely, and the
weather. class are beginning to secure
residences nearer the business section
of the city. Two electric lines are now
being constructed into the chief sec
tions of st. Louis county, and the in
evita BILE annexation of that county by
the city has been expedited very MOTTO
ably.
The preparations for the November
election now being made in the office
of the Recorder of voters shows that
there will be about 10, 900 more voters in
the city now than there were when the
census of 1890 was taken. On the basis
of one voter to ever five inhabitants,
this will give an increase in population
of about 50,0OO during the two years
The records of the Builders Exchange
seem to show that this is about the
correct increase, and If this can be
maintained until the next census, the
population in 1900 will be shown to
exceed three quarters of a million.