Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-09-08
OUR ST. LOUIS LETTER.

The Crowded Period Commencing
Progress on the New Union Depot
The Population of the City.
ST. LOUIS, August 29.-The festivities were
inaugurated the 25th by the lighting up of
the electric and other set pieces on the streets
and by the illumination of over six miles of
thoroughfares. The great state democratic
rally also took place that day and the town
was full of politicians from all sections the
result being very crowded streets and gen.
eral appearance of hustle and activity. The
uluminatlons have proved a great success.
the huge representation OF the globe on
Broadway being especially grand. The con-
tinents and islands are distinguished from
the ocean by mass of incandescent lights
and the effect Is very remarkable, especially
rom distance. The panorama illustrat-
ing the discovery of America is also a 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 carnival 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 aoout st. Louis represent
ing her worst side first ard compelling visi-
ttors to see 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 clearing away the
old buildings on the new union depot site,
which has now been excavated and actual
depot, which is to cost So, 000, 000 and have
forty-two sets of tracks leading into it. This
depot will be one of the most expensive in
the world, and 1t will have one special fea-
ture which will recommend 1t to travellers.
1t will be terminal or pocket depot, and all
trains will be backed into it, that no
smoke will get into the sheds. Another
great change will be the moving of the depot
from the least desirable part of the city to Il
much more pleasant and better built locality.
Five years ago it was considered aristo-
cratic for n St. Louis man to live in the
suburbs, because the street cars ran such a
short distances out that he had to keep a car
riage to drive down town. Now, however,
the situation has been exactly reversed. The
electric roads ran eight, ten and even twenty
miles into the country, and 1t IS cheaper to
raise family in the suburbs than in the city.
AS a result wage and salary earners are be-
ginning to move out very freely, and the
weather. class are beginning to secure resi-
dences nearer the business section of the city.
Two electric lines are now being constructed
into the chief sections of st. Louis county,
and the inevitable annexation of that county
by the city has been expedited very notice
ably.
The preparations for the November cleo
ton now being made in the Office of the
Recorder of voters shows that there will be
about TO- 600 more voters in the city now
than there were when the census of 1880 was
taken. On the basis of one voter to every
five inhabitants, this will give an increase IN
population of about so, 900 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 6
million.