The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-11

spending d dollar. Men and women
with genius for economy viii be able
to live on So day, and perhaps less
Don't hurry, whatever you do. Take
the fair with deliberation or you will
soon exhaust your legs and your
nerves. Sit down in the center of this
model station, designed after the
baths of Caracalla, by that consun-
mate architect, c. 3. Atwood, and look
about you. The vast building is open
from floor to roof, and around the up
per inside walls are great clocks, Civ
ing the time of towns IN different parts
of the world Wide balconies surround
the second story, and not a track is
visible. There's not n detail of this
station but harmonizes with the gran
deur of the fair.
Fancy thirty-five tracks, with admir-
able exits and entrances under cover
thereby protecting passenger. from the
elements when leaving and entering
trains. Fancy main signal cabin con-
trolling forty-nine single switches, sey-
enty-four slip switches, seven cross
overs and seventy-seven signals, using
another signal cabin at the south end
of the yard, where seventy levers are
praying to be set to work The power
employed is hydraulic and is furnished
by small steam pump, the steam Of
which does not rise above eighty
pounds The switchboards within
these cabins furnish miniature models
of the switches in the yard below, and
are so connected with them rs 20 indi-
cate to the operators IN the cabins the
exact position of the actual switches,
while the levers are SO interlocked as
to make it impossible for operators in
these cabins to set up conflicting
routes or signals
This wonderful mechanism repre-
sents the largest plant in the world.
the second largest being at Jersey
City. and the third largest at Broad
street station. Philadelphia. The
clear-headed engineer, who sits up
aloft in command Of all these contri-
vances for your safety and comfort,
my dear people, is Charles HanSel, Of
ST. Louis, No.
Superintendent Holcomb says that
the fairs terminal system Of tracks
cau handle per hour serenity passenger
trains OF twelve cars. each ear contain
ing seventy passengers By short
sufn in mental arithmetic you discover
that this means IS. 500 passengers per
hour. or 800, COG per day Such q DuEn-
Der pouring into this station would
mean colossal financial success
/. who have actually lain awake
nights because all Of nv courtryrnen
acG women are rot sharing with ne
the Joy and instruction Of the fair.
was plunged IN melancholy on learn &
iag that up 70 June 10 only g 600 pas /
sengers had been discharged a. ths. I
terminal station. because mp 10 that
date the lllino4s Central had croppea 4
It's passengers sstside Of the gates ard /
only a few excursion trains had 4
arrived frosE distance.
Tsrenty-ooe railroads enter Chicago. i
one Of which records ore h1-dred pas
senrer traisss daily. al rosds arc not 4
equally yveii pat-ontzed. bat !: Is within .
toends - credit Chicago with 100 i
daily trains. representing .esas5, 60 Peo- I
pie. DZas.-trnth 81 that number coaid 5
readily ~ brought - the fair. Add
this IDlosB - fs9-ssa urban visitors. 4
and daily total ~ %. 900 :s assured 4
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