The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-06

| buildings now on II will cost the Exposition
company a total OF sss3. 800.
I'VE can assure you that tho Fail
Grounds will be given rent free for she US,
Of the Exposition company. except thu
grand stand. race track and Jockey Clu
building. The company can throw a fenc,
| around these features"
ITO shut them out Of the grounds or Il
take them in?'' asked President Francis.
whichever the company DESIRES" an.
| swered Maccallum.
Maccallum called attention to the beautie.
OF the approach to the site over Grand av
enue: to the easy and open access to tn,
site by railroad: to the water supply avail
able at the site. and to the sewers al
ready constructed. which would maks
further expenditure for sewers unneces-
sary.
J. H. Gundlach. the next speaker, callet
attention to the space for railroad yard,
available at the O'Fallon Park site. muci
already occupied by railroad yards.
AMPLE FACILITIES FOR
RAILROAD SWITCHES.
AT one time during the preparations fol
the Columbian Exposition at Chicago We
read that 15.o0o railroad cars were or
switches and sidetracks. waiting to be un
loaded he said. "An the switches ant
sidetracks in ali the railroad yards in St
Louis at present would not contain 1,5g<
railroad cars. The problem of supplying
railroad yard facilities is not an easy one
with some Of the sites. With the O'FalIon
Park site the district available for yardags
runs all the way out to Prospect Heights.
The trouble with st. Louis at present
Is that she has nothing in the center Of the
city to show to visitors. They must take
long journeys to see the city's attractions
Chicago has the lake front. II the Fai,
were held in O'Fallon Park the permanent
buildings remaining from the Fair would
supply such an attraction"
ADVANTAGES OF
BADEN SITE PRESENTED.
James X. kinealy pleaded for the Baden
site.
while We have not conferred with all
the owners of the site. believe I can as
sure you that here you have a free site" he
said. We can offer you no bonus. The Ba-
den site possesses all the advantages Of tho
OFallon Park site except proximity to the
center Of the city. and for this It compen-
safes BY supplying free site"
F. r. Bissell next submitted tho proposi-
tion regarding Prospect Heights. He said
little regarding tho advantages of the site
except that 1t shared to a great extent the
advantages which had been advanced in
favor OF the sites farther to the south.
NJ. d. Strait next spoke in favor Of the
O'Fallon Park site
THE Mississippi River played the leading
part In the Louisiana Purchase" he said.
The object Of the purchase was to secure
control Of the Mississippi River. No Louis
lana Purchase Exposition will be complete
unless It shows the visitors the great wa
terway which was the cause Of securing to
the United States the vast domain of the
purchase. A Louisiana Purchase Exposition
with the Mississippi River left out would
be as full Of meaning to the visitor as a
performance Of Hamlet with the melan-
choly Dane omitted from the cast. The re-
vival OF river traffic. by showing visitors the
immense possibilities of the water route.
should be prime object of the Exposition.
ITO select OFallon Park would be a dis
tinct benefit to the street railway companies
of the city. 1t would give them a short
haul for a full fare.
you probably will close your Exposition
on Sunday. II so. what will you do with
your visitors on that day IL you hold the
Fair in Forest Park? II you hold the Fair
in OFallon Park your visitors can go
to Forest Park on Sunday"