The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-20
BASIS OF IMPROVEMENT PLANS.
Terminal Estimates Population of
I.OOO.OOO in Ten Nenrs.

Upon estimate made one year ago
ti..I -. LOUIS would have population OF
l.yrsOey in zen ye4rs. IS B4seu the present
pans Of the Terminal kal.Fodd AssOcia-
lion 10 expent s!sUs,u,v IL terminal exIen-
That statement was made yesterday by
Ty.-Eiaa! YilsiIl n t1e most liIect position
Setq-ate tr- u.-E-l LaeliiJles Al tAls en-
ulBrcial EssSNNay. He statcs That deve!op-
H.tLts in the List s-X IaOaJas have conn. med
his estimate. This b.sI- mas been accepted
~ the U.4tT Terminal UiiigiA4. whose called
iatioas have been made alter careful inveS-
CgatiOE-
Tbs official goes stiu further and gives
IL his peT=ynal OF u. n that nlCen
yeas viii bI!us tie combined cities Of 81.
LOUIS anu East s. LOUIS a population OF
one and Uue-half miIiiCn-- Tn-s Is not an
ou.CIal uIln.O On. however anl no caicu!a-
tons have been mace upon taat lass.
Taking tre former est mate. the plans Tor
extension have been made with view 10
meet the demands VI the next twenty-five
yeas
A. an example CT the comprehensive
scope Of the Elz-Is. this o.h:.aI calls atten-
tion to the Iiun fo- changing and enlaTs-
ing tie neck or eutraH-- from the yar-s
10 the UuUn station passenger sheds 10
-UTrO4ate SIX trans iE and out WheTe
nov ono train 5 accommodated.
This en-. sl<v s. expected q. shorten Srhac-
uIes and facilitate shei movement. aEd
make u imppsSla'. Tor one Or even three
dprailm,r's IN the rec X - cause delay N
IN. NOV enrIJ Of tra. .I-- Under the pres
snt system one tFraiIsrsut can tie Up all
Incident fcw Sunday ago. when hG.f
dozen excursion trains Tere 6e.aved four
hours in de-.1riIre irp'i the IHl"r station
McChesney Tunnel Plans.
ANOTHER Improvement which originated
with ". : McChesuey. Jr.. general man
agar OF the Terminal. is calculated TO re-
lieye ghe public Of Inconvenience and dan
ger Of travelling through the tunnel. The
r,IaD 10 ro widen the Missouri aDprogrh 10
tae Eslis bridge. the b-.dEe tracks TO MAKE
connections with elevated structures. IN
ten 'ed Go carr al passenger trains.
The details OF 'ne general plan Tor this
charge. IL j. stated. have net bscn settled
upon. engineers having advised three plans
for structure WEish STpSar equally good.
All freight fESiUs are ;u be taken thgnrEh
tie tunnel for Nil Gre K Vail .Taciss
IN this connection 81 has been stated :hat
= ~y-- ~ uf elevated structures h1S been
considered and agreed upon. but this Is d.
MED by officials. who say that this idea has
been d-uuicd-
The basis OF calculations IL. making these
plans. aul others which have been given in
The Ecr Uhlic, g. the rapidly lncr aSinE pop
uiat!0u and commercial development Of The
great Southwest Railroad officials >tl
that they Cu-S.dcr -. Louis the NATURAL
commercial distributing center for this vast
empire. and are building .SteEsious. Ilti-
ninE new lines and erCouFsEinE promotes
10 develop new schemes for svikirS the
whole Sgufhwe7t with race. tracks.
Speed & n'DaSS y i1 the SnuthWes-. Tor
the reason that great u-sI-t'N ~ PRODUCTS
FROM tHH- section must To- moved within 4
short til" 20 great distances These Ler-
isEahic products viii rr,CS state more fsst
express trains. and tbs viii iTCTeas. the
movement AZ this gateway. more than ever
reguiT re terminal f-rilities ." hln7l" buSi-
ness with dill tgh- Evrrv road running IN
To- the Southwest is Cnlnn.Z'nc- y trip
thr0u-h this G"U couUt-y. Including Texas.
Which Is yDr only IN it, Infancy. SHOW :
scores of towns Of m7UV Eu5.grl i1Ngh-
itgnts sp~'uginE UP very d-y. The c@'ir,at-
Of population fo- -. ICu's IS h"S-d up1l
this condition. and the terminal estimate un-
on the feet that ST. Louis j. the natural
gateway for the Southwest