The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-03
Permanent Terminals at Worlds
Fair Grounds and More
Rolling Stock.
NO DELAYS AT CROSSINGS.
East and West Cars Will Not Be
Interfered With at Loops and
functions When Worlds
Fair Traffic Begins.

Managers du Pont and Jenkins are satis-
fled that the Transit and Suburban COM
panies can care for all of the travel at the
worlds Fair with perfect satisfaction to
their patrons. Notwithstanding some Of the
a~nnoyances experienced on Dedication Day,
when the service was severely taxed by the
moving of half a million persons to and
from the West End in almost a solid
body.
incidentally. some Of the improvements to
he made in the standard of service, as fixed
In handling the Dedication crowd. before
the Worlds Fair. are announced and a
strenuous denial made of any intimation of
a charge that st. Louis will be lacking in
raiiroaa facilities when the Exposition
gates open a year hence.
WESTBOUND CARS
GET RIGHT-OF-WAY.
Interference with the running of east and
west cars hy irtersecting lines will be
avoided by the Inauguration of safeguards
and giving of the Worlds Fair traffic the
right-of-way at all junction points.
Switches. where main line cars turn off,
will be used only when emergency ~necessi-
tates. and Il troublesome hindrance to the
| speed of cars removed.
Four tracks will be used by the Laclede
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entrance to the park for the Worlds Fair
traffic. doubling the capacity of those lines
with a contemplated addition of new cars
in proportion. Easton avenue also will be-
come one of the prominent trolley routes to
the Exposition grounds when all of the
plans have matured.
The Suburban Company has two lines
touching the grounds. and it is contem-
plated to make both ot them popular with
the siGhtsee:s by equipping them with an
abundance OF palace cars. such as are now
used on the Union avenue division. The
main line of the Suburban. with a large
entrance at Administration building. pene-
trating as 1t does the business center of
the city, will become one of the principal
| Worlds Fair feeders. The capacity of this
branch was not fairly tested by the Dedi-
cation crowd.
BETTER TERMINALS AT FAIR.
When steam railroad tracks are removed
from grounds the street cars will construct
permanent terminals at the WORLDS Fair,
and much time will he saved. both in un-
loading and takiEg on passengers and in
turning back the cars. Lack of the faci,i-
ties was felt more than anything else dur
ing the rush CT the Dedication.
With the addition of new cars now being
built, the carrying capacity of the Transit
Company on its east and west lines will be
increased 80 per cent. When the additional
tracks have been built and the permanent
terminals constructed $50 more cars can
easily be pressed into service without him
drance. and it is expected that this will
equip the road sufficiently to handle the
business OF the Worlds Fair without diff
Guilty.
EXPERIENCE OF DEDICATION DAY.
Delay in the rush to the West End to
see the parade Thursday and the return Of
the crowd after the COLUMN had broken
was explained by General Manager Du.
pont as being caused by the desire Of every.
body to go in one direction at once. At the
busiest hours Of the day the cars were run.
ming in almost a solid line. and as fast a.
the passengers could get on and off the
cars proceeded. There were no accidents
no Interruptions. and the cars were moyinp
as speedily as it was physically possible tc
accommodate the passengers who wanted
to get. on and off. There will be no sucf
demand as this TO be met. Mr.. duPon,
says, at the Worlds Fair.
Traffic to the Exposition will be distrib.
uted throughout the day. and there will no,
be a rush at night to get them all away at
once. Thursday night. when the attend.
ance was largest at the fireworks display
Mr.. DUPONT says there were $50 cars empty
at the western terminals after the CROWD
had gone