The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-14
Unlocked for Obstacle Delays the
Findings of Kings Highway
Commission. r
ELABORATE PLANS OUTLINED.
Architects Club Has Nearly COM
pleted Drawing for HANDSOME
Niaduct-LImber Company
Makes Extensions. .

After a meeting at the Offices OF the Mis-
sissippi Valley Trust Company yesterday
afternoon. member Of the Kings Highway
boulevard Commission appointed by Mayor
Wells to give ST. Louis a great boulevard
system. announced that an unexpected DIFF
ficulty has della yed their report for several
days.
The report of the commission will be eJ-
haustive. 1t will show the price Of prop
erty at certain points where the present
I0ute of Kings highway may be changed
or the street widene1. The city may ar
range for the purchase of such property at
various points between Carondelet Park aud
Chain of Rocks.
President George +. Leighton, Julius Pit7.
man. civil engineer. and John ID. Davis. att
torney, were present at the meeting. which
lasted for more than three hours. They de-
clined to give out any specific information
as TO boulevard routes. etc, but may be
ready to announce the complete plans next
week.
II may only state said Mr.. Leighton.
to-day, but an unlooked-for obstacle in a
matter of detail prevented this. We will
soon be able to make Il complete report"
Mr.. Leighton announced that the Archi-
tects' Club. which has shown great interest
in the proposed plans and volunteered Its
services, has almost finished the drawings
for the viaduct which is to span the rail-
way tracks Of the Missouri Pacific and the
Frisco roads south of Chouteau avenue.
HANDSOME VIADUCT.
The viaduct will commence At the south
and will extend to Shaw avenue, a distance
of about $500 feet. 1t. will be extremely
handsome and cost. perhaps. $4,000.
In connection with the viaduct. the south-
east corner of Forest Park may be elabor-
ately ornamented. Julius Pitzman having
included this feature in his general land.
park in this vicinity. probably will be made
into a handsome driveway:
tention of the boulevard Commission II to
make Kings highway on an average OF
100 feet wide; with grass plots and trees in
south, to O'Fallon Park; on the north,
where one branch probably will wind
around into Broadway. while the other
avenues to the western boundary OF Cals
vary Cemetery. thence to Halls Ferry roaG
Rocks.
This part of the great driveway will give
a picturesque view of the Mississippi River
All the principal parks will be connected,
and the entire length of the boulevard wiz
be fully fifteen miles.
IMMENSE LUMBER YARD. I
A tract to be used as the largest lumbeGl
yard in st. Louis was purchased yesterday
by the Thomas & Proetz Lumber Company
whose office is in the Granite building. The
frontage of 100 feet on Angelrodt street,
from Hall street to the Mississippi. River.
The company announces that EIe great'
growth of st. Louis made it necessary K.
increase facilities to the extent of establish-
ing a yard which will give storage space to
many millions Of feet of lumber and ems
ploy several hundred additional workmen.
George L. Neuhoff represented the pur-
chasers and Schulenberg & Meyer acted for
Mrs. Eliza Schulenberg and Richard Schulz
enberg of Germany, who have held the
property for several years, and who have
the h riparian rights. The purchase
The new yard will have facilities for re-
ceiving and shipping lumber by barges on
the river. is intersected by several rail-
ways and connected with the Virgins Fer
~ terminals. Several thousand dollars will
be expended in improving the site, the
work to at once.
Other extensions on q large scale ara
spoken of in that section Of North ST. LouiS.