The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-06
RECORD OF ST. LOUIS LINES
SHOWS GREAT PROSPERITY.
Heavy OUTLAWS New Cars Motive
Additional Tracks for the Worlds Fair Well for the
cemmodation of Rapidly Increasing Traffic.


, can offer has to be divided among man
interests.
. Realizing this situation. astute railwa
managers have planned to extend line
. from St. Louis to New Orleans.
. The Missouri Pacific, a Representative
Gould line. has begun construction of a s,
Louis-New Orleans line. as has the ST
Louis and San Francisco. better known a
the Frisco system. which during the yea
was merged into the Rock Island system.
Both OF these systems have under con
struction lines directly connecting st
Louis and New Orleans
PASSENGER MEMS WORK.
Aside from the freight trafic, the pas
senger departments Of the ST. Louis line.
nave performed wonders In settling thu
country through the immigration bureaus
ana the passenger business has increased
manifold. which IL regarded as especially
s'Snihcant OF the success which will at
tend the Fair.
Low rates. excursions and land sales
nave been exploited by the st. Louis lines
In the Southwest and throughout the
United States with the result of inducing
many thousands to settle In the country
along their lines and thereby benefit st.
Louis.
Without regard to systems the follow
ing lines extend to st. Louis and bring q
vast amount of business to It every year:
Wabash to Dies Moines. Kansas City,
Omaha and Sioux City: St Louis. Keokuk
& Northwestern to St. Joseph, Omaha,
,~1l0 CA
bal: Burlington to st. Paul and Duluth;
Chicago. Peoria g. St Louis to Springfield
and Peoria; Chicago & Alton to Chicago
and Milwaukee,: 81. Louis. Troy & East
ern to Troy. ILL.,; Illinois Central to Chi
cago and Milwaukee: Wabash to Chicago,
Detroit and Buffalo; Frisco to Danville
| and Chicago.
Big -Four to Cincinnati. Boston and New
York: Clover Leaf to Toledo. Detroit and
Montreal: Vandalia to Pittsburg, Phila-
delphia and New York; Baltimore & Ohio
Southwestern to Cincinnati, Washington
and New York: Southern to Louisville,
Richmond and Charleston: Louisville &
Nashville to Nashville. Atlanta and sa-
vannah; Illinois Central to Memphis and
New Orleans; Mobile &. Ohio to Mobile,
Montgomery and Jacksonville. Fla; st.
Louis Valley to Chester: Frisco to Mem
phis and Birmingham; Cotton Belt to
Texarkana. Shreveport and Texas points;
Iron Mountain to Memphis, Little Rock
and Texas: Frisco to Joplin. Oklahoma
City and Fort Worth; Missouri, Kansas
& Texas to Dallas, Galveston and the City
OF Mexico: Rock Island to Kansas City
mot completely: Missouri Pacific to Kan
3aS City, Denver and Salt Lake: Chicago
& Alton to Kansas City.
PREPARING FOR THE FAIR,
These lines with their connections rami-
fy throughout the United States and bring
large percentage Of their traffic to and
through st. Louis. and without an ex.
ception all have made large provisions for
the proper accommodation of the tremen-
dous trafilc which IL confidently expected
at the time OF the Worlds Fair.
Millions have been spent on tho Improve
better facilities for the handling OF st.
Louis Worlds Fair trafflc.
While many Of the lines mentioned form
der the control Of one management. most
Of them act individually In making Inn
proyements and additions to equipment.
S o. ns agss ey zen Of the
ton Of the Frisco system by the Rock Is
land, which Is understood to be evidence
have in the possibilities Of the Southwest
and the territory Of which st. Louis is
by ths acquisition of the Frisco the
foremost Of tho vast railway systems of
the world. second perhaps only to the
Hartman systems-
land. the Frisco is operated as q separate
and distinct enterprise, with the result
that the policy Of Yoakum has been pur.
sued sue ~, IN the purchase Of other lines. nota-
rolling stock and line construction.
another important railway event Of the
Louis Valley Railroad by the Missouri Pa
cafic, Iron Mountain system. This Is now
known as the Illinois division OF the Iron
the uncompleted Thebes bridge 10 East
81. Louis. and WILL be used extensively
I TOT, nesvy tramc by the Missouri Pacific. |
lines.
Arrangements have been made by the
Cotton Belt to use this line for its trains |
To- enter St. Louis. The cars are being sent |
over the river by car ferry now.
WABASH EFyTNGHAM LINE.
1t Is also stated that the Wabash is in
terested In q line from bingham to Clay
City. from which point is Families to Pa. |
ducah and also to the coal fields which
have been purchased In Southern Illinois |
by the Gould and Letter interests.
1t is believed that the line entering the |
coal fields will connect with q spur of |
the Valley line at q point near Murphys- |
boro. and the Valley line will undoubted- |
ly be used for coal trafnc from these
fields to the South an we'll as for New /
Orleans or other Southern trafiic from the |
Wabash.
Within the last year q settlement has
been effected between the Gould and
Pennsylvania interests Is regards an en-
Construction work on the connecting
lines to Baltimore has been pushed. and
President Ramsey IL Of the opinion that
the Wabash will be able to send it, own
burg by the time the Worlds Fair opens
Its gates. Also the line to Baltimore Will
be completed In q short period.
Expenditures amounting to nearly ten |
millions have been made BY The GoT!d
ledo and other points on their lines. and
liberal allowance has been made for Inn
proyements IN the facilities in and about
st. Louis.
chased BY the Wabash for additional
track room In St. Louis. especially on the
route to the Fair grounds, where an ex.
tensiye system Of tracks will be provided
70 al an1 p facilities for all lines. and plans
pf station at the Fair grounds which
Will be large enough to afford ample &C.
for the passenger trafic.
The example Of the Wabash has. as far
other 81. Louis lines, all exertinE every
room and equipment for all the trafic Of
OFFICIAL CHANGES.
Perhaps the most notable changes in the