The St. Louis Republic., 1903-04-04
Norris u. Gregg. Director % Ad-
missions, Making Preparation
for Dedication Day.
RELATE TO TRANSIT PLANS.
Capacity Of lh" Sii.ri far Lines,
aud Estimates pf Number
That VIII Walk Con
sidrrrh

lite N.fIIr Fair dsLaftnn-ni o. -!ia.-
sons b. confronted yIH aa r.Ti.Hs - pub
lem an PREPARING f.r B.H.ils-i"u lay - =.
the Tranfit COMPANY lH pf"siiinE tram
portation Tor the 't"Nds.
The thousands VII" will yi.N the rsTs
monies mus, ba admitted 80 20" ground
quickly and systematically CDlKrrtiDn "a.
the gates must b. avoided. - ~ tb' yIc-
cesrfuly. Norris - GfrgF. director u con
c-ssiOns and aInissiDur. D. carefully plan
ming. Dssins hls calculations uDyn the mum
ber Of persons per hour which may ~ *
pected.
The problem in regard {. tfuHrrYTiaiiOn
facilities. and Ia relation o. The admissions.
are correlated. Al the northeast c9ru"r of
the grounds IA" parssnErf. from the Del
mar and McPh.fEOu ayeiur divisions ais
seek entrance.
John Grant. superintendent "f the Tran
-it lines. states that with two JopDs pro
yided. one of each ~ thee Hr"s. th" rsf-
will De able to care for 3sGJo psrsonz an
hour. This would require tnfc. cars 20 the
minute on each division. % persons 10
the ca
80 DELAY At TIE GATES
Then Mr. Greggs department must pre-
pare 20 handle thlg maximum number at
NNe fHltalN~ most convenient. E1teNl
iurnstil=s in great numbers have been OBJ
tanned It Is estimated that one 0f there
turnstlles. H working perfectly and a.
rapidly Is possible. can admit 100 persons
An hour. Consequently. thirty-six turn
stiles Will be required 10 serve the needs of
these two street car lines alone.
Similar Arrangements are being made at
the other street car terminals contiguous
10 the site. The Transit Company pans
include another loop st the northw-st cor
ncr ot the grounds. 10 which connection
viii be made by line across from Hanil-
ton avenue. Here Air. Grant thinks that
he csln maintain a 3-secOnd schedule. The
Suburban Clayton line Will also b. near
On the south eide Of the grounds the
Choutesu line will be bringing I'm almost
many per hour. For all OF thee mof@S
n reaching the site. tuTnstiles and ticket
booths will be installed.
In view ~ the Preparations made by the
Transit Company. the Worlds Fair officials
are iess disturbed by the question OF trans
p0riatiOn for the visitors on April -.
But the admissions question - rot solved
when the output from tEe immediltcly ad-
tscent car lines j. provided for tn" course
Of the parade vii be lined f0r miles on
either side BY persons on foot. who. when
crowd on into the Fair grOUnds, there TO
witness the ceremonies and to hear the
speaking.
WALKERS To RECKON WITH.
out to Forest Park by the Olive line or the
Iacisde Thry viii walk TO the boundaries
OF the site along L.Indell driye. or the park
roadways.
Mr.. Gregg said that he expects that this
part OF the attendance VIII even exceed
tfat which may come from the contiguous
car lines. To meet this condition. the south
eastern fence Of the Cite will be = succe.-
sion of turnstiles. The exact number IS not
vet decided. but for several hundred feet
there will be nothing else.
Each stIlr viii record automatically the
number Of persons that have passed
through. When the day l. over tho record
OF each will be taken. Certain gates Will
be used 10y those having passes. These lat
ter will also have recording machines The
total from all the gates added viii be- the
report by Mr.. Gregg Of the number that
attended the dedication.
IL Is possible that the thrcng at certain
times during tine afternoon and evening Will
be too great for the stiles To handle. in
that event spaces will be cut in the fence.
at which two men will be stationed-the
one TO dispense and the other 70 receive
tickets.