The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-18

q Service Company VIII be. =
O To unload and transfer all freight q
. within the Exposition grounds y
. To sprinkle and sweep ali road q
q ways. O
. To deliver ice. q
q To remove garbage TO Worlds .
o Fair reduction plant y
q To furnish storage facilities for O
{. bonded exhibits q
O To take care of and store pack q
. ing cases in which exhibits arrive q
. To deliver supplies to restaurants. O
. working exhibits and concessions. q
Z - y %1%% q . . q 9 %%%% -
Handling freight within the Worlds
Fair grounds. unloading # from trains and
delivering it to the place to which II IS
consigned will be one Of the largest prop
ositious Of the kind ever undertaken in
any city.
From the present time until the Expo
sition opens. it is estimated that about s.
90 cans Of exhibits. material and freight
Of all kinds will come over various lines
into the grounds.
This estimate IS based upon careful cal
culation. and is considered conservative.
other estimates have been made. some
placing the number OF cars considerably
higher. and but few lower than l5.O0l.
George ". RIstIne. former Director OF
Transportation. made an estimate OF L.
90 cars. while another Exposition official
placed the number as high as 5000
Figuring on basis Of fifteen tons to the
car. which IL thought TO be a fair aver
axe, the 800 GERS will deliver 1000 tons.
or 5lc.0oo0y0 pounds of freight at the de-
pots. and points within the grounds.
A large part OF this tonnage will arrive
during a comparatively short space CT
time. IL will be made Up OF cOnsignments.
which will require prompt delivery Tor
immediate use.
WILL COMMENCE SOON.
About December /. the heavy shipments
will commence. and will continue in n
steady, bulky stream until well into the
Exposition period. Already the advance
guard or the thousands OF cars has ar
rived.
To handle this great freight transfer. and
attend to the business allied with it. the
General Service Company was formed.
The men In the company have had years
o. experience, and their plans are well
laId.
The wcrk has been blocked out. and sci
cntifcally reduced TO 4 system. 50 that ex-
actly what Will be required from first 10
last can be figured and fully provided for.
Ample equipment has been ordered, and
viii be ready for delivery as soon as
needed. Plans for the depots and ware
houses are about completed, and work on
these structures VIII be well under way
before the end OF the month.
]. II Allen. vice president and general
manager Of the Service Company. has
taken the principal part In the preliminary
arrangements. and will be the active d.
rector OF its operations
He says that al the time the Exposition
opens the work OF the company will be At
its height Then fully go men will be on
his pay-rolis They will include teamsters.
truckmen. platform men. warehouse men.
Inspectors. stable men. fee men. fOremea,
pilots and clerks.
Besides the exclusive privilege OF deliv-
ering freight within the grounds the ser
Ice company will sprinkle and clean all
roadways. deliver fee. haul garbage. fur
nish pilots FOR wagons. will store exhibits
and make packing cases.
Besides these duties the company will
Perform several other functions. at the
option Of the Exposition management.
Among these are cleaning the buildings
and furnishing patrol wagons and ambU-
lances.
by FAR the most important function.
however, will be handling freight. From
now on every pound OF freight entering
the grounds will pass through the hands
OF the General Service Company.
The freight depot. platforms and sheds
Of the company will be located on Sxinker
road. at the point where Il enters the Fair
site. FROM the north. They will Be large.
and supplied with every facility for quick
transaction Of the business for which they
are designed.
Here all freight. other than that arriv-
Ing In soiod carloads and switched direct
~ 70 its destination in the grounds. will
be unloaded. Wagons will carry the pack
ages 10 the various exhibit buildings. con
ccssinns on the pike. State buildings or
wherever else they are directed.
One hundred and twenty new wagons Of
the heavy stake pattern win be the equip
ment for heavy hauling. These wagons
have been ordered OF South Bend. Ind.
concern, and will be models OF their kind
TO BUILD DEPOT.
They will be painted with the Worlds
Fair colors. The harness and trappIngs
will be highly ornate. but strong and sub
stantiai- To each wagon will be hitched a
weil-matched team OF horses.
In addition to the stake wagons the
company will have several OF lighter pat
tern for carrying valuable exhibits. re-
quirinE care in transfer. The equipment
will include about 20 horses.
Fifteen wagons will be engaged In re-
moving the garbage from the grounds 10
the ENpositIon's reduction plant. which
will probably he located somewhere al
the extreme west end Of the grounds.
II Is planned 20 have the garbage re-
moval service as near perfect as possible.
The wagons will call at the various
restaurants and other places. where Il IS
likely TO accumulate. several times each
day
The ice delivery service WIZ also be
efficient The company will have dftee,
wagons exclusively for this purpose. There
will be no lack OF Ice water anywhere on
the grounds or in the exhibit palaces.
Sixteen sprinkling carts and hve road
sweepers will comprise the equipment for
keeping down dust and maintaining the
roadways as carefully as a Partisan bouIe-
ward.
NO HEAVY TEAMING.
The company's contract specifies that
strict attention shall be given to the mat
ter Of sprinkling and sweeping. In the