The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-31
Passenger Agent Deppe Believes
Eleven Million Persons VIII
Visit the Fair.
EQUIPMENT INADEQUATE NOW.
Will Require Fifty-Seven Special
Trains Each Day for Scvcn
Months to Meet
Demands.

/ In an interview ou the present passcn-
/ ser trafIic situation and the probable
/ traffic To the Worlds Fair. V. p. Depqe.
I chief assistant general passenger agent a.
/ the Zig -Four Railway Company. recently
/ transferred from Cincinnati TO ~. Louis
! in charge of the passenger business iu st
! Louis. SAYS:
Some or thu lines into =. Louis viii be-
I handling people In box cars next Summer
I unless thev provide additional pass, NIGER
/ equipment.
IF the hopes OF th. WosId's Fair
! officials are realized In securing a. great
I attendance for 81. Louis iu tspi aS Chicago
| had in 1890. il will require the railroads To-
/ bring into -. Louis about 7.op0e10 over
{ normal business next summer.
Within 8" miles of chicago IN 1ss3. IN
/ fifteen States. th,r, was population Ok
I abou, 27.njonU. il is a coincidence that
. This Vas about the total attendance at
I the Chicago Worlds Fair.
Within the same radius 81 St Louis
now there Is a population In eighteen
States and Territories OF about 100000
I persons. excluding about fUo1lsp negroes.
leaving a population Of 5Cn'Jb more for
St Louis than Chicago had to draw from
in lS2. There are practically the same
number gf railroad lines into 81. Louis
now aS Chicago had in lSe@.'
MILLIONS OF VISITORS.
The -. Louis lines Will handle IN seven
months OF the Worlds Fair a normal
traffic Of 3,c0o.cp people. so that altogether
they viii have 20 handle during the
World'Fair about Il,c'1og people.
The bulk OF the Worlds Fair travel
Will probably come in the months OF July
August. September ard October. II TO each
OF the present through trains entering 81
Louis are added extra coaches the rail-
roads VIII lt able handle nrnl4 hlN q -
UEOn passengers in seven months Of the
Worlds Fair. This leaves 5.u,o."l0 TO be
handled in second sections uf regular
trains ur on special excursion trains.
III Will require iifty-seVen special trains
consisting Of two baggage cars and eight
coaches. each day. Tor seven months, In
addition 70 regular trains with extra cars
To handle the business expected hy the
Worlds Fair managers.
NEW EQUIPMENT NEEDED.
Granting that the bulk Of the wcrIi's
Fair travel Will probably come from cities
within fifteen hours Of ST. Louis. /; VIII
require 80 extra coaches on eNistiu. reg
ular trains and @l2 extra coaches ON spe-
cial trains. or a total OF LAP coaches over
existing equipment. This f. an average Of
10 cars FOR each Of the fifteen so-called
lines.
II - Pc cent Of the Worlds Fair travel
is handled in four months as suggested.
IL will require eighty-five special trains
per day. consisting OF two baggage cars
ing capacity Of fifty persons.
on that basis II viii require total Of
i.S5t coaches. 80 baggage cars and go 10
CCmotIves over existing equipment 10
handle such "A volume OF business in 10
days.
For the fifteen strong lines which will
haul the bulk OF the Worlds Fair traffic
this Is an average OF Iab extra coaches. %
baggage cars and p engines. Many OF the
lines are not fortunate enough 10 have
anything like such an amount or extra
equipment The growth Of passenger traf-
fac in this country, owing To rapid increase
Of wealth and population. has OutgrOwn
the service the railways now provide in
the passenger department"
LARGE CAR ORDERS.
The Big Four is having fifty cars made.
and this will probably be increased to l00.
The Z. & o. S-W. Railroad has already
started its shops at Chllicothe on the
work OF making about half hundred cars.
The order for fifty-eight new cars has
gone out from the Pittshurg headquarters
OF the Pennsylvania Railroad These will
cost about $1,000. The coaches and cafe
cars will be built hv the Pullman Com
pany, while the combination and baggage
cars will be built bv the PENNSYLVANIA
Railroad. The cafe cars Will cost S9lOpi
each, and are expected to be the best and
most handsomely equipped which have
been sent out Of the shops.