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


must have wide tires and may not carry
in excess Of s.000 pounds.
Supplies for restaurants and operating
exhibits and concessions Will. "a an ac-
commOdltion. be delivered b. means OF
rubber-tired push carts. 20 be operated by
the Service Company. All the cart men
will be uniformed.
Another important function OF the Serv-
Ice Company viii he to furnish pilots for
wagons coming into the grounds at the
various gates. Mr. Allen says about
thirty men will be employed in the serv-
ice. They Will wear the compaHys uni
form and will b stationed at all the
gates.
The ice used FOR all purposes throughout
the grounds will be manufactured BY the
ExpositiOn's refrigeration department. ~
addition to delivered ice. much OF the cool
ing will be done BY q system Of ammonia
plres.
Probably the lcrscst Investment OF the
Service Company Will be in its ware
houses. These will be ten and they will
be located on :he area west OF the Philip
pines reservation
AIr. Allen estimates that they will pro
vide about nine acres OF storage space.
This is equal TO SSg.i6O square feet, or
more than a dozen ordinary city blocks
He believes all this space will be occupied.
The buildings will be constructed OF cor
rugatcd Iron. and. while not absolutely
fireprOOf. they viii be nearly so. Every
possible prc-lGtion against FIRE will be
provided.
In these warehouses will be stored pack
ing cases. exhibits. material for operating
displays. supplies OF coEc' ssionaires. re-
newal exhibits end anything else offered
IN the course OF Exposition business.
Tho bulk OF the space will be occupied
by packing cases in which exhibits arrive
at the Fair. These cases Will be taken
apart. carefully numbered and marked
with the owners name. and laid away FOR
prompt delivery when called for at the
close of the exposition.
VALUABLE PACKING CASES.
II Is impoAible. SAYS Mr.. Allen. TO form
any estimate Of the number Of exhibit
cases OF which his company will take
charge Many OF them will be Of heavy
wood. strongiy built and quite valuable.
AnOrdinC storage space for them viii save
lhe exhibitors thousands OF dollars.
All foreign exhibits come into the
grounds in boEd. The Exposition will in
way be an enormous Government bonded
warehouse. This fact will entail consid-
cradle red tape in handling that class OF
freight
A Deputy Revenue Inspector mCst be at
hand whenever n car Is Unloadcd. Re
leases must be furnished by the local Gus
toms Collector. invoices and manifests
must BE- displayed and Sundry additional
requirements complied with.
At first this formallty will cOmpHcate
matters Tor the Service Company. but Air
Allen says that as soon as order is estab-
Hshed there will be little or no delay be-
cause Of Government regulations.
when the work Of the Service Company
Is In fun blast. that is. during the six
or eight weeks preceding the opening.
three shifts Of men viii be used. II II is
possible to employ them
Every wagon ard team will he worked
10 its utmost capacity. both day and
night There will be little rest for any
one connected with the freight business
in the rush to have all in readiness BY
April 30
a ceaseIess stream ~ heavily loaded
wagons will start at the freight depot and
wind through all parts Of the grounds.
Until the opening. the wagons viii drive
into the big exhibit buildings 10 deposit
their loads.
Figuring on a b0sis of the Chicago Ex-
position. Il per cent OF all the freight en-
tering the grounds, will be handled
through the freight and express depots.
The balance will be unIoaded from cars.
switched on the Fairs tracks 10 a point
az near as possible to its destination. into
wagons. which will finally deliver 81.
Although the General Service Company
was Installed much later than It should
have been for preparing for its tremen-
dous work. Mr. Allen says that he Is
confident Il will be able 10 cope with the
freight situation successfully. All his plans
are being pushed forward to a rapid com
pletiou. so that when the heavy traffic
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