The St. Louis Republic., 1904-05-01
Thousands Of Visitors Are Car
ried to Exposition Grounds
in Quick Time.
OVERCOMING is AVOIDED.
Transportation Facilities Said to
Be Equal to Any Probable
Demands During Expo
sition Period.

without Q hitch and with dispatch
Mh1ch many persons considered surprising.
ths great crowd goins to and returning
0om the Worlds Fair grounds yesterday
Ras handled In O manner that seemed to
convince skeotics that the Transit and
6uksRhan lines and the Wabash shuttle
trains VIII be equal to any demand that
may Be made upon them during the Ex-
position period
Assistant Superintendent John L. Miers
was In general charge of the Transit ar
rangement and had half a dozen assist
ants at each terminus- They kept the
crowd and cars moving in order to pre-
vent accidents and keep up the schedule
time table Overcrowding was prevented.
1t the intersection OF De Baliviere ave-
nue and the Wabash tracks a complete
change was made. Two loops were built,
ono for the Worlds Fair and Olive street
cars. the other for the Delmar and Grand
avenue lines. each loop separated by q
fence.
The loops were built on the north side
OF the Wabash tracks. beneath which q
srnken snd slanting platform was built.
Thirteen passageways. each about fifteen
Test wide. were built beneath the Wabash
bridge, from which the passengers
emerged to the Ldnden entrance.
IN equal number Of paasageways were
wi. lor ue accommodation OF Deimar
and Grand avenue division patrons.
The trafnc Worlds Fairwards started as
early as $50 a. m. and by O'Clock II had
grown to thousands.
1e oise cars were run at eight sec
oIl<ls Intervals ana the Deimar and Grand
avenue cars every ten seconds.
- r-s,1N.. ,ei .s'r Aion entranee toniver-
o. osV ene .erinini Oh ene through
sS, anu e-As'on avenue cars were
nee- - inese cas ran at thirty
skSo ineeVsas ana each and every ono
-oe AsAes streee cars were operated to
-. oo1nef on sne sfounos. ana
sno 1aSior avenue cafs 10
oclne. ON = wo-mmuts
fas SnouHeeu evenue cars ran
90 1a>3 Ast setees 1esciaf route uom
~ soSvset sno Aancnester avenues
A"foe % worknen was employed
~ "snS ciesnme ana putting In
.ne .ns vsrAous strees car entrances.
~ :" conoit'on.
Tnrougn carr from downtown were run
ovs- the suburban dneA instead OF max
ang the transfer af Dc Hodiamont. as has
ossn tne custom heretofore. Every car
N tne companys possession was pressed
snto reQuisf,on- Tho cars from DOWNTOWN
sun TO the loop at the Administration en-
tance Tne county cars unload ct Con-
1enuon entfsnoe' ABOUT ~ yards further
sdUITLn TRAINS.
Tho drst train over the Wabash shuttle
tracks left Union Station yesterday morn
ing at O'Clock and arrived at the Lndell
entrance fifteen minutes later. The train
consisted OF Zen coaches. Every fifteen
minutes thereafter until 10 o'clock last
night train left the station with an equal
or larger number Of coaches.
AT the same period train left the Lin
zen entrance for the station.
Ths shuttle train station Il about 100
yards south OF the main tracks. Extend-
cd from the rear OF ticket ofhces are
three platforms. each about five feet wide.
~ feet long and elevated about feet
above the tracks. The center platform II
nsed for the loading Of passengers on
kheir return trip to the city and those on
eather side for unloading.
Aaiinss are built the entire iensm OF
INC p'a1tofn IN "ncn eaees arc 0uAi1 IN
suincien. number 10 MAKE tour ior eacn :
cef. as tne venicies are provlceo WIN tnet
n.n t,.. =. uv ing p,S.ns 'a
. ievei win tne noors OF tne cars.
Four GUARDS were eonstantiy on dury on
tne piauofms- opening ana CLOSING tne