The Detroit times., 1916-01-13
Better Passenger Fa-
cilities Must Wait,
Says Dalrymple
PLANS DEPEND ON
STREET CLOSING
Terminal First Step in
Big Improvement
Scheme

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charge ot traffic. accompanied bl
f L Buruap. tsdrhc manager OF the
western lines with headquarters al
Chicago. and William T.. Eitzsim
mons, commissioner OF industries
far an the Grand Trunk lines. with
headquarters al Montreal were IN
Detroit Thursday, to confer with 10
cal officials OF The road With regard
be improvements planned by the
Grand Trunk 90 take care of Deygoll
shippers
Nr. Dalrymple, while confirming
the statement made Ia The Times
several weeks ago, that the road
would go great deal further with
Improvements than The building OF
the downtown terminals and team
tracks. declares that the road car
do nothing In the shape OF definite
plans for Improvements until the
Hastiugs-st. closing matter has been
determined by the city
The situation IS that We must
have a freight terminal and team
tracks for unloading a. some con
venient point within The city said
Nfr. Dalrymple. 10 discussing the
matter We have sufficient prop
erty adjoining the old freight
houses for a terminal which viii re-
lieFH the terminal o1Kestlou
II We cannot utilize that property
We will have 70 20 elsev here. and
cannot imagine anywhere else va
The city where we could locate a
. freight terminal big enough 70 rGkc
care of the needs az Detroit ship
. pers without closing not one bar tWC
or three streets. and streets tha,
are OF use az that not dead ends
lie this little piece OF HastinEsst
~ is true that having started on
,he Job. We are going ahead 70 i'm
prove our freigh, handling facilities
until vs are able 20 take care OF
tGe needs ~ the city satisfactorily
But Tho basis ~ The whole plan
o1 improvements must Of necessity
I be- our central terminal. and we can.
nor lay any definite plans about
what rs 70 ae done in the rest oi
the city u-"I 40 see whether 'he
city is going to allow us 20 build on
the convenient -itr which ne al.
ready own. or whether we are 20 be
chased from that 20 some place that
We know nothing Of nou.
ASIDE from the matter Of street
closing II would be very hard N
I find IN a city an hustling az Detroit
any piece Of property on which 10
put an adequate freight terminal
which would be nearly as conveu
lent for the shippers as the site
Aich ue now have. which must
have one sort block of dead-end
street that leads nowhere closed tc
mako n available"
Mr.. Dalrymple's attention was
called 20 the suggestion OF Mayor
Marx that the Grand Trunk build a
new passenger terminal
"T entirely agree with the mayor
that The Grand Trunk needs new
passenger terminal he declared
promptly. In the present situation
however. with the uar MAKING
financing Of new projects extremely
dimcult. it seems to me that the
Grand Trunk might better put an
the money 81 can got hold of into
lettering It's freight facilities. While
the present depot lF not what n
ought 10 be. passengers can still
travel iu and out Of g. The freight
facilities touch the very business
life ard prosperity N The city, and
7 think ne had better attend 70
them Arst. But no will build a new
pa senRer terminal an soon as We
possibly can
William p. Fitzsimmons, Grand
Trunk commissioner OF industries,
was Industrial commissioner ~ the
Board of Commerce some years ago
lie was a former Grand Trunk man
~ that time. and after sevorinE his
connection with the board, went
back 20 tho Grand Trunk in 1909
Detroit has made most wonder.
fuI progress In the last few years "
he declared In Canada the two
American cities about which you
hear the most are New York and
Detroit That slogan of the Board
Of Commerce, In Detroit life is
worth living is something you tre-
auenuy hear, and ! believe q has
done a great deal 70 spread the fame
Of tho city.
when a man is In the railroad
business be- changes about so muNh
that he does not feet that be has
any real home. but am a good deal
like half a dozen Grand Trunk men
who have lived In Detroit and never
Hcrward got over being Detroit
ere
That Hsgtinrs 81 cannot be closed