Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-05-30
MUCH MONEY IN
RAILROAD WORK
$66, 100000 Will Have Been
Spent in Chicago when new
Terminals Are Ready.

SnlcaSo, May SO.-The sum OF $66..
100000 will have been expended by
several Of the great railroads operat-
ing In the Chicago district when the
new freight and passenger terminals
now under construction are complet-
ed. The freight terminal will be An
ished In about six more months but it
Will take nearly three years to COM
plete the passenger terminal.
The freight terminal will embrace
laying OF trackage on a stretch cover
ing twelve city blocks. from the Chi
plans for the terminal were so ar
ranged as to give maximum speed
and convenience of handling freight
with minimum Of ground space
necessary for the buildings involved
The work Is being done by the Penn
sylvania lines. west, and will cost. for
land acquired. building material and
labor, approximately 316,o00.000 and
the finished work will be one of the
greatest accomplishments Of its kind
in the history of modern railroads.
The main aim of the builders was
terminal that would be so arranged
as to eliminate street congestion in
handling traffic and would make
speedy and easy the handling Of the
enormous and steadily growing freight
business Of Chicago This result will
be accomplished by close grouping Of
the several parts of the terminal
structure and by replacing the rail-
road tracks below street level, with
the freight house just above the
tracks, at street level. and with a
storage warehouse above the freight
house. The idea of placing the COM
ponent parts Of the terminal above one
another was to save ground space and
to make the handling Of incoming and
outgoing freight easy by a system of
powerful. modern-type electric ele-
vators.
Adjoining the freight house. and all
under cover, will be eighteen tracks,
which will accommodate 400 freight
cars. 1nclosed driveways will protect
freight and freight handlers in all
sorts Of weather.
One thousand men have been work
ing for about ten months. some laying
the heavy piling and concrete founda-
tions and some putting up the struc-
tural steel framework of the build
ings. About 25 per cent Of the Etruc-
tural steel work remains to be finish
ed. This will be in about six months
and the total cost OF labor, by that
time, WILL 1t IL estimated, amount to
about 31.500.00o.
The steel. brick, concrete. piling
and terra Gotta that will go into the
buildings will cost about $2,500,Oo0.
The structures will occupy ground
street on the north. and Taylor street
on the south, between the Chicago
river and what was once Stewart ave-
nue.. Acquisition Of the ground thus
used cost the railroad company $12,-
O0O. 900.
The union passenger terminal. on
which preparatory work has begun
and which will be completed in about
three years, will cost about $5O,000.-
900 and will be the finest railway
passenger In the world. its projectors
say. 1t will be built and occupied by
the Chicago. Milwaukee & st. Paul.
Burlington and Quincy roads. the
Pennsylvania being represented by
two branches, the Panhandle" and
the Fort Wayne.
The station will be composed vir-
tually Of two buildings. with common
facilities Of eSress and ingress. A
main building will be west Of Canal
street and concourse, between. two
sets OF tracks, will be east Of Canal
street. Each Of the two buildings will
be surrounded by four streets. thus
giving eight points of e1it and en-
trance TO passengers and making ac-
Train sheds will extend from Madison
street, south to Harrison street.
The architectural feature Of the
main building will be waiting room
100 by 500 feet and 120 feet high.
The building will occupy q ground
space of 326 by $50 feet. The train
sheds will be Of the latest covsrsd-in
types and will eliminate columns in
the center of the platforms