The Alaska daily empire., 1923-02-10
NEW DEAB0RN TERMINAL MAY
 BE LARGEST IN
 ENTIRE WORLD
Largest Railroad Terminal in World Is to Be Built
 in Chicago.

CHICAGO, Feb. 10-(By the As soc.ated Prcss.)-The ancient Dear born station damaged by fire four days before last Christmas, will be replaced by the largest railroad ter minal in the world if the seven roads now using the station can ob. tain the support of two or more additional Vines fer plans already drawn.
 The project involves an initial ex- penditure of approximately 55,0OO,- GOO, 10 years work, a 30 per cent expansion of the downtown business q 'strct. removal of the bottle neck south cr the loop and eventual elim- : lination, through electri1.eatlon, Of smoke and cindors.
 The plans call for a terminal de- veiopnont approximately one.third larger than that of the New York | Central on Manhattan Island.
 | Plans Submitted
 1 President, H. G. Hetzler, president of the Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad, owners of the Dearborn 1 terminal recently submitted the plans to the seven roads which share ,Ule station, and, with their approval, l has opened negotiations with the New York Central and Rock Island, winch How use the LaSalle Street station. and also the four roads which use the antiquated Grand Central station, Inviting them to join.
 The architects plans call for SO. called ''head house. composed Of three units, a monumental 40-story cffice building flanked by two 20. story structures. The three would front on wide plaza extending from Polk Street. Dearborn Street, which now terminates in front of the old station, would be carried south on either side of the central unit as a wide elevated boulevard the two sec lions uniting south of the head house to be continued to Sixteenth Street as a 120foot boulevard Bridges al the sixth floor level would cross these boulevards, linking the thret buildings.
 Tracks Submerged
 An tracks would be submerged cpeEcng the entire present yard space from Polk Street south to Sixteentl Street and from State Street yves to Clark Street, for construction O business houses and hotels. Thi area is slightly more than half a, large as the present loop distric and about one-third larger than tn, Grand Central terminal in New York
 Chicagos southern devclopmen has been halmpered for years becaus. The south branch of the Chicago River, bending back toward the lake forms narrow bottle neck througi which all north and south traffi, must move. This natural handica, has been augmented by acres of rail road tracks which have been crowdet toward the lake by the twist of tn. river. As result there are onl, Tour through arteries between tht lake and the river, Michigan Avenue Wabash, State and Clark Streets.
 Uncork the Bottle
 By carrying Dearborn Street soutl through this area as a 120-foot wid elevated boulevard and also by ele vating a boulevard on State Street tho terminal plans propose to un cork the bottle All north and soutl and east and west streets in tn, terminal area would be double-decked With freight streets on the ground level and the through boulevard above, following the plan already car ried out on North Michigan Avenue and about to be installed on Soul Dater Street, at the river.
 | Tho underground plans provide fol 2S stub tracks to handle through pas senger service. With nine suburban service tracks cireliEg around unde She building in a loop Arrange ments are provided for direct con