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system, is but a half-block away
Transfers at the loop are easily made
from all elevated roads. and coming
subways will have like provisions. The
Harrison and Van Buren, surface lines
connect with practically all north and
south surface lines. The site, too, is
near the Union, Northwestern, Grand
Central, Polk and LaSalIe railroad sta
tons. Alongside many railroad lines"
concluded Mr. Fortune, spur tracks
can be laid into the Exhibition Hall
on the main floor level Thus. every
kind of exhibit, whether the lightest
commodity or the heaviest of machin-
cry, can be carried direct BY rail to its
place of display"
That provision for railroad spurs is
most important" asserted ]. X. Calvin,
another director of the Association.
Last year Chicago lost one Of the
largest national machinery exhibitions
because of the total lack of facilities to
move exhibits into the only hall now
available for such purposes. Unless
such exhibit-moving facilities are pro-
vided, Chicago will lose more national
exhibitions of this kind"
As to Alderman Z. J. Kaindl's re-
cent suggestion that air rights be utiI-
lied when the river Strengthening pro-
gram. and the location and completion
Of the proposed South Side railroad
terminal are carried out, ]. P. Strick-
land. another of the Associations d.
rectors. said:
Completion Of those big tasks will
require years. and construction of the
Civic Auditorium will Be DELAYED
throughout those years. The West
Side presents sites allowing immediate
action. We are figuring on a great
convention hall with seating capac-
ity OF from $4,000 to 10000 or more.
The West Side is the only logical To-
cation
why, they talk Of erecting this
great convention hall, which should
meet Chicago's needs for years to
come, over on the present jail site, or
out on the lake front" was the direct
assertion OF Director Milton s. Flors-
helm Either location would mean
that il would be impossible for FIVE
sixths OF Chicago's population living
on the south, southwest. west and
northwest to reach it. and for most
north-siders as well. 1t must be 10
Gated where the people have convent
ent surface line and eIevated-road
facilities. The motorists will find
oNiPN NohsehAcHNO Oh the projected
Congress boulevard and adjacent
through streets Samuel insult real
lied these facts when he chose the site
for Chicago's new Civic Opera House
at the very edge OF the West Side"
Relative to effect on subway plan
ming, Congressman James T. Igoe
said:
Locate the West Side site for the
Civic Auditorium as soon as possible,
and that viii aid in laying down plans
for comprehensive subways, which are
bound to come. Joshua D'Esposito.
the man who built the Union station. :
prophesies that Canal street soon will
be one Of the worlds most beautiful
centers-a second Michigan avenue,
with adjacent streets upbuilt in proper
accord. Already great enterprises,
among them The Chicago Daily News,
are breaking the strangling grip Of the
loop and moving to the convenient
West Side. There are three sites which
viii face both Van Buren, street and
the new Congress boulevard, lying be-
tween Canal and DespIaines streets,
that offer every advantage for the
Civic Auditorium. The near West
Side is the spot for this magnificent
structure. for which President Cermak