Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-03
CLEVELAND SHOWS
GROWTH IN DECADE
City of 943,495 Dreamers Is
Now One of 1,201,455
Persons of Deeds.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, February 3.-Ten years
ago Greater Cleveland was a COM
munity Of 943,495 dreamers, only half
believing their dreams would come true.
Today most of their dreams are reality
with l,201 ASS persons only half really
ing how much they have accomplished.
Travellers entering the city at the
beginning of the Sec nd decade OF this
century alighted from the train at an
eyesore of a union station on the lake
'front.'. They journey past the site OF
| the proposed mall group of buildings
and into the Public Square, unsightly
through presence of hundreds Of low,
rambling structures.
Present Is Contrast.
When they travelled cut Euclid ave-
nue., the main thoroughfare. for about
hive miles to the east they saw only
the barest beginnings of what was
destined to become a center of culture
and education.
Today travellers are pulled into the
city by giant electric locomotives that
burrow their way three stories beneath
Public Square. They enter huge
station conceurse covering IS acres
Square they see the new $200,000 900
terminal development. At the center
of the terminal group of buildings is
the 50-story Terminal Tower Building
Covering several city blocks and inter
connected by wide thoroughfares are
many ether new structures.
In the Terminal Tower Building are
the headquarters of the Van Sweringen
brothers, who in the last 10 years made
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major trunk railroad systems. From
the Terminal Tower are directed the
Erie, Missouri Pacific, Hooking Valley
Pere Marquette, Nickel Plate and Chesa-
peake & Ohio Railroads.
In building the terminal group the
Van Sweringens tore down 1900 I'M
slightly buildings. They also developed
system of trackage and bridges and
suburban stations facilitating travel into
the city They backed the construction
OF the Northern Ohio Food Terminal
! costing s7,000,0O0.
Three Bridges Is Goal.
The Van Sweringens ran into the
station their rapid transit cars from
their real estate development at Shaker
Heights. They took over the street
railway and plan other rapid transit
lines.
To speed up traffic the city has con-
structed one $48, GOO, 900 bridge over the
| Cuyahoga River, has one of the same
size under construction and plans a
third
In the mall group has been erected
the $6,500,000 public hall seating 10000,
and wings consisting principally Of q
music hall costing $2,500,000 and seat
ing 5000 A l0-story building was
erected at a cost of $8,25O, 900 as the
headquarters of the Fourth District Fed
eral Reserve Bank The Cleveland Pub
lie Library was completed at a cost of
Sl.500,000 and the Cleveland Board OF
Education Building, to cost 100000
was placed under construction
Ten large buildings. intellectually
similar, are in the Mall group. Near
the Mall is being erected a municipal
stadium to seat $1,000 persons. 1t
will cost S3,500,O00.
AS a nucleus for the cultural center
out Euclid avenue a large group of
institutions for medical research has
been conStructed-with hospitals CO.
operating with Western Reserve Uni
versity. The medical group already has
cost 100000.
University Growth Seen.
The university has purchased several
city blocks and in cooperation with
Case School of Applied Science, ada
cent to it, will construct large scien-
tific research center as we'll as graduate
schools
Greater Cleveland established a sys-
tenn of metropolitan parks covering
10, 900 acres
The city has established an 1,100-acre
municipal airport, which now clears
$4,000 ships year. 1t also has started
the building of base for flying boats
on the lake front near the heart of
the city
The city manager form Of govern
ment was established during the aaSt
decade along with the scheme of pro-
pcrtional representation for council
manic election.