The Chicago freight tunnels
Subtitle: the organization, equipment and service of the underground tubes which handle thousands of carloads of freight each day and take a great traffic burden from the busy streets of the loop
Publisher: Chicago Tunnel Terminal Corp.
Published: 1928
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: Freight and freightage; Tunnels; Buildings, structures; Subways
Other titles: What the freight tunnels mean to Chicago; Chicago freight tunnel system; Underground transportation
Table of contents: title: The immensity of Chicago's freight-traffic; title: Tunnels important part of Chicago's scheme of trade and transportation; title: Gathering of package freight is a problem of many complexities; title: Preparing freight for shipment over 28 railroads in 2500 cars every day; title: Package freight handling as factor that adds to congestion of streets; title: Concentration of traffic winds "The Loop" around Chicago's neck; title: Origin of the freight tunnels and their development to a useful end; title: Completion of construction and the expenditure of 10 million dollars; title: Equipment of the tunnels and devices which make them safe, dry and airy; title: Relieving congested streets of the equivalent of 5000 truck movements; title: Tunnel connections with warehouses and commercial buildings; title: Economy of tunnel freight service and an illustration of the saving; title: A mile through the street traffic is only ten minutes through tunnels; title: Two thousand tunnel cars of freight delivered railroad terminals daily; title: Four universal freight stations open the tunnels to all shippers; title: Underground delivery of coal takes traffic, noise and dirt from streets; title: Hauling of excavated material and disposition of ashes and cinders; title: The tunnels offer an economical and speedy method of transferring mail; title: Increasing efficiency of operations in a great center of distribution; title: The more traffic in freight tunnels the less there will be on streets; title: General information.