. Report on the re-arrangement and development of the steam railroad terminals of the city of Chicago : submitted to the Citizen's Terminal Plan Committee of Chicago . oat tothe south widened. If La Salle street, extended through fromthe north, could be made the eastern boundary of the terminalarea, such a plan would be much more favorable to the citysinterests than any four-station plan based upon the presentriver location. Ultimate Four Station Plan, Fig. 42: This can better beaccomplished with the river straightened south of VanBuren street along Stewart avenue, as developed else-where in t
. Report on the re-arrangement and development of the steam railroad terminals of the city of Chicago : submitted to the Citizen's Terminal Plan Committee of Chicago . oat tothe south widened. If La Salle street, extended through fromthe north, could be made the eastern boundary of the terminalarea, such a plan would be much more favorable to the citysinterests than any four-station plan based upon the presentriver location. Ultimate Four Station Plan, Fig. 42: This can better beaccomplished with the river straightened south of VanBuren street along Stewart avenue, as developed else-where in this report. (Plate III.) Diagrammaticallythe accompanying sketch, Fig. -1:2, indicates the ad-vantages of this plan. It is based upon the assumption thatthe t^nion Station interests might develop the Harrison orAdams street site for the western and northwestern roads,including the St. Paul and the Soo Line from the north, andthe Burlington and Great Western from the west. While thePennsylvania line might also occupy this station temporarily,it would soon be forced to another location, through the growthof traffic in this station. 184 Chicago Eaileoad FIGURE 42. ULTIMATE FOUR-STATION PLAN. This figure sliows the maximum number of passenger terminal stations whichshould be permitted in Chicago. One station is to be located at Madison andCanal Streets for the North Western, one at Adams and Canal Streets for theother northern and western roads, one at r2th and Franklin Streets for the southernand southwestern roads, and one at 12th Street and the lake front for southernand eastern roads. The river is to be straightened from Van Buren Street number of through east and west streets would be greatly increased and thenimiber of north and south streets out of the business district would be more thandoubled. The station sites A, B, C, etc., would be filled, preferably, in theorder named. • Eaileoad Eegeoupixg—Sectiox 10. 185 Should the four-station plan be deci
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