. 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 . DISTPIBUTION BYGROUPS OF ROADS \S% SOUTH CLEARING GROUP 16%30% NORTM CLEARING GROUP 31%55% CE^^rRAL CLEARING GROUP S3% FIGURE 6. LOADED FREIGHT CAR MOVEMENT. Showing graphically the proportion of in-boimd and out-boiind freight, 49%of which is interchanged between roads. Note the fact that, of the total freightinterchanged, 70% is handled by direct switching within the city limits. Feeight Haxdlixg—Section 5. 89. FIGURE 7. BREAK
. 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 . DISTPIBUTION BYGROUPS OF ROADS \S% SOUTH CLEARING GROUP 16%30% NORTM CLEARING GROUP 31%55% CE^^rRAL CLEARING GROUP S3% FIGURE 6. LOADED FREIGHT CAR MOVEMENT. Showing graphically the proportion of in-boimd and out-boiind freight, 49%of which is interchanged between roads. Note the fact that, of the total freightinterchanged, 70% is handled by direct switching within the city limits. Feeight Haxdlixg—Section 5. 89. FIGURE 7. BREAK-UP YARDS. CHICAGO SWITCHING shewing the location of the break-up or receiving freight yards of thevarious railroads entering Chicago. The location of many of these yards insideof the belt lines tends toward congestion and the handling of much mterchangefreight within Chicago which, inasmuch as it is destined for other pomts thanChicago, should be kept outside and interchanged over the belt lines. the downtown district and there switched between lines; 30 percent, being handled by the belt lines outside. The other halfof the inbound business, is legitimate Chicago delivery and 90 Chicago Railroad Terminals. comes into the city to freight houses, team tracks and indus-try sidings; a considerable proportion of it reaches the down-town district. Figure 8 shows the amount of package freight broughtinto the city, about 40 per cent, of which is consigned forChicago delivery, while about 60 per cent, is destined forpoints beyond. Strictly speaking, through freigh
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