. The street railway review . ns Kiiuwii as I alUTsails, wliiili iNUiicK liniii jdili Si. to 171I1 Iirlwccii Stale andDcarliMiii. Ii Is ifaclicd Irniii ilu- rlown lowii licjii-ls by laUinn anycar nil nllur llie Wabash .\vc. or Stale St. lines of the ChicagoCity Ry. ra-M-MKcis shoiilil . at trith St. anil wall< west.(away Imiii llu- ) llu- mu- nr Iwn blnks. ChicaKii. iiiui h In ii- iliMinlil, lias iml .il |iresi-iit any are obliKeil, after all. In liieale the ineetiiiK in a bnililinx which,while jierfectly safe, and of fairly good size, does not possess Iheinter
. The street railway review . ns Kiiuwii as I alUTsails, wliiili iNUiicK liniii jdili Si. to 171I1 Iirlwccii Stale andDcarliMiii. Ii Is ifaclicd Irniii ilu- rlown lowii licjii-ls by laUinn anycar nil nllur llie Wabash .\vc. or Stale St. lines of the ChicagoCity Ry. ra-M-MKcis shoiilil . at trith St. anil wall< west.(away Imiii llu- ) llu- mu- nr Iwn blnks. ChicaKii. iiiui h In ii- iliMinlil, lias iml .il |iresi-iit any are obliKeil, after all. In liieale the ineetiiiK in a bnililinx which,while jierfectly safe, and of fairly good size, does not possess Iheinterior appointments they would KlixHy have secured were an-other linilding of snlticient size to be had. They have, ihereforc,been obliKed to make the best of an unfortunate and unexpectedsituation, which they are powerless to help. file new Coliseum would have been .152 ft. long by iy2 ft. wide,which is (xj ft. longer and 41 ft. wider than .Marlison Sipiare illustrate Ihe ilesign of the Coliseum as it would have ^d or ailci|iial^ liiiililinu Inr yatlurings of tins kiml. The iiiiiiienseColiseum at willi .a seating capacity ihc largest in the coiui;try. burned aboiil tun years ago. During the present year astrong company was organized, and had in process of erection amagnificent building, both as In its capacity and to be the finest nf the kind in the United States. While Tat-tersalls was selected fnr the cniiventioii on the visit here of theexeciitne committee, it was confidently expected then tliat thenew Coliseum wnuld be tar enough along so that the meetings andexhibits could be held there. Up to August 31st work was pro-gressing rapidly day and night, and arrangements were practicallyclosed to transfer the conventinn to the new structure, which it
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