. The Central Manufacturing District : Chicago Junction Railway Service : a book of descriptive text, photographs & testimonial letters about Chicago Junction Railway Service and the Central Manufacturing District - the center of Chicago, "The Great Central Market" . View of 37th Street looking west from Iron Street before improvement. Photograph taken in 1910. Same view as above after improvement, only three years later 11 population of the city had spread until 35th Street had become not only thecenter of area, but the center of population as well. It began to appear that theerstwhile Cabbag
. The Central Manufacturing District : Chicago Junction Railway Service : a book of descriptive text, photographs & testimonial letters about Chicago Junction Railway Service and the Central Manufacturing District - the center of Chicago, "The Great Central Market" . View of 37th Street looking west from Iron Street before improvement. Photograph taken in 1910. Same view as above after improvement, only three years later 11 population of the city had spread until 35th Street had become not only thecenter of area, but the center of population as well. It began to appear that theerstwhile Cabbage Patch was destined for enlarged commercial activities. The Development of a Railway In the development of the Union Stock Yards to the south of the CabbagePatch, the Chicago Junction Railway Company, (the railroad serving the stockyards and packing houses,) had perfected its facilities for handling the greatestlive-stock business in the world; it had secured direct connection with everyrailroad entering Chicago; it had constructed enormous freight yards; it hadbuilt a Union Freight Station for handling freight to all roads; it had purchasedmany new, modern locomotives, and it had found its capacity for handling businessfar in excess of the traffic offered — great though that traffic was. It was thereforeproper that the Chicago Junction should seek n
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