. The street railway review . and globes which arc the characterelements in the architecture of the Mines Buildin;.;. It is believed that this panoramic view shows a progress that will come as a surprise to many who are not iiuimalely i luuch with llu-St. Louis Exposition, it is hard to believe thai any expositioncould ever eclipse the great exi)osilion in Chicago in 1^9.!, and yelin St. Louis there is growing up an Ivory City which will eclipsethe White City by about the same measure that llic latter sur-jiassed all its predecessors. The Intramural Railway for the Worlds Fair. BY It
. The street railway review . and globes which arc the characterelements in the architecture of the Mines Buildin;.;. It is believed that this panoramic view shows a progress that will come as a surprise to many who are not iiuimalely i luuch with llu-St. Louis Exposition, it is hard to believe thai any expositioncould ever eclipse the great exi)osilion in Chicago in 1^9.!, and yelin St. Louis there is growing up an Ivory City which will eclipsethe White City by about the same measure that llic latter sur-jiassed all its predecessors. The Intramural Railway for the Worlds Fair. BY It. CHIEF ENGINEER, LOUISI.\N.\ ICXll )Sriil iX, The exhibit area of the Exposition will be about 250 acres, ascompared with 150 acres in Chicago in 1903. and the grounds willcomprise nearly two square miles. The initial loop of the Intramural Railroad licgins at the westside of the Peristyle, which is at the north end of the Centralavenue of the main picture. The line runs westerly, parallel to the. MAP OP EXPOSITION GROrXDS. SIKiWlXi; Kii|-riC ill ■rillC KArliWAY. This territory is so much greater than was ever covered li\ .nuprevious exposition, thai it was deemed wise to construct a douliKtrack intramural railway which makes a complete circuit of thebuildings. Varied Industries antl Tran^porlation IJuildings. crosses SkinkerRoad, and proceeds in a westerly direction, passing betweeen Ihciixposition power house and Cnpples Huilding No. 2. (These are?. part of ihc Kxpositions peniKineiil lniver<ily Buildings.)
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