. The Street railway journal . ntrance and exit to and from the grounds being through ticket booths and turnstiles at the north end of the en-closure. In general, Minneapolis traffic is handled by theA loop and spur tracks, St. Paul being cared for by the Bloop and spurs. A fence separates the two sections, in themiddle of the enclosure. In ordinary operation through carsfrom St. Paul to Minneapolis are deflected to the terminalat the point C; they pass up the east side of the loop B,discharge and load, and pass on to Minneapolis either by thewest side of the loop A or the loop B, depending up
. The Street railway journal . ntrance and exit to and from the grounds being through ticket booths and turnstiles at the north end of the en-closure. In general, Minneapolis traffic is handled by theA loop and spur tracks, St. Paul being cared for by the Bloop and spurs. A fence separates the two sections, in themiddle of the enclosure. In ordinary operation through carsfrom St. Paul to Minneapolis are deflected to the terminalat the point C; they pass up the east side of the loop B,discharge and load, and pass on to Minneapolis either by thewest side of the loop A or the loop B, depending upon the trafficon the tracks at any particular time. Local cars from St. Paulto the Fair Grounds generally follow the same course, re-turning, however, to the eastbound Como-Harriet track at thepoint D. Through cars from Minneapolis to St. Paul takethe switches at E or F, according to the conditions in the ter-minal, and after traversing the loop corresponding, returnto the main eastbound track at point G or point D. Local cars. v*rret * G E F LANGFORD NEW STREET RAILWAY LOOPS AND STORAGE TRACKS AT THEMINNESOTA STATE FAIR GROUNDS from Minneapolis to the grounds follow the same course,according to circumstances, returning to the westbound mainline by the switches at H or K. The capacity of the spur tracksis about 120 cars, and these, added to perhaps thirty cars onthe loops, give a total of 150 cars that are ready for instantoccupancy at the close of the afternoon and evening perform-ances. The cars in St. Paul and Minneapolis run in one direc-tion only, being single-ended, so that it is necessary forstored cars to back upon the stub tracks before taking theirloads. This, however, was done before the rush of trafficcomes. The spaces between the tracks are laid out in graveland cinder walks. The limited space available crowded the switches somewhat,but the main line movements are so flexible that little troublewas experienced on this score. A special force of inspector
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