. The Street railway journal . i, is the Union Depot district,containing the depot—into which run almost all of thetwenty-five railroads centralizing in Kansas City—as wellas the stock yards with a large number of their district also contains many large jobbing houses, handling agricultural implements and other wares. Toreach the business center from this low district or fromKansas City, Kan., which is west of it, it is necessary tosurmount a high ridge, which is clearly indicated in theprofile of the Ninth Street line. On the other sideof this ridge is a hollow or valley, throug
. The Street railway journal . i, is the Union Depot district,containing the depot—into which run almost all of thetwenty-five railroads centralizing in Kansas City—as wellas the stock yards with a large number of their district also contains many large jobbing houses, handling agricultural implements and other wares. Toreach the business center from this low district or fromKansas City, Kan., which is west of it, it is necessary tosurmount a high ridge, which is clearly indicated in theprofile of the Ninth Street line. On the other sideof this ridge is a hollow or valley, through which run someof the principal streets, and from which it is again neces-sary to rise to reach the residence section of the city. It isinteresting to compare this profile of the Ninth Street linewith that of another line also running to the Union Depot,but being elevated in the low lands and tunneling underthe high ridge between the low lands and the depression,in which lies the business center. This line, with its lower. A VIEW IN THE STOCK YARDS STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XVI. No. 41.
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