. Report on railroad grade crossing elimination and passenger and freight terminals in Los Angeles . FIG. 88. PACIFIC ELECTRIC ^ AHU AT IIAIN STREET STATION Tlie elevated structure in the rear tloey not provide sufficient track room to eliminateall train movements from the streets. Se\*eral of the lines terminate in this >ar<l, whicliis also used to store the extra eijuipment used during- the rush hours. The waiting roomis in the Pacific Electric Building (the high building at the lettl at the same elevationas the elevated FIG. Sit. 1A« llIC ( TltK 11,1, IltKKl For yea
. Report on railroad grade crossing elimination and passenger and freight terminals in Los Angeles . FIG. 88. PACIFIC ELECTRIC ^ AHU AT IIAIN STREET STATION Tlie elevated structure in the rear tloey not provide sufficient track room to eliminateall train movements from the streets. Se\*eral of the lines terminate in this >ar<l, whicliis also used to store the extra eijuipment used during- the rush hours. The waiting roomis in the Pacific Electric Building (the high building at the lettl at the same elevationas the elevated FIG. Sit. 1A« llIC ( TltK 11,1, IltKKl For years the cars have turned from Hill Street into this .vard. luHnovrnieatin this situation was planned about 1904, when a high speed line was from thisstation toward the west, running in a tunnel under the hill in the background and $2,000,000 has been spent out of a total estimated cost of $lii,OiiO,o(IO OK Lnion Iassenger Ti:kmin.\i. 247 The Hill Street Station of the Pacific Electric Railway is located atpractically the same elevation as Hill Street, upon which it fronts. Thereare no large buildings in this neighborhood, and construction is of aseconomical a character as will pass the fire ordinance. DESIRABLILITY OF A UNION PASSENGER TERMINAL A railroad terminal is essentially a city matter; it is the mainentrance to, and the main exit from, every important city. City |)ri(le andwhat might be called the advertising aspect of a fitting city entrance are,therefore, essenti
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