Architect and engineer . s at one station. Ten thousand dollars per annumwould be saved in the handling of mail in a terminal post office. The ex-press business amounts, in tonnage, to about one-fourth of the less than car-load freight business of Los Angeles and much would be saved by elimina-tion of wagon haul between the various depots. This saving cannot readilybe estimated in terms of money and is dependent on the location of the maindepot. The more central the location, the greater the saving. Baggage isalso transferred between the stations and—while of lesser importance incost—increased
Architect and engineer . s at one station. Ten thousand dollars per annumwould be saved in the handling of mail in a terminal post office. The ex-press business amounts, in tonnage, to about one-fourth of the less than car-load freight business of Los Angeles and much would be saved by elimina-tion of wagon haul between the various depots. This saving cannot readilybe estimated in terms of money and is dependent on the location of the maindepot. The more central the location, the greater the saving. Baggage isalso transferred between the stations and—while of lesser importance incost—increased convenience would result. 3. Grade crossing elimination would be simplified. When it is main-tained that there is no necessity for a union station, it must be rememberedthat the retention of more than one station will necessitate greater expendi-ture for the elimination of grade crossings, and, pending complete separa-tion, will result in more vehicular movements across tracks at grade. 54 THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER. THE PLAZA, LOS ANGELES This circular park marks the center of the original city of Los Angeles at the time of its foundation in 178L The new Union Depot is recommended by Engineer Sachse on the opposite side. 4. Present passenger facilities of the Santa Fe and the Salt Lake sta-tions are inadequate. Large capital expenditures must soon be incurred inany event to satisfy present and future needs. This is true to a lesser extentof the Southern Pacific Station also. A union depot will fill these needsbetter, permanently and at a relatively smaller cost than piecemeal construc-tion by individual roads regardless of the problem as a whole. If the threesteam roads now had satisfactory facilities, this argument would be of lessimportance. Under existing conditions, it is of prime importance. 5. The topographical conditions and location of the railroads in LosAngeles are almost ideal and point definitely toward a union station. Thesenatural conditions are such that a
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