. The street railway review . cars go south St. Junction along Sarah St. to Manchester .-\vc., then weston Manchester .Vvc. through Renton and several other small suh-urbs until they reach Maplewood. West of Maplewood is what isknown as the Meramec Highlands Division. The larger portionof this division is private right of way, extending through Old Orchard, Webster, Cheltenham, Kirkwood and to Mera-mec Highlands. Meramec Highlands cars go direct In town or theWorlds Fair every eight minutes. Sarah .St. and Manchester Ave. have lneii newly with 9 in. storing cars
. The street railway review . cars go south St. Junction along Sarah St. to Manchester .-\vc., then weston Manchester .Vvc. through Renton and several other small suh-urbs until they reach Maplewood. West of Maplewood is what isknown as the Meramec Highlands Division. The larger portionof this division is private right of way, extending through Old Orchard, Webster, Cheltenham, Kirkwood and to Mera-mec Highlands. Meramec Highlands cars go direct In town or theWorlds Fair every eight minutes. Sarah .St. and Manchester Ave. have lneii newly with 9 in. storing cars to meet the licavy deinands at certain hours. A sketchof the loop is given herewith. The Union .\ve. junction point with the main line is very closeto Fairmouut Avenue one block westwardly, and the cars goingsouth on Union Ave. take the main entrance loop. Going northlliese cars go as far as the Union Jockey Club race track, thecemeteries and Walnut Park. The next juncliiMi point Inmi the main line is at Maple Ave. ^Si& - * - » t/AT/Of^ /fy^ - . . - ^£/PSt/.SO^ ^77 - - . r^o/p/ss^vr - . . Hi^i^/^r ^if^/f Ai9JfWMSrtJliWCT\ .>t SUHIIUliAN Cars KiK I Ihe Skiiiker or Adminislratiiin entrance loop leave themain line nr private right of way at Maple .\ve., go west to 66thSt. and from there directly south to the Fair Grounds. Thesecars run direct from the city to the loop without transfer and fromit visitors enter the Fair Grounds at the west end of the Pike orwhere the Pike and foreign buildings are located. The B. C. & .St. L. division also branches from Maple Ave.,passing the Worlds Fair Grounds at the Convention liranch extends through Clayton, Brentwood, and along thisline is located the St. Louis Country Club and the County Court ofSt. Louis County. The road is single track from Brentwood throughWebster to Kirkwood where it connects with the Meramec division. From this braiu-li the WorM^ l^air can be reachedalso via Log Cabin branch at Cl
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