. Preliminary report, Chicago Railway Terminal Commission . his Company would be made between Fifth Ave-nue and the River and extending to Harrison Street, occupying theterritory now used for other freight and terminal facilities. The St. Charles Air Line and the Lake Shore, Rock Island andWestern Indiana tracks are shown as at prjssent. A two-level freight house development is shown extending fromTwelfth Street to Polk Street and from State Street to the River, andthe territory between State Street and the River south of TwelfthStreet is shown occupied by team tracks. The same arrangement off
. Preliminary report, Chicago Railway Terminal Commission . his Company would be made between Fifth Ave-nue and the River and extending to Harrison Street, occupying theterritory now used for other freight and terminal facilities. The St. Charles Air Line and the Lake Shore, Rock Island andWestern Indiana tracks are shown as at prjssent. A two-level freight house development is shown extending fromTwelfth Street to Polk Street and from State Street to the River, andthe territory between State Street and the River south of TwelfthStreet is shown occupied by team tracks. The same arrangement offreight houses is used as is shown in Scheme No. 1, Plate No. 7. In this arrangement, all streets between State Street and FifthAvenue are shown opened up to Twelfth Street. South of TwelfthStreet, Dearborn Street and Clark Street are shown opened throughthe terminal. Polk and Taylor Streets are shown on an upper levelwith ramps connecting with State Street. This layout gives a car standing capacity of 1,030 cars on housetracks and 900 cars on team 57 EXHIBIT No. IVSTRAIGHTENING CHICAGO RIVER EXHIBIT No. IVSTRAIGHTENING CHICAGO RIVER On Plate No. 12 is shown the proposed straightening of the southbranch of the Chicago River along the line given in the Union Stationordinance and the Pennsylvania R. R. freight ordinance March 23,1914, and the B. & O. C. T. ordinance passed February 19, 1915, andthe C. & W. I. ordinance now pending before the City Council. The property owned by different railroads in the district affectedby this proposed change is shown on this plate and in the followingtable is given the approximate areas between Clark Street and thecenter line of Dodge Street, which is the west line of the proposedchange. The areas given are based on a compilation of available existingdata and are as reasonably accurate as could be obtained withoutmaking a special survey. 68 <1 •a (-■ en W 4J 4J M OJ jj (S-^ .tj.£ „ 2 n! . (U ^2 0 J
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