. The railway terminal problem of Chicago; a series of addresses before the City club, June third to tenth, 1913, dealing with the proposed re-organization of the railway terminals of Chicago, including all terminal proposals now before the City council committee on railway terminals .. . veloped from a common sense, business standpoint. Besides the proposed new Illinois Central Station on 12th Streeteast of Indiana avenue, our plans call for two new passenger depots Loop stations onon 12th Street; one, for the roads entering the Union Station andthe Grand Central Station, to be located west o
. The railway terminal problem of Chicago; a series of addresses before the City club, June third to tenth, 1913, dealing with the proposed re-organization of the railway terminals of Chicago, including all terminal proposals now before the City council committee on railway terminals .. . veloped from a common sense, business standpoint. Besides the proposed new Illinois Central Station on 12th Streeteast of Indiana avenue, our plans call for two new passenger depots Loop stations onon 12th Street; one, for the roads entering the Union Station andthe Grand Central Station, to be located west of the river; the other,for the roads entering the La Salle and Polk Street Stations, to belocated east of the river—both to be operated as loop stations, being expensive, wasteful of time and difficult ofoperation, are being built to-day only where through stations areimpossible. By locating the new terminals fronting north on 12th Street,between State and Canal, we would provide nearly three-quarters of streeta mile of wide street space to relieve the congestion that might occur mSFoSbieat any one central point. Transportation facilities can be providedeasily which will handle 25,000 people an hour going in one direc- 21 THE RAILWAY TERMINAL PROBLEM OF CHICAGO. Plate 8. PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF THE UNION PASSENGER STATION —ONE OF THE THREE NEW TERMINALS PROPOSED BY OFFICERS AND STAFF OF THE CHICAGO PLAN COMMISSION This proposed station has a frontage of 700 feet on the south side of 12th Street and west of theproposed new channel of the Chicago river. The concourse is south of 12th Street and at street level,but trains are to be operated on a loop to the north of 12th Street and below street level. By meansof this loop incoming and outgoing passengers will be separated and it is claimed that large increase instation capacity will be secured. Space above and between the tracks not used for station purposesis intended for building development. tion, or double th
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