. Report on the re-arrangement and development of the steam railroad terminals of the city of Chicago : submitted to the Citizen's Terminal Plan Committee of Chicago . PLATE IV, PRESENT UTILIZA ION OF RAILROAD PROPERTY. Showing the vast amount of real estate o^^^led by various railroad companies wit , the Chicago business district and «; inefficient use of much of the property.^ present method of taxing railroad property on the basis of main line mileage it is po. Ae for radroads t^o hold large quantities of land PJ^^.^^^f ^ t^J-^^.^-. J^^ f^^™^X Se condition shown above, in whch large areas (


. Report on the re-arrangement and development of the steam railroad terminals of the city of Chicago : submitted to the Citizen's Terminal Plan Committee of Chicago . PLATE IV, PRESENT UTILIZA ION OF RAILROAD PROPERTY. Showing the vast amount of real estate o^^^led by various railroad companies wit , the Chicago business district and «; inefficient use of much of the property.^ present method of taxing railroad property on the basis of main line mileage it is po. Ae for radroads t^o hold large quantities of land PJ^^.^^^f ^ t^J-^^.^-. J^^ f^^™^X Se condition shown above, in whch large areas (colored red) are practically unused or railroad operation, and other areas (colored yellow) are owned by the jaUroads, but private™ occupied The possibilities of more effective use of this railroad propert througli co-operation and intensive development, m elimmating congestion and opemngavenues of growth for the business district, are RAll-ROAO PROCERTV OWNCDOR OCCUPIEDC^r=^ Uif-ie-S ON STRE-E-TS OR VIADUCTS XXXX OR VlAvOUCTS > » Sob v^A,x5 uMOEJ» vi/»^o<-i CTO of? xum^ej-sSi^^ima^ t=;iiss WAui- KOTC - SOME C5l=?ADeSi OVEIR £ =% NOTE-O ^E:SrR\CT;or [:^^^^: ST 0?^ c H o 2 PLATE V. RELATION Showing the area occupied by railroads in the down< south, State, Wabash and Michigan Avenue alone areviaduct approaches and in the vicinity of 14th Street b}UL\c»bstructed approach from the south. Jefferson Street cr<Toward the north, Jefferson, Clinton and Canal Streets all cing the railroad property south of Harrison Street, and th {


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