Report of the Municipal Bridge and Terminals Commission to the Municipal Assembly, November 15th, 1905 -May 24, 1907 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905. Excerpt: ... MAIN DIVISIONS OF PROBLEM. From another point of view our problem is again divided into two parts, viz: First. That ot providing facilities in St. Louis for the prompt and economical receipt and delivery of freight. Second. That of providing for the interchange of freight between the two sides of the Mississippi River, i. e. the problem of bridges and ferries. I. LAND FOE TERMINALS IN ST. LOUIS. For our purpose the land required for railroad terminal facilities may be divided roughly into two classes: (1) That required for (a) Freight houses. (b) Team tracks. (c) Sidings to industries. (2) That required for (a) Classification, train and storage yards. (b) Roundhouses and shops. The second class is of only indirect interest to the public. Such facilities are generally and properly located several miles from the warehouses and tracks at which the public does its business with the railroads. Our immediate concern with these is not as to their actual location and arrangement, but to recommend that in the regions especially adapted to these purposes liberal franchises be granted for their development. There is still ample room for these in North and Northwest St. Louis, in the Carondelet district and in East St. Louis. While we shall have some recommendations to make in regard to needs for larger classification and storage yards in certain localities, our main recommendations will be in regard to development of freight houses aw team tracks, which must naturally be close to crowded business sections of the city, and in regard to the arteries that connect these together and with the classification and storage yards. POSSIBILITIES OF THE RIVER FRONT. In connection with the problem of convenient land for freight houses, warehouses and team tracks, we are impresse...