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Title: The street railway review
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American Railway, Mechanical, and Electrical Association
Subjects: Street-railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Street Railway Review Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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Of^ /fy^ - S.07 . . . - ^£/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 entrance.This 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 High-l.iciils division. From this braiu-li the WorM^ l^air can be reachedalso via Log Cabin branch at Claylou in the lilipino entrance
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girder rail. The <lislancc from Meramec Highlands to 41I1 and l-;imii 18 miles. Numerous hotel accommodations can be had along theline arwl there is a first class hotel located at Meramec Highlands,which is considered the prettiest spot in St. \m\\\s County. The next junction point is at Fairmount Ave., where the carsbranch off of the main line to the main entrance of the Fair(irounds, the cars going along Lnion Ave. to the main entranceloop. This loop is on what is known as Ihe Callin tr.icl, and itis Ihe nearest street car terminal to Ihe main entrance of the Expo-sition. Numerous tracks or side branches extend from this loopor ralhcr are enclosed within the loop to uive ample room (nr (jr vi.-i ■•orcl l:irk lu llic .\gi icultiu.il nitraiu-c on llic south sideof the Fair (irounds. This gives llu- Suburb.iii .System five en-trances to Ihe Worlds Fair (irouiids, namely: Main entrance, ex-tending from Union Ave.; .Skinker or .Vdmiiiistratiou loop entrance,via Dellodiamout anil M

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