Show CHICAGO NEW LINE tho only vay all the iho way the chicago alton l 1 lwin arx win n lo 10 ham c a new short line between st luuis louis ani kansas city the new cul off Is to be opened la in june tapo ali o the distance st sc louis to kansas city vii III HI tie be only 2 aia id miles the new 03 mlle mile cut oil ibach short ens the st lonia kansas city 11 line ere is leveland level and etral straight glit the maximum grade being voly twenty six feet feel to the ibe mile halt half of one per cent the maximum curva cur tive Is ii only one por per centi cent the road Is properly called an air line ninety two per cent being perfectly straight track there Is one lanc tan goot cuti of elgh eighteen teen miles and another of 0 luer teen miles but thee tangents tao genis could properly be called a straight track for thirty two miles the bridges are of 0 steel the cu culberta culverts lverts are of concrete anil and the road la Is magnificently built Is ballasted ballested bal lasted with ruck rock the tracks are eighty five pound steel ralls rails one hundred and thirty three feet long icing there are thirteen passing tracks of throe three thousand feet each cach over seven miles of passing tracks bich vv owing to their great length might be called double track there are no grade croil cre sanga tor for railroads rall roada aud very few grade crossings cros sinns for country roads F four our dally daily trains in each direction will bo be operated and the time tables and equipment will equal in every way the chicago P alcons it ons noted chicago st louis lou s service ter vice I 1 the opening ol of the chicago al tons tew flew line between st lot louis is ifs and kausas city fittingly and pet mane commemorates the louisiana purchase exposition in time lime of completion comp leilon and also alpo in other ways the altos new line is typical ol of the fair the st louis exposition will show the highest example of every product of all kinds la in the world as will tile chicago alton new line show the highest standard to which the 0 worlds o r ass railways can be brought As the worlds fair will the processes which mike make american goods gooda preferred ened in lite markets of the iorli so the chicago alton w hill ill illustrate in all details construction equip went meet and operation opera iloa tiou the accepted 08 aich 1 servo serve as models for tho the worlds common carriers |