Loyola University Chicago - Loyolan Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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The Chicago waterways are the arteries that bring the lifeblood of or to thc stccl mills Chicago's largest industrial complex. which is just one of 75 such districts throughout the city. In addition to steam, diesel, and electrically oper- ated railways, Chicago has one million automabiles, 70 miles of double track elevated railways, and nine miles of subways. Chicago is served by twenty railroads which operate nearly one-half of the nation's total railroad mileage. Passenger train arrivals and departures average 1,770 per day. The Chicago Terminal district contains al- most S,000 miles of railroad tracks, Chicago's Midway airport, the world's busiest, ac- commodates 900 Hights a day. O'Hare International Field, with an area of 10 square miles, is the words largest airport. Air passengers handled here annually account for one-fourth of the nations total air travel, and one-sixth of the world's. Chicago is served by 14 malor air lines, 12 of which offer direct service abroad. Chicago has four great daily newspapers, Shi foreign language newspapers, many neighborhood journals, and one daily newspaper devoted exclusively to business news. The city supports 1,785,000 telephones, 50 radio broadcasting stations, 5 television stations, and two million television sets.

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One of the highlights of the summer sporting world is the innual All-Star game held in Soldier Field. theatres, and a complex of museums and libraries de- voted to every department of human knowledge. Chicago's contribution to the financing of the nationls business is substantial. Six of Americas largest com- mercial banks are located here. The Midwest Stock Exchange, a market place for the purchase and sale of stocks and bonds, is the largest outside of New York. Chicago has 168 public parks and over 200 miles of boulevards. Brookfield and Lincoln Park Zoos are visited by nearly three million people annually. The 14,500 factories in the Chicago area produce 21 billion dollars worth of goods a year, furnishing employment for over one million industrial workers. Chicago's largest industry is iron and steel. Next in importance are machinery, metal-working, food prod- ucts, printing and publishing, transportation equipment, chemicals, furniture, and ceramic products. Every mode of passenger transportation is required to help Chicagoans get about their city, a need which is better appreciated when it is understood that 950,000 Chicagoans a day come to the central business district, A popular recreational area of the city is the zoo, which many Chicago animals affection- ately call home. T ---in

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