... told me by my daughter who has been vice-president of
Anheuser-Busch's wholly-owned Manufacturers' Railway located at the brewery on
Pestalozzi Street.  It is about to be sold off and she is about to retire after 31
years.  She has a lot of knowledge about railroads and recently told me this:  When
the railroad bridge crossing the Mississippi to Illinois was built by the city of
St. Louis, the city would not allow the brewery's trains to use the bridge for its
eastbound traffic.  The city didn't want to be bothered with the little stuff.  For
years there were lawsuits over the issue and finally the brewery won the right to
use the track.  It was always the Wabash Railroad who picked up the brewery's cars
on the Illinois side for further distribution to destinations.