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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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rts per day, and a free library and reading room,stocked with about two hundred books and magazines. We main-tain a small zoo and an aviary stocked with about one hundredforeign birds; also free swings for the children (which, by theway, are well patronized by the older people), having a capacity for SAN ANTONIO, TEX. The San .Vntonio Traction Co. has a base ball park, but doesnot operate any pleasure resort. There are two city parks on thelines of the company. BERLIN, X. il. The Berlin Street Railway Co. owns a park of some 40 acresab<.Hit half of which is cleared and half wood land, and has atpresent a casino 45 x 70. ft. which it is the intention to keep openall winter. This resort is known as Cascade Park and is Ij-j milesfrom Berlin and four miles from Gorham. The road was onlyopened for operation la.st fall, so that the company has been unable,as yet, to carry out all its plans for improving the park. Mr. W. J.Jones, manager of the company, writes us as follows concerning the
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FIG. 6-GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.. SHORE VIEW, REEDS LAKE. plans for the park: The park has a natural anii)hithcatcr whichwc intend to utilize for a rustic theater and a grand stand for rac-ing and ball games and also to l.iy out tennis court, croquet grounds,which latter will be on a higher level than the ball ground and racecourse. We have at the present time a casino 45 x 70, and whichwc intend to keep open this winter. We arc well equipped with aflthe necssary utensils to .serve banquets, which will be served onthe third floor, the second floor being used for a ball room and thebasement for kitchen, lunch counters, toilets and Ixiiler room. Thereis a small sheet of- water which wc intend to open or clear off forskating purposes, and if this is not large enough we can flood the Jan. 20. 1903.) STREET RAILWAY RIAIRW. 27 lower level and make a lake ot eight acres. This park is absolutelythe only outlet for the people here unless they travel to Portland,a distance of 100 miles, and they are

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