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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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to its purposes. The wings are laid out upon a regular curve extend-ing through ninety degrees, and are divided in themiddle by a longitudinal partition, one side forming apassageway and the other half being devoted to birdcages, etc. The main building, 264 feet in length, isvariously subdivided. A large swell upon the rear i^ tobe the aquarium, with grottoes in front, and is flanked uponeither side with toilet rooms, directors room and feedroom for the larger animals. The latter will includeelephants, camels, giraffes, cape buffalo and llamas andwill be located to the right as one approaches the frontof the building. The corresponding space at the leftwill be devoted to reptiles, and has three large tanks forthe use of alligators and other amphibia. At each endof the main building are entrances with commodiousporches and vestibules leading to the wings. The imme-diate front of the main building, covering a space of 175feet in length, is the summer and winter quarters of thecarnivora.
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IliKSlECriVE OF THE ZOOLOGICAL HlllLUlNli Al PITTSBURO. 422 (^txectS^oikoy-j^Vic^ The entire structure will be of red pressed brick withstone trimmings and tile roof. The total length, includ-ing wings, is 600 feet, and when completed promises tobe a structure reflecting credit alike upon the architect,the city and the company whose enterprising spiritinaugurated the scheme and made possible its carryingout. RICHMOND, IND. Richmond has a park of 200 acres two miles east ofthe city, controlled by the city. It is on the line of theRichmond City Railway Company-, and E. Kessler,superintendent, writes us that the company under a con-cession from the city has erected a theatre capable ofseating 2,500 people for opera and all kinds of suitablestage performances. The theater was opened June 2,by a comedy company, which gave performances threeevenings in the week and a Saturday matinee. Band CHAMPAIGN, ILL. B. F. Harris, Jr., general manager, with his usualenterprise, still keeps pushing West

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