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Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
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seen increaseof patronage by the public at large. The park is conducted along lines which could, not butappeal to the best element of any community. The entertain-ment provided is of high class, and there is an entire elimi-nation of the petty graft methods as involved through the per cent more, but the company worked on the theory thatthere was more at stake through the guaranteed satisfactionof.its patrons than an increase of $1,000 or $2,000 in thereceipts from privileges. The refreshment service, besides confections, cigars, softdrinks and ice cream, afforded a well-selected menu, in-cluding tea, coffee, chocolate, sandwiches, cold meats andsalads. Offers were made for concessions of the kind usuallyfound in amusement parks which would have representedan income of several thousand dollars. Purchasers of theseprivileges would naturally have been compelled, in orderto show a profit on the right side, to have grafted the com-panys patrons for an amount sufficient to pay for the priv-
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VIF.WS IN UNION PARK, DUBUQUE. presence of individuals operating concessions of variouskinds. The concessions at Union Park consist of a dance hall,two refreshment stands and a bowling alley. The dancehall is a structure of unusual attractiveness; it is sur-rounded by a i2-ft. veranda, is brilliantly illuminated andis equipped with a large number of electric fans. Thecompany sells the privilege for a fixed sum, reserving theright to cancel the lease at any time and demanding of thelessees that the dance feature be conducted in a manneragreeable to the company. The refreshment stands andbowling alleys are fully provided with modern equipmentand are operated by responsible individuals on the profit-sharing basis. The company supervises the general conductof these enterprises and guarantees the public city pricesand the highest character of service. The net amount received by the company for the 1907season for the park privileges was $1,500. These privilegescould have been sold through c

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