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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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r to all parts of the grounds, to be used for both drink-ing and irrigating purposes. The lake has been stocked with fineblack bass, generally incorrectly called trout and to prevent continu-ous fishing by people who would soon reduce the stock, a charge offive cents a pound for fish actually caught is made and parties knownto sell the fish are prohibited from using the privilege. Other revenue producing amusements are an electric merrj goround ami a swimming pool, with the pool so arranged that it canlie divided into two sections so that ladies and children alone canuse a part, separate and distinct from the men and boys, or thewhole can be thrown together. This swimming pool has been oneof the best paying features. When the original pool was rebuilt afew years ago, using concrete throughout instead of wood, a portionof the pool was made very shallow and a wire netting stretchedacross, so that the smallest children could go in with safety. The Feb. is, 1006.) STREET RAILWAY REVIEW 73
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OXFORD LAKE PARK—ANNISTGN, ALA. company itself operates all of the amusement features and rents outonly the refreshment stands. Last summer completed the sixth successful season of vaudevilleat the summer theater in the park. While this is so open at the sidesas to be cool and pleasant, it is thoroughly protected from the weatherand has enabled the management to give performances every week-day night without missing a single performance. In the operation ofthe vaudeville, moving pictures have been made a feature and illus-trated songs are frequently presented. For several years the park had two regular sized howling alleys,but last year the building was burned and two box-ball alleys were installed in another building. It is intended to replace the bowlingalleys and house them, together with the box-ball outfit, in anotherbuilding. Two large dancing pavilions arc provided, the use of which isgiven to private parties gratuitously. The lighting of these buildingsis included, but compe

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