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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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the ordinary andare deserving of note. The company has provided an inexpensive covered stage asshown in one of the half-tone engravings, but instead of giving alengthy vaudeville or operatic performance, the amusement pro-gram is limited to about 30 minutes for the matinee and the sameperiod in the evening, the performance usually taking the form oftwo or three good vaudeville acts. The show is entirely free, al-though a few seats are provided for those who wish to pay forthe privilege of sitting down. It is believed that a short, snappyperformance of this kind serves the purpose of drawing all thecrowd that would ordinarily attend a longer show, and at the sametime it gives patrons more time to walk around the grounds andvisit the other attractions provided. These various attractions in-clude a large dancing pavilion, restaurant where regular meals areserved under the direction of experienced caterers, riding gallery,rifle and pistol ranges, photograph gallery, tennis courts, swings.
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GWYNN OAK PARK. -Tennis Cfiurt—Ladies Pavilii-Lake and Bath House. The United Railways company pays a proportion of the cost ofpaving on the streets in which its tracks are laid, the amountvarying according to the requirements of the franchises owned bythe underlying companies. THE PARK SYSTEM. The franchise tax or compensation paid to the city of Baltimoreby the railway company is devoted to the maintenance of thepublic parks. In addition to this the railway company is directlyinterested in parks or pleasure resorts of which it owns five. Twoof the properties, Gwynn Oak and Lakeside, are operated by thecompany, and three are leased. Gwynn Oak, the largest and most attractive of the companysparks, is about seven miles northwest of the city on Gwynns Falls,and may be reached in about 45 minutes from the heart of Balti-more by either of two electric railway routes, the fare by eitherroute I>cing 10 cents. Entrance to the park is free to all and theresort is perhaps the most popular

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