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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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Lake is a popular resort and the people are looking to thetheatre there for that class of amusement. The Syndicate is ina position to furnish the best attractions and it has booked manyfirst class shows for the season. General Manager McClary of the Birmingham Railway &Electric Co. takes especial interest in this resort and is runningspecial through trains for the benefit of his patrons. PITTSBURG, PA. Calhoun Park, on the Dravosburg division of the United Trac-tion Co.s line is a delightful resort of 51 acres. It is midway be-tween Pittsburg and McKccsport in a bend in the MonongahelaRiver and is about a 30-minute ride from each city. The ground islargely covered with forest trees and there are many fine springs.The park is lighted by electricity and a long distance telephone isat the service of pleasure seekers. A large pavilion has been builtand furnished for dancing and dining purposes. There is a restaurantfor serving meals and lunches at all hours, refreshments of all kinds
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LAKE VIEW PARK, MIDDLETOWN, CONN. to picnic parties and coffee and ice cream by the quart or gallon.In the kitchen, patrons of the park are furnished with fuel and cook-ing utensils free. A merry-go-round, roller coaster, bowling alleys,shooting gallery, race track and base ball fields afford athleticamusements. The booths and shelters of all kinds will accommo-date 10,000 persons. Admission to the park is free and no conces-sions are let. NEW ORLEANS, LA. The New Orleans Traction Co. proposes to make its West EndPark, on Lake Pontchartrain, the great resort, the Coney Islandin fact, of the South. The company, under the management ofC. D. Wyman, has already done much to make West End attrac-tive, but the present season will effectually eclipse all its past glory.All the buildings, pavilions and band stands have been freshlyfainted and the park has been opened with the most flattering evi-dences of success. The best of music has been provided, thevaudeville shows will be exceptionally

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