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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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he resort covers manyacres of land and under the management of the railway companyhas been beautified and made exceedingly attractive. The groundshave been laid out with great skill and every advantage has beentaken of nature to give the spot a charm. There is a natural body<ii water, which by dredging and enlarging has assumed all the pro-portions of a lake, which affords ample pleasure for any who arefond of the water and a sufScicnt number of boats have been pro-vided to meet all demands. In the center of this lake is a picturesqueisland covered with banana and other fruit trees. Rustic bridgeshave been constructed at various points and in the season in thesmaller and auxiliary lakes water lilies grow in great profusion. Es-pecial attention has been given to the cultivation of these lovelyflowers, the Victoria Regia growing to such size that the leavesspreading out over the water will support the weight of a six-ycar-olil child. Many of these leaves are five and six feet across.
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SCENES IN HYDE P.\RK. AUSTIN. TEX. with no competition, that this park ought to become very popularand profitable to both parties interested. Our season opens May15th and closes September 15th. We have always found it profitable to encourage picnics andconventions, especially picnics, and make a special rate for them.We find that picnics are very attractive to children, and as it isnecessary for their parents to accompany them such a distance, thetraffic of the road is materially increased thereby. CHARLESTON, S. C. The Chaleston Consolidated Railway Co. opened the season ofspring and summer concerts at Chicora Park on March 26th, theFourth Brigade Band having been engaged. The concerts are from3 to 6:30 p. m. The grounds are about as attractive as it is possible to make them.Lovely walks and driveways wind in and out among the shadetrees and the bicyclist there finds not only delighful roads for wheel-ing but must be enchanted at every step by the scenery which greetshis eye. A numbe

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