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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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ett was a placerarelv resorted to. It was practically just as DameNature had left it then, and the visitors to the placewere restricted principally to those who were well enoughoff to own or hire con\eyances, or ambitious pedestrians. distance between the transfer and the lake has beencovered by a special train over this route in 14 mmutes.The average time is from 23 to 25 minutes. HennepinBoulevard was laid out and opened under the directionof the Park Board of the city, and special provision wasmade for the car tracks, which are laid in a parked andturfed strip down the center of the thoroughfare. Thisstrip is slightly higher than the rest of the boulevard andis separated from a 40-foot drive at each side by a curb-ing of patent stone. On days when there is no specialrush, trains run o\er this line every five minutes. Eachtrain consists of one motor and one trailer, and these twoare capable of carrying from 175 to 200 passengers.When there is a pleasant Sunday or holiday in the sum-
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the utmost limit of whose ambition was the distance tothe lake. There is a contrast in the condition of affairs to-day.Given 23 minutes and 5 cents and there you are on theshore of one of the most beautiful of Minnesotas 5000lakes. There are soft drinks there for you if you arethirsty, refreshments of a more solid nature if you arehungry, shady nooks and well-kept turf where you canlounge if you are inclined to be lazy, other attractions,including pretty girls to flirt with, if you are anxious toget rid of a bit of ennui, and a car waiting to take youback to the heart of the city any time you want to go. Lake Harriet is situated between four or five milesfrom the transfer at the corner of Hennepin and Wash-ington avenues, which is the center of the business partof the cit)-. Ordinarily the resort is reached b\ the carswhich run over the Hennepin Boulevard line. The mer months this service is supplemented by trains run-ning out over

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