. The street railway review . gt;out 18miles. The road will operate 12 cars, each equipped with fourWestingbouse 12.\ motors, and five trailers. In the Pleasantviilepower house will be installed two 400-kw. direct-current Westing-house geiK-rators. running at 550 volts and 125 r. p. m,, and aWestingbouse switchlMiard of two generator panels, one load p:ineland four double feeder panels. Mav jo, lyoj] STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 273 Street Railway Park Development,—VL Design of Terminal Track Facilities for Parks—Successful Methods of Advertising Parks—Descriptions of Parks. DESIGNING TERMINAL FACIL
. The street railway review . gt;out 18miles. The road will operate 12 cars, each equipped with fourWestingbouse 12.\ motors, and five trailers. In the Pleasantviilepower house will be installed two 400-kw. direct-current Westing-house geiK-rators. running at 550 volts and 125 r. p. m,, and aWestingbouse switchlMiard of two generator panels, one load p:ineland four double feeder panels. Mav jo, lyoj] STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 273 Street Railway Park Development,—VL Design of Terminal Track Facilities for Parks—Successful Methods of Advertising Parks—Descriptions of Parks. DESIGNING TERMINAL FACILITIES. In any instance, the financial success of catering to what is cuni-moiily termed pleasure resort traffic, will be determined very largelyby the facilities provided for handling it. Travel to parks and pleas-ure resorts is largely a created or artificial traffic, and as every elec-tric railway manager knows, is so easily influenced one way or theother as to make success or failure sometimes turn on seemingly .riv-. FIG. 1-PLAX OF TERMINAL AT iai details. For this reason money invested in high-class attractions ata pleasure park may very easily be rendered a useless cxpenditini ifadequate facilities for transporting the increased crowds with reason-able dispatch and comfort arc not furnished. The degree of dispatch and comfort that can be oflfered by the company will dependvery largely on the facilities for loading and unloading passengersat the park, and the speed with which cars can be moved into and outof the teniinal. .^gain, the handling of large crowds alwaysbrings increased risk of accidents, and more than the usual degree facilities must be ample to acconuniidalc tlie traffic of the oneheaviest day of the year as well as the ordinary run of travel, other-wise the management will have the chagrin of seeing a considerable
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