. The Street railway journal . pinions, steel; gongs. Brill Dedenda; hand brakes,Brooklyn Heights standard with St. Louis 14-in. handle;heating system. Consolidated Car Heating Company; head-lights, Dayton incandescent; interior finish, cherry natural;motors, not decided; roofs, monitor; safety tread. Universal;Sanders, Silver & Companys Reliable; seats, HeywardBrothers & Wakefield Company rattan covered; side bear-ings, cast steel; trolley poles and attachments, BrooklynHeights standard; trucks, Standard Motor Truck Company,maximum traction type; ventilators, monitor sash, and abuilt-in vesti
. The Street railway journal . pinions, steel; gongs. Brill Dedenda; hand brakes,Brooklyn Heights standard with St. Louis 14-in. handle;heating system. Consolidated Car Heating Company; head-lights, Dayton incandescent; interior finish, cherry natural;motors, not decided; roofs, monitor; safety tread. Universal;Sanders, Silver & Companys Reliable; seats, HeywardBrothers & Wakefield Company rattan covered; side bear-ings, cast steel; trolley poles and attachments, BrooklynHeights standard; trucks, Standard Motor Truck Company,maximum traction type; ventilators, monitor sash, and abuilt-in vestibule with open sides. 5o6 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXIX. No. 12. PARK MANAGEMENT AND ATTRACTIONS THE FINANCIAL SIDE OF PARK OPERATION So much has been written about securing profitable parkattractions that it may not be amiss now to turn attentionto the means necessary to secure for the operating companyevery cent taken in at the gate and other points under itscontrol. Railway men are accustomed to the peculations. ELECTRIC PARK AT NIGHT of conductors and take every possible precaution to preventthem, but naturally they are less familiar with the amuse-ment business and therefore more subject to imposition. The collection of all the money paid to see the differentattractions is indeed a very serious problem. As the parkseason is so short, it is difficultto secure reliable of them are of a more orless nomadic character, onlystaying at their posts while theysee a chance to make bigmoney. The nature of theiremployment, of course, makes itimpracticable to pay them largesalaries, yet they are subjectto the temptation of handlinglarge amounts of other peoplesmoney. Since it is plain, then, that thefinances of a park must belooked after with even morecare than a regular business, itmay be of value to other amuse-ment managers to explain thecollection methods in vogue atElectric Park, Newark, N. park is chosen for illus-tration because it is an ex-cellent exa
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