. The street railway review . f theexperience—both profitable and unprofitable—of our moreradical brethren in the amusement lines, and have still sev-eral more cards up our sleeve and an unsatiated public onwhich to play them. Paducah, Ky. At Paducah, Ky., the street railway has a park with atheater, boats, bathing facilities, chutes for shooting, etc.,all of which were built by the company: none of these arerented. The admission price to the entertainments is 15cents, though, the entrance to the park is free. Orchestraconcerts are given every night. Stock companies with spe-cialty teams have
. The street railway review . f theexperience—both profitable and unprofitable—of our moreradical brethren in the amusement lines, and have still sev-eral more cards up our sleeve and an unsatiated public onwhich to play them. Paducah, Ky. At Paducah, Ky., the street railway has a park with atheater, boats, bathing facilities, chutes for shooting, etc.,all of which were built by the company: none of these arerented. The admission price to the entertainments is 15cents, though, the entrance to the park is free. Orchestraconcerts are given every night. Stock companies with spe-cialty teams have been the most successful, though the com-pany has been fortunate in not having any entertainmentswhich proved failures. There is no attempt made to haveorganized bodies make use of the park. Holyoke, Mass. In our issue of July last we described the incline railwayrunning from Mountain Park, near Holyoke, Mass., to thesunmiit of Mt, Tom. The Mt. Tom Railroad, which isleased to the Holyoke Street Railway Company, has proved. MT. PAVILION IN WINTER. to be a success in every way; last vear more than 60,000people were taken up the incline without an accident of anvkind. At the summit is a pavilion 76x92 ft. and two stories 32-: ^|S^g\le\v liigli with a cupola 25x31 ft. The first floor has parlors,dining room, kitchen, etc.; on the second floor is a hall withstage, which will accommodate 500 guests. The cupola isused as an observatory, and from it is to be had one of themost beautiful views to be found anywhere. Mountain Park
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