. The Street railway journal . perated as a rollerskating rink from the middle of October to the middle of skating that appeals to the Northampton Traction Company,namely, that since the park buildings are cared for andwatched all the year round, they remain uninjured and donot become dilapidated. During the winter the pavilion isheated with stoves, and when spring comes it will be in prac-tically as good condition as it was in the fall. The companysexperience so far has been that the skating receipts havetaken care of all the expenses of operating the park and therink this winter, leaving all
. The Street railway journal . perated as a rollerskating rink from the middle of October to the middle of skating that appeals to the Northampton Traction Company,namely, that since the park buildings are cared for andwatched all the year round, they remain uninjured and donot become dilapidated. During the winter the pavilion isheated with stoves, and when spring comes it will be in prac-tically as good condition as it was in the fall. The companysexperience so far has been that the skating receipts havetaken care of all the expenses of operating the park and therink this winter, leaving all of the fares of the passengersto and from the park as additional revenue to the railway. 314 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXVII. No. 8. The Virginia Passenger & Power Company, of Richmond,Va., has also had some interesting results with roller skat-ing. The company has under its control a large horse showbuilding with a seating capacity of about 4000 people, andan oval exhibition ring 190 ft. x 70 ft. Last spring this was. INTERIOR OF THE BUSHKILL PARK SKATING RINK floored over and a skating rink opened. It ran very suc-cessfully during the summer. The floor was removed forthe Horse Show in the fall, but was replaced later, and therink has been operated successfully since the close of theHorse Show with Winslow skates. Novel features, whichGeneral Manager Huff introduced in conjunction with theskating rink, are band concerts and moving pictures, thelatter being presented while the skating is in progress. One important point of the roller skate question must notbe overloked, namely, the skate itself. Convenient and cheaptransportation, a handsome pavilion, polite attendants andelimination of all tendency to rowdyism, are all necessaryfactors toward success, but their good effect is nullified ifthe skates are hard running or liable to breakage on ac-count of flimsy construction. Therefore, it behooves the rinkmanager to investigate care-fully before purchasing the hun-dreds of p
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