. The Street railway journal . ot own or operate a park property near itsterminus or on its line of route is an exception. As this is thetime of the year during which most railway companies make plansfor the equipment of these properties, it has been thought thatsome particulars about the minor attractions in the way of amuse-ments at such parks would be of interest and value. Most man- the same as a standard-sized locomotive before shipping, for atleast one week, so that when it is received it is ready for business. NAME-PLATE MACHINESOne of the most successful coin-controlled machines is the
. The Street railway journal . ot own or operate a park property near itsterminus or on its line of route is an exception. As this is thetime of the year during which most railway companies make plansfor the equipment of these properties, it has been thought thatsome particulars about the minor attractions in the way of amuse-ments at such parks would be of interest and value. Most man- the same as a standard-sized locomotive before shipping, for atleast one week, so that when it is received it is ready for business. NAME-PLATE MACHINESOne of the most successful coin-controlled machines is theRoovers name-plate machine, which took the highest award in themachinery department at the Pan-American Exposition. A nickelis dropped in this ingenious device, and by turning the disc andpunching the characters a person can make his own name plate,which comes finished from the machine on a polished strip ofaluminum. It is stated by the auditing department of the Pan-American that twenty-two of these machines took in the enor-. MINIATURE RAILWAY AT THE PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION agers have pretty settled ideas, derived from experience or other-wise, as to the profit of theatrical entertainments, as well as thatof establishing menageries, concerts, and other free entertain-ments. Undoubtedly it is often money well invested to give afree entertainment at a street railway park and recoup more thanthe outlay through the transportation receipts. There are manyminor attractions, however, which properly go with every park, andwhich have the double advantage that while they afford amuse-ment an extra charge can be made for their use, and they thusbecome themselves sources of revenue. It is this class of amuse-ment which it is the intention of this article to describe. THE MINIATURE RAILWAYOne of the most popular and best-paying attractions at therecent Pan-American Exposition was the Cagney miniature rail-
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