. Electric railway journal . he concessionaires sharing the cost. An annualfeature at the park is a music festival of choral societiesof Nashua, Manchester, Lowell and Lawrence, in which400 voices give two daily concerts on the Saturday andSunday following Labor Day. At the athletic field noadmission is ordinarily charged, and this contains abaseball diamond and mile running track. The fieldis fenced in and two grand stands are provided so thatevents with admission fees can be properly arc lamps are installed on standards bordering therunning track when night events are schedul
. Electric railway journal . he concessionaires sharing the cost. An annualfeature at the park is a music festival of choral societiesof Nashua, Manchester, Lowell and Lawrence, in which400 voices give two daily concerts on the Saturday andSunday following Labor Day. At the athletic field noadmission is ordinarily charged, and this contains abaseball diamond and mile running track. The fieldis fenced in and two grand stands are provided so thatevents with admission fees can be properly arc lamps are installed on standards bordering therunning track when night events are scheduled. Thelamps are taken down when not in regular service. Allthe principal buildings in the park are outlined inincandescent lamps. Energy for lighting service is sup-plied by the railway company with an auxiliary connec-tion to the lines of the Lawrence Gas Company. Ad-vertising is begun in the local press one week in ad-vance of the park opening, and throughout the season4-in. advertisements, with weekly changes, are run in. Canobie Lake Park—Pine Grove for Picnics the local dailies. A traffic solicitor is also employed forthe park service during the season. The park is looked after by a superintendent whoresides on the grounds the year through, three regularuniformed police (with two extra police on Saturdays,Sundays and holidays), from ten to twelve gardnersand caretakers, two matrons and a cashier. E. F. Bow-ser is superintendent. 578 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLIII, No. 11. A few words about the beach resorts on the companyslines may be added. Through cars are operated in thesummer from Haverhill to Hampton Beach on thirty-minute headway, a distance of about 25 miles via Salis-bury Beach, the fare being 35 cents. Direct cars toHampton are run hourly. The attractions at Salisburyare of a more popular order, although at Hampton alarge casino owned by the Exeter, Hampton & Ames-bury Street Railway, a baseball diamond and summerhotel and cottages in large numbers, with
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