. The Street railway journal . ompany. The park is situated about three miles east of Ottawaon the high bluffs overlooking the Ottawa and GatineauRivers, which have their confluence directly opposite thecentral portion of the park and thence flow through acharming country to the St. Lawrence and the view from the park pavilion is claimed to be as fineas any on the Rhine. Looking west, the LaurentianMountains rise to an altitude of several thousand feet,and slope gently down to the luxuriant farm lands of theI empleton district. On the mountain side is Kingsmere,the few months home ea
. The Street railway journal . ompany. The park is situated about three miles east of Ottawaon the high bluffs overlooking the Ottawa and GatineauRivers, which have their confluence directly opposite thecentral portion of the park and thence flow through acharming country to the St. Lawrence and the view from the park pavilion is claimed to be as fineas any on the Rhine. Looking west, the LaurentianMountains rise to an altitude of several thousand feet,and slope gently down to the luxuriant farm lands of theI empleton district. On the mountain side is Kingsmere,the few months home each year of Canadas GovernorGeneral, Lord Aberdeen. October, 1894.] THE STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 611 The park properties, consisting of about a hundred minute service during the summer. On an average, Otta-acres of beautiful woodland, were purchased by the Otta- was population of 50,000 visit the park every week. Everywa board of park management this year, and will be im- pleasant evening a band concert is given at the park, the. VIEWS AT ROCKLIFFE PARK, ON THE LINE OF THE OTTAWA ELECTRIC RAILWAY. proved from year to year without interfering with theirnatural beauty. The cars of the Ottawa Electric Rail-way run directly through Rockliffe Park, and give a three announcement to the public that the band will play beingmade by means of pennants carried midway on the trolleypoles of the cars during the day. 6l2 Q THE STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. X. No. 10. The Paterson, Passaic & Rutherford ElectricRailway Company. By Lemuel William Serrell, M. E. This railway company, extending as it does fromRutherford, N. J., through Passaic and Paterson to Singacand the intermediate towns along the line, forms part ofa trunk line system which will run in Hoboken from theBarclay and Christopher Street Ferries through JerseyCity to Rutherford and Paterson. This line is now com-plete and in operation from Rutherford to Singac, which isabout six miles west of Paterson, and the construction ofthat por
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