. The Street railway journal . ting larger fixed charges and overcoming anincreased operating ratio due to extremely adverse weather. Portland Railroad Company, is a conspicuous example of aperennial pleasure ground. It covers some 40 acres alongthe Presumpscot River in the Deering district about 6miles from the business center of Portland, and thereforeis readily accessible. The natural configuration of thelandscape has been so artistically modified that the parkmay well claim it to be the prettiest in New England—and 504 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXX. No. 14. for that matter, in the Unit
. The Street railway journal . ting larger fixed charges and overcoming anincreased operating ratio due to extremely adverse weather. Portland Railroad Company, is a conspicuous example of aperennial pleasure ground. It covers some 40 acres alongthe Presumpscot River in the Deering district about 6miles from the business center of Portland, and thereforeis readily accessible. The natural configuration of thelandscape has been so artistically modified that the parkmay well claim it to be the prettiest in New England—and 504 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXX. No. 14. for that matter, in the United States. It is designed toappeal to people who can appreciate a playground of thiskind and are willing to help keep everything on a highplane. When the car turns into the grounds, the visitor onglancing at the artistic stone gateway is inclined to imaginethat he is entering the garden of some great mansion andnot of a public park. The impression gained at the gateis strengthened upon inspecting the park itself, for the art. THE CASINO IN KIVERTON PARK displayed in the different structures, walks and groves isnot generally to be enjoyed so cheaply. The main building in the park is a handsome casino,whose broad piazzas, commanding a view of the entiregrounds, cozy parlors and attractive dining hall offer a stocked library. The dance hall, naturally enough, is oneof the most popular features of the casino with the youngfolks. Recently the piazzas have been furnished withsome slot machines of the different types so popular inpenny arcades. On the whole, the casinos manifold at-tractions make it an excellent all-the-year resort, and ithas become a favorite place for Portlanders to hold ban-quets and various cold-weather festivities. The casino, souvenir house andone or two other structures in theopen portions of the park are notbuilt in the so-called rustic style,but the latter is applied with artis-tic effect to the open-air theaterand other places where the wood-land offers an
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