. The Street railway journal . ooms,pool rooms and other features in the front portion are openuntil quite late. The hall is used for regular entertainments given by thecompany and by tlie different organizations among the em-ployees, including a band composed of fifty-five pieces andan orchestra of seventeen pieces, both of which the com-pany has provided with instruments and uniforms and forwhich a competent instructor and a leader have been hired at$100 a month each. The band has rehearsals twice a girl employees have three basket ball teams. Duringthe summer season there were nine
. The Street railway journal . ooms,pool rooms and other features in the front portion are openuntil quite late. The hall is used for regular entertainments given by thecompany and by tlie different organizations among the em-ployees, including a band composed of fifty-five pieces andan orchestra of seventeen pieces, both of which the com-pany has provided with instruments and uniforms and forwhich a competent instructor and a leader have been hired at$100 a month each. The band has rehearsals twice a girl employees have three basket ball teams. Duringthe summer season there were nine baseball teams com-posed of men. Every two weeks a moving picture show is given, atwhich the best films obtainable are used. Immediatelyafter the balloon races in St. Louis a film was obtained ofthe races at a considerable additional cost for the privilegeof using it for the first time. The picture shows are usuallyenlivened by the band and the orchestra and are frequentlyfollowed by dances. The entertainments are alwavs well. OF CLUB rounded by a walk tends to distinguish the structure as asemi-public one. The lower part of the front portion ofthe building is used as a reading and reception room andfor the baths; on the upper floors are the billiard and poolrooms. A boiler to heat the building is located in the base-ment. With the exception of the brick work the hall in the rearwas built by employees of the company. The roof is sup-ported on steel trusses. The floor is entirely clear of postsor other obstructions and is of hard maple laid on cement. HOUSE IN ST. LOUIS attended. In one instance 2100 people were present. The club is run entirely by the railway company and itsoperation is under the personal supervision of GeneralManager Robert McCulloch. There are no club organiza-tions or dues. All expenses are borne by the railway com-pany, and the building and the entertainment features arefree to all of the white employees. While the expense isconsiderable the comp
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