. The Street railway journal . parties. It will be heatedin winter by a steam pipe from the power station. There is anelevated platform for an orchestra, and the company has leasedaCecilian automatic piano, which has proven a very good invest-ment, as it is operated for practically nothing. The night fore-man at the car house does double duty on evenings when thereare dances. He goes to the dance hall and plays a selection,then there is an intermission for five minutes while he goesback to the car house to look after his cars. The use of thepavilion and music are given free to a party charteri
. The Street railway journal . parties. It will be heatedin winter by a steam pipe from the power station. There is anelevated platform for an orchestra, and the company has leasedaCecilian automatic piano, which has proven a very good invest-ment, as it is operated for practically nothing. The night fore-man at the car house does double duty on evenings when thereare dances. He goes to the dance hall and plays a selection,then there is an intermission for five minutes while he goesback to the car house to look after his cars. The use of thepavilion and music are given free to a party chartering a spe-cial car, for which there is a fixed schedule of rates, accordingto what town the party is from. Suppers may be served, if de- September 17, 1904.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 395 sired, as the building contains a kitchen. On Saturday even-ings the hall is open to the public, and during the afternoonswhen there are no private parties, it is open to picnickers. Thegrounds are free to all who come on the companys cars. Nu-. been a day when the pavilion or grounds have not been let toparties. Some of the largest Dayton picnics have been heldat Overlook Park this summer, and at times the company hashad to borrow rolling stock to handle the traffic. Adjoiningthe park are the grounds and country quarters of the DaytonClub. In securing this Mr. Spring made an excellent movefor his company. An old farm house occupied a beautiful siteoverlooking the river when the company bought the management repaired it, beautified the grounds and offered
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