. The street railway review . also the siminier home of a large colony species. An auditorium with a seating capacity of 1,500 people ispopular. It is a brown stone structure and is lighted by electricity,as are the grounds and other buildin-s. .\t the dance hall an orches-tra is in attendance at all hours. There are baseball and croquetgrounds, tennis courts, a half-mile track for autos, bicycles andhorses, and numerous other amusement devices, not forgetting amerry-go-round and a pony livery stable for the children. Many important conventions and public gatherings are held at thepark, notabl
. The street railway review . also the siminier home of a large colony species. An auditorium with a seating capacity of 1,500 people ispopular. It is a brown stone structure and is lighted by electricity,as are the grounds and other buildin-s. .\t the dance hall an orches-tra is in attendance at all hours. There are baseball and croquetgrounds, tennis courts, a half-mile track for autos, bicycles andhorses, and numerous other amusement devices, not forgetting amerry-go-round and a pony livery stable for the children. Many important conventions and public gatherings are held at thepark, notably, the Ohio Slate Baptist .-Vssembly, which lasts 10 days,and which brings .together 1,000 or more campers, or tenters eachyear; the Cleveland City Guards, who aiuuially muster there for 10days; the State Sunday School Union, 1,000 members, who also campthere for 10 days each summer; the County Fair, wdiich was startedin 1901, is likewise held there annually. The park has telephone and telegraphic connection with the outside. KVK \IKW (>!• 111.\ l.\ MT. VIOIINUN. for whose use the company has erected 35 cottages in the finest loca-tion in the park. Many school teachers spend their vacation Hiawatha cottages, as they are called, are furnished ready foroccupancy, excepting the Ited linen. Each bears a charming Inilianname. The terms of rental are moderate. The tenants may cookIheir own meals, if desired, but there are two public eating places inthe park, the regular dining hall presided over by a chef, wherel<oarfiers may .secure special rates on the American plan, and the<lairy kitchen, or lunch rfX)m, which is on the ICuropean plan. The■Irinking fountains on the grounds arc supplied from large mineralsprings. No intoxicants arc sold. Lake Hiawatha is fed by springs and inexhaustible wells, fromwhich the water is pumped by electricity. The lake abounds in bl;ickliass and sun fish. I here is a handsome boat house and near by ahat
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