. The Street railway journal . nt of attractive picturesfor park use, and will furnish a weekly change of all thelatest headlines on a rental basis, with or without operatorsand machines. SPIRAL TOWER EXHIBITION * One of the strongest and enduring traits in human natureis that manifested for witnessing feats of physical skill anddaring. Few entertainments of this character are as pictur-esque, however, as the spiral tower exhibition which is carriedout by Lionel Legare, of Bethlehem, Pa. This act has provedan excellent open-air attraction in a great many parks and ismade especially effective a
. The Street railway journal . nt of attractive picturesfor park use, and will furnish a weekly change of all thelatest headlines on a rental basis, with or without operatorsand machines. SPIRAL TOWER EXHIBITION * One of the strongest and enduring traits in human natureis that manifested for witnessing feats of physical skill anddaring. Few entertainments of this character are as pictur-esque, however, as the spiral tower exhibition which is carriedout by Lionel Legare, of Bethlehem, Pa. This act has provedan excellent open-air attraction in a great many parks and ismade especially effective at night by the addition of fireworksand electrical effects. 472 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXVII. No. 12. MISCELLANEOUS PARK ATTRACTIONS C. P. Parker, of Abilene, Kan., is not only a manufacturerof a great variety of amusement devices, but has also origin-ated a number of spectacular shows. Among his manufac-tures are merry-go-rounds, mechanical shooting galleries,jumping horses, etc. The elaborate attractions ready for the. HANLON POINT PARK, TORONTO, ONT. coming season include North America, a massive histori-cal spectacle and Beautiful Bagdad. ROLLER COASTERSProbably no line of business has come into greater promi- amusement, its leading feature, however, being the FigureMight roller coaster. In this attraction it has developedfeatures entirely unknown to other makes, its safety ap-pliances playing a prominent part in the mechanism of themachine. This feature must appeal strongly to street rail-way companies, whose solicitude for the safety of theirpatrons is most pronounced, and especially in view of theirexperiences with transportation accidents. During the existence of this company it has built andequipped fifty-three Figure Eight coasters, thirty-six ofwhich it owns and operates in street railway parks, payingto the railway company a percentage of the gross receiptsfor ground space. From Boston to Chattanooga, in Canada,through the Central States to Los Angeles, along
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