. The Street railway journal . LANGLEY -XCT-T-AGE^CROVt= FIG. 1. —FLOWER VASE PARTLY COMPLETED FIG. 2.—PLAN OF PARK The large parks are all situated advantageously to thestreet railway companies, and it is doubtless that this facthas heretofore deterred the street railway companies fromcreating amusement resorts such as have been establishedin other cities. Sans Souci Park, which is now in preparation, is thefirst amusement resort of any magnitude in Chicago whichhas for its object the stimulation of street railway is located on the Wabash Avenue line of the ChicagoCity Railwa

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. The Street railway journal . LANGLEY -XCT-T-AGE^CROVt= FIG. 1. —FLOWER VASE PARTLY COMPLETED FIG. 2.—PLAN OF PARK The large parks are all situated advantageously to thestreet railway companies, and it is doubtless that this facthas heretofore deterred the street railway companies fromcreating amusement resorts such as have been establishedin other cities. Sans Souci Park, which is now in preparation, is thefirst amusement resort of any magnitude in Chicago whichhas for its object the stimulation of street railway is located on the Wabash Avenue line of the ChicagoCity Railway and well out toward its terminus. The Sixty- The park is square, with an inclosed area of nearly tenacres. The buildings and rubbish which occupied theground were all removed, except Old Vienna, itself asummer resort, which stands on one corner; the lease tothe present occupants of Old Vienna has yet two yearsto run, after which the building will be removed and thepark extended over the space occupied. The park has been laid out with

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