. The street railway review . cheers and other dem-onstrations. It is expected that the new road will be opened totraffic about September 1st. PARK AT LIMA, O. The Lima Electric Railway & Light Co., of Lima, O., of whichMr. Jos. B. Mayer is president and Mr. Louis H. Mountney generalsuperintendent, opened its new park on June 30th. This is known ai m Lm mt^ hit:.:- it-■ .. i McBETH-S PAKK PAVILION. McBelhs Park and is situated about three miles from Liniii; itcomprises about 45 acres of land. One of the attractions is a finelake well stocked with fish, and a handsome pavilion has been
. The street railway review . cheers and other dem-onstrations. It is expected that the new road will be opened totraffic about September 1st. PARK AT LIMA, O. The Lima Electric Railway & Light Co., of Lima, O., of whichMr. Jos. B. Mayer is president and Mr. Louis H. Mountney generalsuperintendent, opened its new park on June 30th. This is known ai m Lm mt^ hit:.:- it-■ .. i McBETH-S PAKK PAVILION. McBelhs Park and is situated about three miles from Liniii; itcomprises about 45 acres of land. One of the attractions is a finelake well stocked with fish, and a handsome pavilion has been afternoon and evening a vaudeville show is given in the pavilion and also concerts by the McBeth Park Band. After even-ing performances the floor is cleared for dancing. On the lake are a steam launch and a number o row boats forhire to patrons. A merry-go-round is also included in the equip-ment. Concerning the patronage Mr. Mountney writes us as follows:The park has been quite popular with Lima people as there are. LAKE AT McBETH-S PARK. no other places of amusement near here, and we are carrying largecrowds to the park nightly, and on Sunday the attendance is verylarge all day and evening. The park is kept up with the highestattractions and no liquor is sold on the grounds. We are gettingthe best class of people for our patrons, and the best of order pre-vails. We are also getting a number of excursions and picnics inconsequence of this. The steam railroads are running special ex-cursion trains from outside towns, and the nightly attendance is in-creasing. Cars are run to the park every 15 minutes ana whenthe vaudeville show is out, a number of cars are in waiting to takethe people home without delay. NEW PLANS FOR PITTSBURG ELEVATED. It is stated that arrangements have been made with the Penn-sylvania Railroad Co. for the use of the new Union depot by thenew elevated traction systems of Pittsburg. The Liberty Avenueelevated line will cross the Pennsylvania tracks 38 f
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