. The Street railway journal . rt operated by this company, known as ElectricPark, covers 110 acres and is located about 3^^ miles eastof the business section of Fort Smith. It is reached bytwo car lines, and during the park season, a lo-minuteschedule is run in the mornings, while in the afternoonsand evenings a 5-minute schedule is maintained. Of the110 acres, 54 on one side of the car line are devoted to ageneral amusement park and the remaining 56, which areheavily wooded, are used as picnic grounds. Moorish architecture has been imitated In the construc-tion of all of the park buildings.
. The Street railway journal . rt operated by this company, known as ElectricPark, covers 110 acres and is located about 3^^ miles eastof the business section of Fort Smith. It is reached bytwo car lines, and during the park season, a lo-minuteschedule is run in the mornings, while in the afternoonsand evenings a 5-minute schedule is maintained. Of the110 acres, 54 on one side of the car line are devoted to ageneral amusement park and the remaining 56, which areheavily wooded, are used as picnic grounds. Moorish architecture has been imitated In the construc-tion of all of the park buildings. The largest on thegrounds is the auditorium, which measures 240 x no ft.,and has a seating capacity for 2,200 people. It has afully equipped stage 70 x 40 ft. in dimensions and aproscenium opening 30 by 33 ft. The stage is equippedwith 15 sets of scenery in addition to the drops, and issurrounded by 16 dressing rooms. The cafe and dance hall is a two-story structure nearthe park entrance. The restaurant occupies a considerable. AUDITORIUM OF ELECTRIC PARK, FORT SMITH, ARK. portion of the lower floor. The remainder is devoted tosmoking rooms for gentlemen and reading rooms for ladies,in all of which are kept on file the daily newspapers andcurrent magazines. The upper floor contains a dance hall60 x 90 ft., and this opens out on broad balconies at eachend of the building. The hall is provided with eight ceil-ing fans and a piano. A semi-circular band shell is usedfor open air concerts Sunday afternoons and nights. Thegrounds also contain a penny arcade, refreshment stand,rest cottage for ladies and building for the park superin- January 25, 1908.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 115 tendents. A gieenhouse has been built to care properlyfor flowers during the winter season. The park has its own sewer and water system. Wateris supplied from two deep wells by motor operated is a total of 5600 incandescent lamps used in illumi-nating the grounds and buildings. Current for these,
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