. The Street railway journal . townof Port Clinton alone amounting to $750,000 annually. Wine isproduced in great quantities and heavy shipments are farmers all through this district are wealthy and progres-sive, and the road affords them a convenient method for hand- have such excellent prospects for summer traffic. The summerpopulation and excursion business at the islands are very line passes directly through Lakeside, a summer encamp-ment city, which is the the Ohio MethodistConference, and from 75,000 to 100,000 people spend theirsummer vacations or atte
. The Street railway journal . townof Port Clinton alone amounting to $750,000 annually. Wine isproduced in great quantities and heavy shipments are farmers all through this district are wealthy and progres-sive, and the road affords them a convenient method for hand- have such excellent prospects for summer traffic. The summerpopulation and excursion business at the islands are very line passes directly through Lakeside, a summer encamp-ment city, which is the the Ohio MethodistConference, and from 75,000 to 100,000 people spend theirsummer vacations or attend the meetings there. Cedar Point, opposite Marblehead, is a famous pleasure re- 32 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXVI. No. 27. sort, while Hotel Victory, on Put-In-Bay Island, is one of thelargest summer hotels in the country. There is a tremendousflow of traffic between these points, and the company willoperate steamers between its terminus at Marblehead and thevarious resorts mentioned. It is also planning to build an ex-. EXTERIOR VIEW OF THE POWER STATION OF THE TOLEDO,PORT CLINTON & LAKESIDE RAILWAY AT PORT CLINTON tension around to the end of Marblehead Point bridge, acrossthe shallow bay for a distance of about 1000 ft., and build on toJohnsons Island. This is another famous summering placeand noted as the location of one of the Federal prisons duringthe Civil War. By operating a ferry from Johnsons Island toSandusky and Cedar Point, the company believes it can securea considerable portion of the through traffic between these At present the company operates cars from the Toledo citylimits to Genoa—10 miles—over the tracks of the Lake ShoreElectric Railway, and it has its own traffic arrangement withthe city company for entrance to Toledo and use of the ter-minal station. The arrangement with the Lake Shore Electricgives that company all the fares while the cars are on itstracks, the Lake Shore assuming the liability and paying thecrews. It also pays a small rental
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