. The Street railway journal . nd power is also in the basement, the wholeequipment being very liberally designed. ♦♦♦ Every employee of a street railway should be consideredas an agent with possibilities of harm to his employer. Itis not enough that he be intelligent, sober and should be of good judgment and sound thinking; andneither communistic, socialistic or anarchistic in his views;not discontented and at cross-purposes with the whole so-cial order, but of cheerful disposition and content to makethe best of life as he finds it.—From a paper read at theSt. Louis Convention,
. The Street railway journal . nd power is also in the basement, the wholeequipment being very liberally designed. ♦♦♦ Every employee of a street railway should be consideredas an agent with possibilities of harm to his employer. Itis not enough that he be intelligent, sober and should be of good judgment and sound thinking; andneither communistic, socialistic or anarchistic in his views;not discontented and at cross-purposes with the whole so-cial order, but of cheerful disposition and content to makethe best of life as he finds it.—From a paper read at theSt. Louis Convention, 1896. Woodside Park, Philadelphia The Eairmount Park Transportation Company ownsone of the most elaborate pleasure resorts to be found inthis country. This is located a short distance from Fair-mount Park in the city of Philadelphia, and nearly a half-million dollars have been judiciously expended in makingit one of the most charming spots that can be natural beauties of the place have been carefully pre-. SCENIC RAILWAY AT WOODSIDE PARK served, and have been enhanced by artificial means wher-ever possible. The place is known as Woodside Park. Among the many attractions are a Dentzel merry-go-round, a revolving tower, a large casino, from whose bal-conies magnificent views of Fairmount Park and the citycan be secured, a well-managed theater, scenic railway,owned and operated by the L. A. Thompson Scenic Rail-way Company of New York, etc. These are only madeadjuncts, however, to the natural beauties of the place,which consist of attractive woodland and groves, a verybeautiful lake, numerous walks and drives, etc. Thou-sands of seats and tables have been scattered through thewoods for the use of picnic parties, and these are alwayswell patronized on pleasant days. The scenic railway was the first attraction to be installedat this place, and was, in fact, nearly completed before any
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