. Electric railway journal . t that the complete electricalequipment of the theater will be a good advertising mediumand have an indirect influence toward increasing the light-ing business. Illustrations are presented showing the general arrange-ment of the covered portion of the theater. It will be notedthat the arrangement is such that large crowds may behandled with facility. Every advantage has been taken ofthe natural beauties of the surroundings and as shown bythe side elevation the theater building has been designed toform a feature in unison with these natural year the
. Electric railway journal . t that the complete electricalequipment of the theater will be a good advertising mediumand have an indirect influence toward increasing the light-ing business. Illustrations are presented showing the general arrange-ment of the covered portion of the theater. It will be notedthat the arrangement is such that large crowds may behandled with facility. Every advantage has been taken ofthe natural beauties of the surroundings and as shown bythe side elevation the theater building has been designed toform a feature in unison with these natural year the theatrical attractions played to audiences offrom 4000 to 7500. At that time the seats were all out ofdoors and the company encountered some loss through in-clement weather, which it is thought will be largely elim-inated by the erection of the building described. During the past season the company furnished entertain-ment at a weekly average cost of from $750 to $1, was no admission charge or fee of any kind. With. Union Park, Dubuque, la.—Terminal Loop Station the completion of the rustic theater a nominal fee of, say,10 cents to 20 cents, for seats within the building will becharged, but seats in the outside amphitheater may be hadfree. The idea in making a charge for the attractions isthat thereby the quality may be improved, the gross re-ceipts for admission being used to defray the expense of the weekly production. It is thought that instead of meet-ing a weekly cost of $1,000 for entertainment the companywill be able to put on a $1,500 bill and the receipts fromadmissions, if applied against the cost, will reduce theweekly expenses to a figure less than that of the past sea-son. It is stated that the experience of Ingersoll Park, atDes Moines, has been that starting with a free show, the
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