. The Street railway journal . people inboth cities. One portion of the pavilion is leased to a popularcaterer, and refreshments of all kinds are served. Frequently thedancing privileges are let to private parties, and this includes the board, plan of which is presented in Fig. 10. The board wasplanned by Manager Wentz and improved by George Fink, thetrain despatcher. It is about 6 ft. in length, divided into spacesrepresenting the switches or passing points. The board is di-vided transversely for east-bound and west-bound trains, and ateach passing point represented are eight holes, into whic
. The Street railway journal . people inboth cities. One portion of the pavilion is leased to a popularcaterer, and refreshments of all kinds are served. Frequently thedancing privileges are let to private parties, and this includes the board, plan of which is presented in Fig. 10. The board wasplanned by Manager Wentz and improved by George Fink, thetrain despatcher. It is about 6 ft. in length, divided into spacesrepresenting the switches or passing points. The board is di-vided transversely for east-bound and west-bound trains, and ateach passing point represented are eight holes, into which areinserted pegs numbered on the heads to correspond with thenumbers of the cars. In each section two holes are provided forthe order report and two for passing. For example, car Noio, east-bound, reports from Findlay Hill; No. n, west-bound,has orders to report at Creightons, but has not arrived; No. 13has just left the Park, after No. 10 had reported from FindlayHill, with orders to pass No. 10 at Creightons, and report at. FIG. 8.—PAVILION AT SAM REEVES PARK use of the private car already mentioned. Among other attrac-tions are a merry-go-round and a small but promising features are to be added. One section of the enclosure isdivided off for a baseball ground. During the season there aregames between well-known teams on regular dates, and on thesedates admission to the grand-stand seats is 10 cents and 15 account of the park business, the travel on the road isheaviest in the evenings and on holidays. July 4 of this yearwas the heaviest ever known. The despatching system of the road is handled from an officeat the park entrance, which is shown in Fig. 9. The line is cov-ered by a telephone system, which is connected with the ex-changes of the Bell Telephone Company in both Findlay andFostoria. Each car is provided with a standard Bell telephone,and connection with the telephone wire can be made at any despatching, the operator uses, in connecti
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