. The street railway review . STATION AT OLCOTT. acter, the details of which are shown in the accompanying illus-trations. In building the wall the wooden form was first erectedas shown. The concrete cement was then poured into this mold,twisted iron rods being embedded in the concrete every 15 in. asshown in the drawing. The wall sustains a bank of earth some Jlxe 15. 1901. STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 345 JO ft. high, and, noUvithst:iiulint; its very sliglit proportions, hasshown no signs of faihire during the year since it was installed. The features which arc being added to the park at Olcott co
. The street railway review . STATION AT OLCOTT. acter, the details of which are shown in the accompanying illus-trations. In building the wall the wooden form was first erectedas shown. The concrete cement was then poured into this mold,twisted iron rods being embedded in the concrete every 15 in. asshown in the drawing. The wall sustains a bank of earth some Jlxe 15. 1901. STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 345 JO ft. high, and, noUvithst:iiulint; its very sliglit proportions, hasshown no signs of faihire during the year since it was installed. The features which arc being added to the park at Olcott con-sist of a very handsome depot erected at a cost of about $6,000,an outdoor theater, a casino containing amusement hall and rcs-. I ^\_fr/lnchor Bolt -* SECTION OF RETAINING WALL. taurant, and a three-story hotel, tlie latter building now being inprocess of erection. All the buildings of the park will be lightedwith electricity, and the appointments of the hotel will be equalin every respect with those of summer resorts of the first hotel and restaurant privileges have been leased to experi-enced parties, who will provide a service equal to that of the besthotels in the large cities. Good bathing facilities along the parkfront will be secured by the use of concrete jetties, the bed of thelake at this point being of rock. The jetties are made use ofto cause a sand bed to be formed along the park front. Otherimprovements at Olcott embrace the rebuilding of the presentpiers for about a quarter of a mile along the shores of EighteenMile Creek, just within the government piers. It is expected that a very considerable amount of freight, as
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