. The Street railway journal . s a seating capaciy of 3500, andanoval arena of 190 ft. x 70 ft. In this buildingthe Horse Shows are held each fall. Ros-tock wintered his animals in the buildingduring the winter of 1902-3, and gave per-formances twice a day. The surroundingpark attractions are closed in winter, and itwas recognized that a rather strong attractionwould be lequired to draw patronage to thisbuilding during the winter season. Two of the principal linesof track of the system terminate at this point; during thesummer season, it is the terminus of four through lines ofcars, and during
. The Street railway journal . s a seating capaciy of 3500, andanoval arena of 190 ft. x 70 ft. In this buildingthe Horse Shows are held each fall. Ros-tock wintered his animals in the buildingduring the winter of 1902-3, and gave per-formances twice a day. The surroundingpark attractions are closed in winter, and itwas recognized that a rather strong attractionwould be lequired to draw patronage to thisbuilding during the winter season. Two of the principal linesof track of the system terminate at this point; during thesummer season, it is the terminus of four through lines ofcars, and during the winter season of two, and any travelthat might be drawn to the place during the winter is largelyvelvet, since the winter schedules, already running to thispoint, take care of the travel. In the spring of 1905, it was decided to place a sectional re-removable maple skating floor in the arena, and open thebuilding for skating during the summer. It was recognizedthat the summer in this climate was not ideal for skating, but. CASINO AND BALL ROOM IN RAVINIA PARK it was thought that, inasmuch as the people would be attractedby the surrounding out-of-door attractions during the sea-son, that it might be possible to get the sport started sothat it would continue through the winter. The result morethan realized our expectations. It was found that the skaterscreated a strong current of air, and that in a high-pitched,well ventilated building, they kept themselves fairly com-fortable. The skating started off slowly, and at first wasconfined almost entirely to men and boys. The managementcontinued to reserve special hours for ladies—although atfirst but few skated—until at the present time the patron-age is about equally divided between the sexes, and the only March 24, 1906.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 467 time now reserved exclusively for ladies is two morning ses-sions per week. The company was purchasing a picture machine at thetime the skating floor v/as being installed, and w
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