. The Street railway journal . l growthof pine trees. The principal amusements are bathing, dancing and skat-ing. The bath house has 100 dressing rooms equippedwith shower baths, hot and cold water, etc. The skatingrink is on the North Island. It has a floor 80 ft. x 100 was erected last season. The dJncing pavilion is nearthe waters edge and its broad balconies overliang the dancers are admitted by ticket and the floor is clearedafter each dance, there being ample room on the wideverandas for the pleasure seekers. An open-air refresh-ment room on a lower balcony overhanging t
. The Street railway journal . l growthof pine trees. The principal amusements are bathing, dancing and skat-ing. The bath house has 100 dressing rooms equippedwith shower baths, hot and cold water, etc. The skatingrink is on the North Island. It has a floor 80 ft. x 100 was erected last season. The dJncing pavilion is nearthe waters edge and its broad balconies overliang the dancers are admitted by ticket and the floor is clearedafter each dance, there being ample room on the wideverandas for the pleasure seekers. An open-air refresh-ment room on a lower balcony overhanging the water hasproved very popular and the lowest floor at the water levelis devoted to canoes and boats. Among the other attractions are a large bowling alley,Japanese ball game, menagerie and numerous booths scat-tered about the grounds. A roller coaster is planned forthe ensuing season. For those desiring to be away fromthe crowd there are numerous pleasant walks about theshore and along the brook which feeds the pond, a broad. GENERAL VIEW OF FOREST PARK ace of illusions, mechanical devices of almost every char-acter and many modernly equipped concessions are to befound on the grounds. A zoo is another attractive featureand is a rendezvous for the little folk. It is owned by thecompany and open to the public throughout the year. Forest Park is brilliantly illuminated. Flaming arcs areliberally distributed over the ground, being supplemented byinnumerable incandescent lamps. An electric fountain isbeing installed. An addition to the park proper is oneof the finest baseball diamonds in the South, having stream with beautifully wooded banks. At night much ofthe shore is decorated with white and colored electric lights. Splendid cold drinking water is obtained from springsand wells. City water is used for fire protection and waterfrom an electrically driven pumping system is used for thelaundry at the bath house and other purposes. Whenpicnic parties so desire one of the large isl
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