The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-11-11
OF ROCK.
ANorHER BIG STEP FoRWARD
 IN THE WORK.

Luna Park With All the Attractions
 of the Famous One at Consy Island
 Now Assured-Lesse of the Bali
 Grounds Acquired. Company Orssn-
 ized aud Guarantees Gfven-s75, ,0oo to
 be Expended by Next Spring.
 The plan and work already well ad- vanced of transforming Savin Rock in- to seaside resort that will be on a par with the most attractive and up-to-date in the country, a plan that was at once inaugurated when the Fair Haven and Westville road acquired the property, took another big and definite stride for ward yesterday when the Seaside Con- struction company filed articles of in- corporation and organized in this city by transferring stock and electing the following officers: Edward c. Boyce, New York, president, and Richard Kaan Of the same city. vice president and general manager.
 This company's special object is to in- stall a Luna Park at Savin Rock, and it has already acquired for the pur- pose lease for ten years of the base- ball grounds and given satisfactory guarantees of carrying out its part of the contract. It has agreed to spend $50,0OO the first year or before the open ing of the season next spring In building the park, but as matter of fact S75,- GOO will be expended by the company, the additional $25.oOO being at it's own Gree will
 s The park will be in the shape of an elongated triangle, the inside color scheme being entirely white and green. A pear-shaped lake 200 feet in length will be laid out in it's center. bridged at one end by high whi; arch set out in electric lights and reached by two broad stairways This will be the base oe the t'chute the chutes'' which will be built up at an elevation of 150 feet over the grove at the eastern end of the ball grounds now at Savin Rock. A moving stairway will carry people to the pavilion at the top of the chutes, down which g stream of water will be constantly pumped to shoot the boats down the incline into the lake. which will be entered by the boats just under
  allows sightseers to stand on the bridge, watch the flight of the boats down the incline and their dash out into the lake where they are steered by sailor sanding on the rear seat, who merely inclines his body in the direction the boat is to take
 The entrance gate will be a. verp elal-~ |orate affair 100 feet in width, of white columns somewhat on the order of the peristyle It will be fanked on each side by tastily arranged booths, all in white. forming a. broad avenue 100 feet in length. in the center of which is placed a bungalow band stand, in which concerts will be given every af- ternoon and evening.
 Immediately at the foot of the lake will be built an electric tower almost POO feet in height and studded with electric lights. This as well as the band stand and the lake will be surrounded by broad pathways. on the edges of which seats will be placed. A Scenic Railway on which a ride 5000 feet long may be taken, part of it at the rate of nenty miles an hour, will extend along the entire lower part of the grounds. Next to this is the bas- ket hall containing fountain, seats and tables for the accommodation of those who choose to lunch at the park. Next to this will be built a dancing pa- vilion with floor 100 feet long and 50 feet wide, without posts, and separated from the dancing pavilion by a wide pathway will be a restaurant. kl i1. | ~,Jv x41tII located a bear-pit and a monkey cage, and device known as the Spiral Slide' which is really tower contain- ling spiral slide of polished bamboo. This is one of the newer amusement devices and provides g, sensation simi- lar to that of sliding down a bannister, except that it gives forth neither fric- | ton nor slivers. It is reached by pair l of {wobbly stairs) a device consisting Of two pairs of stairways hinged and hung on pivots and operated by 8 motor l that sends them in both directions at 1 the same time.
 In one corner of the park will be built a midway containing the newer summer amusement devices of all sorts, and for the children there will be a miniature railway with narrow gauge tracks. Engines that could be lifted by two strong men and tiny cars seating six people completes this device. This railway will run in and out about the grounds passing all the interesting fea- lures.
 l Later in the season an excursion board will be organized and on at least three days week excursions from outside will be brought to New Haven. In addition to this $10,000 advertising appropriation has been set aside and the park and incidentally New Haven | will be advertised on the bill-boards and in newspapers within fifty miles of Ithe city.
 i Several New Haven capitalists are interested in the venture as purchasers of $50,O00 of per cent. first mortgage bonds carrying common stock as al \ bonus.
 The capital stock authorized is s150,- 000 in shares of $100 each. The office is located in the Malley building
 The work of laying out the paths and the excavation of the pool for the lake
 will be started in about two weeks so that no delay will be caused in the 1 spring.