The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-28
GREAT WRITE CITY OPENS
NEWAMUSENENTPLAOE OF SAY
 INROCK RECEIVES PUBLIC.

Chute the Shoots Are Features Dance Halls, Cafe and Theater With Many Other Pleasure Places.
 The Great White City, at savin Rock that opens for it's first season his afternoon will be one of New Ha- Ven's show places all summer, and will be unique as an amusement center in Connecticut. Its presence will make savin Rock a summer resort that will furnish amusement for thousands Of New Haveners and exeursionists all trough the hot months.
 Nearly everyone has followed with interest the rapid growth of this city f pleasure by the shore of the Sound. t is located on the site of the old ball grounds. with it's imposing entrance di- ectly opposite the car station at Savin Rock and facing the grove It covers our acres, and with its gracefully out lned white buildings, roofed with red Hing, it presents what almost might ,e called an exposition appearance.
 Within the grounds are thirty amuse- aent devices, ranging from the great cenic railway and the shoot the chutes b the small but greatly distracting laze. But of these more in their or CT. As one enters the main gate, a hort avenue leads to the plaza and its sval lake. On the entrance avenue are he offices of the management at the sft. Next is the laughing gallery, rhere mirrors in all degrees of con avity and convexity distort the figures if the visitors until the shouts of amusement prove how well appropriate the name of the place. Another ex- ibit close by is of slot machines. Ev- ,y sort of machine is on view here, in- uding the machine into which a per- Bon drops a nickel and gets finished Photograph of himself An up-to-date Snch room is also located here and is ader the management of s. P. Lan- l CTS, well known as street car con- 2lctor.
 @ The center of the city and of its in rest if the plaza, where a view may E obtained of all the points of interest. he pretty artificial lake is not only namental, but also serves for the unge of the cars that come crashing own the long tracks of the chutes. bove the tracks of the chutes and Ter the lake is broad bridge, where lndreds may stand to watch the peo- 8e e taking their plunge. A feature of e chutes is the moving stairway to Try patrons to the starting point. lis stairway can carry 1000 people an ,ur, and is the only thing of it's kind the state.
 The scenic railway at the opposite q of the plaza starts high in the air lom a great platform and has 5000 ct of tracks. Through a covered tun- l, the first of the ride is taken, and 3 scenes within this represent Brook T bridge at night, and views along water front of New York After e car leaves the tunnel, a steeply in- lned track takes the car at a rate of miles an hour to the finish of the :D.
 lAnother railway that will win popu- approval runs all about the city. It miniature affair, exactly modelled CT that used at the Pan-American position and at the St. Louis fair.
 Two whiriy whirly affairs are the lrry-go-round and the spiral slide. e merry -go-round, which will prob v not be completed in time for the 8,ning to-day, is said to give the 3sest imitation of the experience of Ing in an air ship. It consists of a. ll Steel tower from which arms pro- t, carry, suspended by cable from h arm. car like the tonneau of panhard auto. The arms swing ut and the cars are swung out un- the occupants are riding almost at Night angle, with nothing between m and the earth. The spiral slide .es its patrons in a rollicking, sweep
 slide from high point to a pleas
 bump at the bottom.
 here will be restaurant and cafe .ducted at the far end of the ,unds. There will be no drinking per- ted at the bar, and all serving will at tables in a pleasant pavilion .rlooking the grounds. Close by is
 dancing hall, which is one of the lest, most attractive places that Id be constructed for summer danc- A basket hall, for parties bringing ir lunches with them. is furnished h tables and chairs and fountain he center. Admission is free to this | it will be great convenience to
 patrons.
 he Bijou theater is another of the yer buildings. Here 250 people may seated The entertainment is the lous Woman in White mystery, in oh block of marble is changed woman and the change is then re- sed. This will be prefaced by a es of pictures fresh from Paris, rep- -nting the ''Damnation of Faust"
 the smaller amusement places -e may be mentioned the maze, -ch will prove a puzzle to all who .mpt it. Marie Dressler, the well -wn actress. will conduct gallery Ire the smashing of windows with aeballs will be the attraction. Prizes offered. and it is said the smash
 of the glass fascinates the con- ants. All the regulation amuse- 1t features of Coney Island are rep nted also.
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