Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-05
MANAGERS EXPEND
100000 ON SHOW
Elaborate AmuSementS at Luna
Park to Be Opened Here
November 19
JAPANESE ARTISTS COMING
Miniature Railway, Swings and
Coasters to EnIiven Washing
ton and Main Grounds
JAPANESE ARTISTS COMING

Luna park, twelve acres of the most
modern amusements, will be opened
to the public November 10.
Luna park at Washington and Main
streets has no connection whatever
with any previous amusement enter
prise on the same grounds. The place
has been entirely gone over, an entire
list of new attractions has been ADDED
and the institution is in the hands OF a
new managerial board, which came
into possession of the property about
two months ago.
Accordingly, the Luna Park Amuse-
ment company has spent more than
S2OO.OOO in rehabilition, and more than
a dozen attractions have been con-
tracted for and are in process Of COM
pletion.
to Sunderland" a scenic railway OF
prodigious size, said to be the largest
in the world outside of similar ones at
Coney Island and Atlantic City. IL is
being erected at a cost of S50,OOO py
the J. D. Thompson company. IL VIII
be over 600 feet in length, 100 feet high,
100 feet wide, and will be illuminated
at night by 10000 incandescent nghts'
JAPANESE ARTISTS COMING
One hundred japanese artists and
artisans are now on Transpaclhc
steamer. They will create "Tokio,"
the Japanese village of Luna park,
where a practical demonstration Of the
arts and crafts of Nippon will be car.
ried on from day to day. They Will
live the life of native japanese, as TO
costume, dwellings, food and 1mple-
ments of trade.
A Hungarian band of thirty instru-
ments, with a renowned Polish leader,
Ill. Of
daify These men, recently from Eu-
rope. will appear in their native garb,
and to a certain extent will employ
musical instruments unknown TO
American musicians.
The 200" has been entirely remod-
eled and the larger animals are all
being moved to new cages at the rar
western end of the grounds. Among
the new purchases are two handsome
camels and a trained elephant. A
quartet of huge lions, which the man
agement AYERS will be the best cat
specimens ever seen here on perma-
nent display, are on the way, shipped
from one of the big circus menagerles
which has gone into winter quarters.
The monkey house has recently ma nau
the addition of a South American col
lection valued at 100000. This is said
to make it the best collection of its
kind extant.
RAILWAY TO COST $1,000
A new miniature railway, with new
locomotives and car equipment, valued
at $1,000, is being built quite around the
grounds. .
Santa Monica swimming beauty, who
several years ago was declared the
worlds most perfect woman, has been
engaged to give exhibitions of diving
tOrial fa9fG twice UAllX.
Two new circle swings are being
built and are guaranteed to furnish
thrills for those afflicted with ennut..
Another roller coaster, or scenic rail-
way, called 1.-The Figure Eight" will
be found at the western end OF the
grounds.
brought up to date with a fine collec-
ton of birds from an eastern park.
A huge "carousel" with an electric
organ, is being placed on the Midway.
A 'human roulette Wheel over
thirty feet in diameter will occupy a
conspicuous place along the Pike.
Ali "barker shows and other noisy
attractions will be segregated In one
end of the grounds. Good music, trees
flowers and lawns, with a menagerie,
will OCCUPY the front. The "Trip to
Sunderland" is being built along the
entire Main street side.
A fine restaurant is being built, but
no liquor will be sold on the grounds
F. P. Sargent, the new manager, is
a. live and extremely high voltage
wire from New York. Mr.. Sargent is
a Coney Island man and brings the
newest ideas of that world famous re-
sort to his enterprise in Los Angeles
Other attractions will be added from
time to time.
The old chutes, for instance, is to
be torn down and made into a water
ride" such as prevails at Coney, with
picturesque scenery, quiet pools shaded
by trees and exciting rapids through
which a bumpy passage will have to
be negotiated around rocks.