Identifier: streetrailwayrev12amer (find matches)
Title: The street railway review
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American Railway, Mechanical, and Electrical Association
Subjects: Street-railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Street Railway Review Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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y boat fr..m the fool i W Iward Are. or by Jefferson \\.- eta Belle (ale is north ol the center ol the cl y, bul in-s within the citylimits The Island comprises a beautiful park, containing about7<m acres, it has been Improved and bi ad forma a charming place for recreation and amusement Beautiful lawns.walks and flower beds, facilities for boating, bathing and pic-nicking, a One collection of birds and animals, and opportunitiesfor rest, refreshment and amusement are among the attractionsoffered. The island is reached from the Detroit side by a bridge. the only bridge over tin1 Detroit River, and this pa .,-r only one channel of the river. There lias i n spent in Impi the island. Including the cost of the bridge, nearly $1310,000. Taanmoo Park is another resort In greai favor with pleasureseeking Detroitera and their visitors. The pr perry is owned bythe White Btar Line, and comprises • acres of land in the si.Clair River, about 20 miles above Detroit The park is reached
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CENTRAL IVENUE IN BELLI ISLE PARK ML.TKOH bridges aero rer at Detroit, and all the steam roads en- lerlng i ins point from the east are therefore compelled to terryall freight and passenger cars hut the stream on hiirgcs. There nrc s hair dozen of these railway ferry routes, and there are in addition numerous ferrj and Bteamboat lims plying across andup and down the river t the rarious islands and Canadian points. in the matter of attractive pleasure and outing resorts madesflsllj accessible by steamer linos np and down the river and bythe interurban electric lines, Detrolters are espclally favored, inthe warm months the pleasure traffic carried by the pleasnreboats and bj the Interurban cars is enormous. a very popular trip is up the river, through the United Statesship canal to the St. Olair Plats, a group of wooded and marshyIslands near the entrance to Lake St Olair. The Flats are fa-mous throughout the region as the ii e of many specimens of ithered and tinny tribes, and for the

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