The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-16
THOUSANDS WILL
HEAR ROOSEVELT
Visitors May 0utnumber
the Citizens.
WILL PROVIDE FOR ALL
CarroIIton Hotel Will be Opened Fair
Week. Increased Police Facilities.
Big Military Demonstration.
Reception by the Gov.
ornor
WILL PROVIDE FOR ALL
ernOr.

Raleigh will make ample accommo-
dation for the tremendous crowds that
will be in the city Fair week. Besides
the Marlborough House, Park Hotel,
and countless boarding houses and
private residences that will be thrown
open for the entertainment of the
vast number of people that will be
here, Carrollton Hotel on lower Fay
ctteville street. will be opened espec-
tally for Fair week, and will afford
as comfortable and convenient accom-
modations as may be obtained else
where. The Carrollton will be under
the management of Mr.. Chas. c. Nc
Donald and he will so to great ex-
pense and large pains to have the
building put in proper condition, and
well furnished with hotel equipment.
More people will be in Raleigh dur
ing Fair week than have ever been in
the city before, and the Fair authori-
ties have already begun to revolution
ize conditions at the Fair grounds.
One of the more perpleXing pro-
blems of the visit to Raleigh y" Presi-
dent Roosevelt, Will be the adequate
provision of police, for the orderly
management of the masses. Strong
patrols will be stationed on both in
grounds. and there will be scattered
throughout the grounds a large num-
Der of special policemen, as well as
officers in citizens dress. The gates
to the grounds will be doubled, and
will be increased in size and strength.
All the buildings on the grounds will
be tested, and their soundness will be
assured. A new grand-stand is being
erected ore that will be able to sup
port multiplied several times the num-
Der which marks its capacity, which
will be in the thousands.
Roosevelt Dav.
President Roosevelt will arrive in
Raleigh from Richmond early on the
morning of October 10Th. This Will
be the biggest day of the Fair. North
Carolina will centre in Raleigh that
day The city will be literally packed
and jammed with folk from counties
on the sea to those bordering Tenncs-
see and from the Virginia to the
South Carolina line.
At the next meeting Of the Indus
trial Club and the Chamber of Com
merce, the Fair authorities will ten
der these organizations an invitation
to participate in the reception and
entertainment of the President, and
they will be asked to appoint commit
tees to act with the Fair authorities
dent at the depot. Carriages will be
in waiting at the depot, and President
Roosevelt, with the Fair authorities,
city officials, and the two committees,
representing all the interests of the
city, will be driven to the Governors
Mansion, where the President will be
received by Governor Glenn. There
invited guests will be given the oppor-
tunity of clasping hands with the ma
tons executive.
After the reception, the parade will
be formed Several companies of the
state militia, the A. and M. College
cadets several bands and other mill
tary organizations will take part in
the parade, and it is probable that
the two Raleigh companies Will form
the Presidents personal guard. Of
course he will be surrounded all the
time by his secret service men, who
never leave him on any occasion when
he is away from Washington and Oys-
ter Bay. There will be a great many
other features in the grand parade
besides the military demonstration.
When the President arrives at the
Fair grounds. he will be taken directly
to the platform from which he Will
deliver his address. The stand Will
be erected to the north of the Judge IS
stand, within the field which is en-
circled by the race course. Within the
hearinr of his voice will be many
thousands of people. The entire field.
a long stretch of the track, big
proportion of the midway and the
new grand-stand, all capable of hold
ing $4,000 people in his view. will be
crowded with people. Governor Glenn
will preside at this speaking. and as
the official program has not been an
nounced, this is the only definite thing
that can be stated.