Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-10
Mr.. Roosevelt Expected to
View Railway Exhibition
FRIDAY AFTERNOON
ARRANGEMENTS FOB RECEIVING
THE PUBLIC IN EVENINGS.
Large Crowd Turned Away Last Night
After Public Announcement
Meetings Of Congress.

President Roosevelt will probably visit
the American railway appliance exhibition
next Friday afternoon after his return from
the west. and there will be special pro-
gram for the occasion. which will bring to
an suspicious end the great. display begun
May 3. The general committee of arrange
ments has been in touch with the President
by wire through Secretary Morton OF the
Navy Department, and the plans are being
completed for the chief executives recep-
ton, in case he is able to come which now
is almost certainty. There will very likely
be light luncheon on the grounds for the
presidential party, and 1t Is hoped that
there may be several brief addresses.
In anticipation Of this event the various
exhibitors have arranged to keep their dis
plays In flrst-class shape until late Friday
afternoon instead of beginning to tear
them down at noon Friday as it was in
tended to do before the probabili of the
Presidents visit was known. 1t is hoped
10 nave everything shining and shipshape
In order that the President may be i'm
pressed with the worth of the exhibition.
The German ambassador. Freiherr Speck
Won Sternburg, and his wife and the wife
OF the Italian ambassador visited the ex-
hibition on the White Lot between IL and
O'Clock today. They were received at the
gate by Messrs George A. Post. ]. Alex
ander Brown and Mr.. Westinghouse rep
resenting the general committee of ar
rangements. and conducted by them
through the grounds. The band played the
national airs of Germany and Italy while
they were viewing the exhibits. Mrs. Cor
telyou, wife of the Postmaster General. is
expected to visit the exhibition at 430
o'clock this afternoon, and will be met
in a like maner by members of the COM
mittee.
People Turned Away.
Chairman Post of the general commit
tee. expressed deep regret this morning
that SO many people-about 5,0OO-came
to the gates of the grounds last evening
and asked for admittance in spite of the
fact that it had been publicly announced
the exhibition would not be open to the
public after 80 pm. This action
taken because Of the banquet at the New
Willard Hotel last evening. attended by
the railway congress delegates.
Announcement was made by the COM
mittee today that after o'clock in the
evening no persons will be admitted to
the grounds unless they hold the white
season passes, and also that there Will be
no music in the evening. Holders of the
green daily passes will be admitted dur
ing the day until o'clock. The white
tickets will. of course, give admission
during the day also.
Mr. Post is highly gratifed over the man.
ner tn which the Washington public has re-
ceived the exhibit, and said that he had no
idea of depriving anybody of chance to
witness IT, Sllll, DIS IL was Ioi
the sole purpose of displaying railway APP
planes to the foreign and other delegates
to the international railway congress. he
thinks that the public should be willing TO
make use of the purely complimentary
passes at the times specified by the COM
mittee He said some $4,000 complimentary
passes have been printed and each one not
only admits the bearer. but also a party or
friends. These remarks were called forth
by letters received by Mr.. Post this morn
ing protesting against the closing of the
grounds last evening
The meetings of the various sections OF
the congress were continued today. There
was a discussion of improved rail cross
ings" automatic couplers" and "organiza-
ton of a cheap service on pranch lines OF
main railways
Railway Crossings.
c. W. Buchholz, chief engineer of the
Erie railroad. presented the question of i'm
proved rail crossings, or frogs. Auto
matte couplers were discussed by William
F. Pettigrew of England, c. Noltein of the
Moscow-Kazan railway and a. w. Gibbs
of the Pennsylvania railroad. The question
Of cheap service for branch lines was pre-
sented in papers by ]. Rocca. chief inspec-
tor of the Italian Mediterranean railway,
and Cornell de TOlnay, engineer traffic man
ager of the Hungarian state railways.
The members of the American Railway
Association were guests al luncheon of he
directors of railways in Great Britain and
Ireland. Late this afternoon the delegates
will inspect the Washington navy yard and
gun factory
This evening Mr.. G. Westinghouse will
receive the delegates.
The proNam for the last two days OF
the congress is follows:
Thursday-9 am. meetings of the
tons; 1:.50 pin, general meeting: after
noon, visit to the patent office, pension Of
flee and the National Museum; 7 pm,
banquet rendered by the American Rail
way Association Second part).
Friday-9 am, meetings of the sections;
2 pm, general meeting; pm, tea by
Mrs. Roosevelt.