The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-12-19
TH WATER
BELL L.IN.

l4R ATTRACTIVE AND NOVEL
METHOD OF SEEING THE MANY.
POINTS OF INTEREST IN AND
AROUND THE WATERS OF
HAMPTON ROADS DURING THE.
Jamestown EXPOSITION.
NORFOLK, Va Dec. 1s-paraIlel
Ito the old proyerb that Necessity is
the mother Of INVENTION is the new.
er saying that "Expositions are the
orlginators Of novel ideas" The
amestown Ter.Centennial Exposition,
10 be held on the shores and waters
Of Hampton Roads, near Norfolk in
1907, will be no exception to this rule
rs already many attractive and valua.
Ible schemes have been perfected, that
will serve to both amuse and accom-
MEDIATE the thousands. that will take
in this celebration, which is to com
memorate the three hundredth ami
yersary Of the first permanent Eng
IIlsh speaking colony in America
Foremost among these attractions
at the jamestown Exposition will be
the Water Belt Line" an organized
company that will maintain regular
schedule of steamers, around and
about the waters of Hampton Roads
and the adjoining tributaries that go
to make up the famous Underwater
Virginia. A belt line on land, with
steam or trolley cars, is familiar TO
almost every city, but Il Water Belt
Line" operating steamers tnsSad oil
cars is indeed a novel system of trans
.portation.
owing to the fact that the James
t,wn Exposition will be the first cele-
bratiop Of It's kind ever held in this
country on deep water there will be
assembled in Hampton Roads, next
YEAR the greatest naval pageant that
tbe world has ever seen. These as
senbled navies Of all of the represen'
tptfye nations al anchor in the spa
cous harbor in front of the Exposition
grounds, will include every type OF
fighting craft, from the smallest and
most obsolete gunboat to the largest
md most formidable man.of-war, al
rording splendid opportunity for the
comnarison of the naval strength OF
A The various countries that are to par
4 tcipats, and to note the progress in
naval construction from its earliest
stages.
No section Of the country is so hal
lowed by histpy-making events as
Itlat part OF Virginia, on Hampton
Roads. whose shores are lined with
historical points of interest, where the
jamestown Exposition will be held in
1907. Foremost among these land
marks is Old Point Comfort, so nam
ed by the first settlers because Of the
safe anchorage afforded by It's pro-
ttarted shores, for their storm tossed
vessels, Here Is also located Fort
Monroe. the chief artillery station OF
ltbe United States government on the
Atlantic coast With its grim old walls
,pnd winding mott, Fort Monroe is one
of the most picturesque as well as
formidable military posts in the coun-
Iuv, Yorktown, where CORVALLIS sur
.rcn1ered to the Continental army, is
only a Two hours ride by either boat
or train from the Exposition. Here can
In seen the monument erected by the
government In honor Of The great VIC
trry 81 the American forces. The first
custom house ever erected In America
il also located at Yorktown. Within
a stones throw Of the exposition site,
can he seen the remains Of the earth
works. thrown up by the Confederate
army in their defense against the un'
ion troops in the battle at Sewalls
Point. The scene of the famous bat
lie between the Monitor and the Mer'
rimac is also close by. the fight having
taken place only few hundred yards
out in Hampton Roads, from the
grounds of the exposition.
These and many other points of in
terest that line The shores of this re-
powned harbor together with the var
led water features of the exposition
intending not only the naval display
but motor boat carnivals, yacht races
md submarine contests, will make II
imperative for visitors to the TerCen
tennial to make this trip around. the
larbor. that has been laid ont by the
water Belt line" before they car
tm,brully. say that they have seer
everything in connection with this at
tracttre exposition.
+ The company is under the genera
management of II. +. McGarvie, a vel
known cOnceSSlOnaire who has made