Las Vegas daily optic., 1906-12-26
THE PROBLEM OF
TRANSPORTATION
MATTER TO sEcEgsE ADEQUATE
EXPLOITATION At Ex-
POSITION.
Of interest To ALL
Eysry Fees 81 spaes Set Aside az
Jsnsessc~n Exposition fer Trans
portsfloa Exhibits Taken.

passenger and freight traffic Is for
better. safer and more rapid means
III transportation. This noa only calls
for the dredging Of nayigahie streams
or for locks 10 make slack water nay.
igatinn possible. and for better road.
beds. better rolling stock and better
and more effective systems of hand.
ling motive power which after NH Is
the master wheel of transportation.
There vas a time when rapid tran.
sit vas only discussed In great ecu
ters of population or between those
eenters. but IL 10 nov q matter Of the
most vital importance TO all people
and all sections The business Of the
professional men ~ the cities wants
rapid transit between his office or
store or factory and his suburban
home: the truck farmer wants rapid
transit for his truck; the farmer
wants rapid transit for his produce:
tho stock raiser wants rapid transit
for his stock when he starts 10 mar.
ket with 10, and the iaborer wants
rapid transit 20 carry him 10 and
from his work All along the line
there Is n general eiamor for rapid
transit. and this clam0r has stirred
the vast corporations engaged In the
transportation business 10 extra e.
fort AZ In evidenced by the demand
for space at the jamestown Exposl.
tion. Here. about ak months before
the opening OF the exposition. every
foot Of space originally set aside tor
transportation exhibits has been talk.
ON and In has become necessary TO
provide more space or deny some oi
the larger concerns the amount OF
space they wish This speaks well
for the estimate that manufacturers
place on space nj the jamestown ex
position. particularly those manufac-
turers who are directly or indirectly
connected or interested In transpor-
tation lines.
Formerly Transportation" referred
principally 10 railroad and steam.
boat or ship traffic. but II compre,
hends all classes 0f vehicles and all
classes OF motive power from the
powerful and swift locomotives 10
the tiny engines that propel aerial
and nautical craft. or the automobile
or motorcycle, and fom the first
palace coach or carriage to the
brnad.tread or numbering OK car and
hinges upon the navigable conditions
of streams, the roadbeds of railroads
and the wagon roads that like the
veins of some huge body carry into
the centers of population the fat ol
the land
Among the larger OF the many con
Germs interested In the manufacture
OF motive power devices or vehicles
for transportation, that have taken
space at the jamestown Exposition,
may be named the American Loco
motive Works, the Climax Locomo.
tive Works. and In the line Of vehi'
Giles, the Pullman Car Co. the Bar
ney Smith Car Co, and the 81, Louis
This Is not all by any means but will
suffice TO show the interest taken In
the jamestown Exposition, This In
terest aside from being general and
more or less common among large
manufacturing firms. has local sig.
nificance superinduced by the great
prosperity that has blessed the tidl
water section of Virginia for the
past few years and that has enabled
thousands Of people who for many
years had little to spend save FOR the
actual necessities 0f life, but who
now have money. to buy that which
will contribute not alone 10 their
comfort but to their facilities for
reaching the active markets with
their products. The slowly sailing
craft or boat propelled by oar, has
become too slow and laborious for
this thrifty people and they must
have other motive power and other
and better means or transportation.
This opens wide field for motor
boat mechanism and propelling dc
vices. that the manufacturers In tina,
line are not slow to recognize and 10
reach which they are using the
Jamestown Exposition which will be
held next year right In the midst OF
this rich and newly opening field.
But the interest and demand born
of the ability TO buy does not stop
here with the motive power part OF
transportation. nor OF vehicles. but
reaches out to and covers all modern
mechanical devices. The farmer who
erstwhile was contented to carry his
family about in a spring wagon. now
wants a carriage: the ones who for
years have plodded along in an OK
cart now want and are able to buy |
1 spring wagon, and SO on. The won. |
I'M who slowly and laboriously made |
I'M the garments for her family by |
1and, now calls for a sewing ma.
.hine: the old dash churn is discard |
d for one of the many newer and
,etter devices for butter making and
many homes that boasted nothing
aore than a violin or guitar or &C
ordeon, now embellish their parlor
i spare room with an organ or pia !