The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-04
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The MOTOR BOAT RACES ACE;
Committee Go to indianapolis to
Secure BSlleet-Metals w orrk- y
81 crs' G Convention.
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4&E b u Especial TO Tho Tlmcs- DiHpat cli.)
Y NORFOLK " a., August a.---o1nc OF tho
most important conferences yet held =: at y
exposition headquarters iwns tlnt be-
tween 5transportntion representatives anu !!
Tho exposition officials. 1T has been ~
along realized tint two things aro gvitnlly
necessary to make the 1907 celebration At. 4
Ssucceed--sufllclent transportation taclll-
Btiee and cheap fares.
Tits was stated plainly by Mr.. yors,
governor Of ways and means, VINO 3W '[s'
tho exposition spokesman, ana Elt was vas
Sconcurred I'M by tho RAILWAY ind steam
boat officials, who stated that their pres
cnce was evidence Of their desire 70 40
what lay In their power to promote t tho
interests Of tho enterprise. n. y,
~ Several references were made y BY tne
transportation reprcse ntnt ives M 70 III th EN
subscription to tho oxpositl Ion st ock. and
i It was their belief thnt tho money would
DO returned with interest Il the CROWDS IVY
could 30 handled sntisfncto-iiy Ihis
matter, they admitted, was N their
hands. and they pledged themselves &c not
only to take caroBof normal ore Wds,a Huch
as forty or fifty thousand q day but
three or fourttmes that many should oc-
casion arise M :5 5
Tho subject Of rates was discussed ut
length, and assurance was given that tlle
Jamestown Exposition should have as
low a ratio as has ever been given to Sa
worlds fair In America. From many
points to ST. Louis the regulnr excur sion
faro was one cent q mile. and numerous
crack excursions at this ratio were run
at intervals from points WITHIN u i've
hundred mile radius. x This rate means
{ d charge OF less than 81 for round trip
Eby rail from New York. S sas
Mr.. w. H. Barnard, OF Norfolk secro-
8tury Of the Association OF Master Sheet
Metal Workers OF tho United States;
George w. Battle, r. H T.. Albert a Wv.
d Herman and L. II. Odendhal Will lenv
Norfolk next Sunday night for .lnuiannp-
oils, md, to attend the second annual
convention OF tho association next week
ana to pilot the 1897 convention to Nor
folk. Sts
Mr., Barnard has been hard at work
a for more than six mont this IN an effort to
secure the convention for tho jamestown
Exposition, and he has tho promise OF
many Of the delegates to & support his
movement. He will BIO assisted IN his
fight by the other delegates from Norfolk
and Portsmouth. 45s ~ 3i$l
$iS Tho committee that Will have charge OF
tho motor boat carnival, to be held at
&theSexpositioh,Sis now nearly conlplete .5i&&
48 Charles p. Tower, publisher Of the
American Yncitsman, and secretary OF
tho Long island Sound Racing Assoc
@ciatiosi I and Frank Bovine Zones, a prom
HnentS yachtsman of New s. ork city, have
accepted positions on the committee, upon
extended by III RI II. M Sexton.
3 chief OF tho Department OF Congresses
and Special Events, and have promised
Ito did as far us possible In making the
event q great success. n 95.5 III
%S In selecting this committee, Mr.. Sex
ton has chosen the best known motor
boat mon ana yachtsmen In the country.