The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-21
Transportation. !
TO 5TA1 J | / Fair
SOficers Are 4, .;i':ls $i1l u Quazlnd dalryf
About Ia * n of Y Street
N Car + acilitie
5PAT RON 4 s \! ! FARI 'i|'I
3Conferenc ? etwe,elnrls Stree Car
and 81 Fair Officials Ends ii
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How 10 transport the crowds Of thou
sands to Sthe Fair Grounds 4 is giving all
sorts 81 trouble to 4the Ulcers OF The
Virginia State Fair ASSOCIATE ton I. n. 81 Il IN
With the opening day but seven weeks
distant the propo ton staring them + In
the face sis a serious one, for. if8 there is
not found a convenient plan to reach : the
grounds, the gate receipts OF the ssociaE- Z
ton will fade away like mist before the
sun. # Il sS s'55f sigg *
n When the location OF the grounds was
chosen It was understood, SO the off GERS
OF the fair say, that the Virginia Pas
senger and Power Company would run q! It's
electric railway lines to the very entrance
gate. and furnish a sufficient number
OF cars to transport the many thousands
;of visitors who are expected to slt
Richmond during the second + week ~ IN
October. IL Ji & &. .3S 4 n 4:
Serious Situation.
n Now ii looks as though there would ssbo
absolutely n no electric car line near The
grounds, and as II the SIpeopl of 81 Rich III,
5mond and visitors would pc forced er ee so ,
depend upon tho Richmond. Frederickls-- 3
burg and Potomac and seab board = S4A1'r A1l'
Line trains to reach the fair 55 ,s
The entrances TO the grounas e are e ~ lo-
Gated. one at the bridge over the aRlch-
mond. Fredericksburg and Potomalc ll
tracks. near the. Sea board sAir Line shops,
on the Missing Link road and the the otRer
on the Hermitage road, bout oIie -HatA \
mile beyond the brewery, /. \, I,
t'7It willItherefor mean that pers sons VINO !
Z ttonpt Il 10 reach the fair grou ndss a o. py
means Of the street car line W1ll pc toIcssu ss
"a walk. more than three ers : Z O
mile after leaving the cars at 3 the the eng
OF Broad Street. {4a n #
g M ,s said that the Fair authorities
10 y Ia ahla to provide wa gons and horses
- Garry the people,, but, such q scneme
an, cks Of the 4 provincial small Viliage'
~ thar than OF a city the size Of h1ch- s'lcs
s'"It t.' Il true that the Richmond. Freder,
ticksburg ana Potomac and the SeaooaEu
Air Line will run frequent trains iru.n
Elba and Main Street Stations 70 70, - utv =
grounds, but the fare VIII pc J, lWents y y
cents for the round trip, IN aout'1oi. -
the street cal fare necessaEy y ee-S t't'' '
the railroad stations. .s. V !. y,
such is the state OF affairs Whicn con
fronts President Henry Stuart and j tne
officers OF the asso lion. who are pow
erless to remedy the evil unless the sY!r-
tEinia lass enger \. ana Power COMPANY,
comes to the relief Of the people . ana
makes It possib ible for the Virginia state
Fair to be a SUCCESS. !,
Mt ls said that Messrs Northrpp z and
SWickham. receivers OF the Virginia Pas- !'
lsenger3 and Power Company, say that
1t VIII cost their company In the nelgh-
sborhood ot $4,000 to- extend their TRACKS
70 the grounds and that furt err II |ls
impossible to secure the mat terial g for O,
making the extension within seven V y
weeks. { 81 e " 55 : iys.4f sf 5 W. !, Il,
street car COMPANY 4 to lay track from
the Broad Street curve to the brtdge at
the seahoard Air Line shops, and nave
guaranteed to secure for the company
the necessary ral lis and Imnterial for ne
extension, Messrs, henry Stuart and Y,
n And derson on behalf OF the FAR SAs So
citation, held q cont ference vests erday WIN
MI William Northrop OF the yiretnla
PASSENGER and Power Company. bpt res
eeiyed no promise Eof any sort that the &
street m car company would build tos the
grounds, e, I, i, ], q, 90 x
81 the fact that VIII greceiYe. all me y
bnsiness IL can handle during he Z tealpl
and Horse Show week |, and that lan .adaed
line would moan employ yings hda ltlona4
man and gsecurlnS 81 more sequ ulpmsn =