The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-21

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ally spriukled with hotel buildings,
store keepers shops, etc. until Pine
Beach resembles a little city. Unless
you want to pay high rates, go to
Pine Beach. DO not Let anyone ad-
wise you to the contrary. All ferries
Iof the G. & o., all James river
steamers, all steamers for Washing
ton, Baltimore and New York, land
ut the Pine Beach piers and If you
are going TO the exposition, land at
Pine Beach This Is the real center
Iof operations. Here you reach the
deposition in a minutes walk and
without expense Here you get ac-
lcommodations cheaper than at any
other point. Here you take the
boat for all points Of interest. Here
you as good meal as 90 per cent.
of the people who will attend are ac.
Icustomed to for not to exceed 35
cents. BY all means allow no one
to induce you to go TO any other
point aside from Pine Beach The
ticket of the representative of The
Mirror called for Norfolk. He expected
TO go there. 1t was not until he
was within a few miles of Pine
Beach that he learned he could land
there. He saved money and Ereat
inconvenience by staying there. You
want to visit all other points of in
terest including Norfolk, but you
want to stop at Pine Beach.
What the jamestown exposition
lacks in magnifcence, is going to be
lmade up fully by the points of inter
est In and about Pine Beach-polnts
(which fairly bristle with historic
value and which are dear TO the
hearts of all Americans. There is
Jamestown Island. spot hallowed in
Its wealth OF memories and marked
by the old tower OF the church built
lby John Smith. and his sturdy fol
lowers right around 1920. This
point Is passed in coming down from
Richmond on the James river steamer
from flne Beach with the boats
Leaving the pier a block or so away.
There is Yorktown, the scene OF
iCCrnwallis' surrender to Washington,
and you can go there by steamer for
one dollar.
There Is Norfolk, with its old
church bombarded by Lord Dunhaven.
the cannon ball sticking in the brick
Iw7ll-brickS in the same having been
imported from England 800 years ago.
There is the navy yard at Ports
Imouth, just across the river from
Norfolk, the biggest navy yard in the
United States, with its myriads Of
war vessels all the way from the
big Olympia or iowa down to the
little submarine fotilla The big
idrydoclSs, the shops where ships are
made and repaired and the cost of all
this is only a trifle. For instance:
One can leave Pine Beach on
bright morning and go to Norfolk for
10 cents. He can spend a half day
there and then cross over to Ports
mouth on the ferry for 2 1-2 cents.
Taking a car, it costs five cents 10
ride to the navy yard where three
or four hours can be pro6tably spent
Then another five cents will take
one to the Navy Hospital, well worth
seeing, and the total expenditure
has been 22 10 cents. The return
home to Pine Beach can be made for
the same money and the biggest day
Iof sightseeing In the life of an ordi-
narily Travelled individual prof.
table sightseeing at tnat-has been
accomplished for As cents
Newport News can he reached from
Pine Beach Pier for 25 cents, round
trip so cents, and there is situated
the shipbuilding yards with the big
hghtlng crafts of the world under
construction.
Old Point Comfort GNortress Mon.
roe) can he reached from Pine Beach
per for 30 cents the round trip and
one can spend q whole day wander
Ing around over those old ramparts
and examining guns, old and new.
the latest being the two big 500 900
disappearing guns. which are a rev
elation, There is no charge for ad-
mission into any Of these places. On
the contrary, all visitors are cour-
teouslv welcomed AMI handsomely
treated
when II comes to a description OF
the navy exhibition pr0per-the fleet
of battlaships oonsfantlI in the har-
hor Of Hampton Roads-words can
not tell the story of Us impressive
ness. For instance; Az the James
rive" bnat rounded into view of the
h'g battleship feet last Monday even
Inc. feet CONSISTING OF 20 vessels.
renresnnting Ave nations. all were
lighted up simultaneously with ipcan-
d"sreniq, 5000 on each ship and so
arranged that the outlines of each