The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-07
AUTOMOBILES AT
JAMESTOWN EXPO
GREAT INTEREST MANIFEST IA
ExHleITs-ARRANeEMENTs
FOR TOURS.

NOhrOLk, Va, Feb. THE atten.
ton OF automobile manufacturers and
dealers oil over the country is being
drawn TO the jamestown Exposition
which opens near Norfolk, Virginia,
April s6, as valuable place of exhib.
1t for the products of their factories.
On account of the intense interest the
entire country is manifesting in this
event, an enormous attendance In an.
ticipated. The surroundings are SO
attractive. historically and otherwise,
the programme presents such variety
and scope, the exhibits are SO com.
prehensiye and interesting that mil.
lions of visitors from our own and
ether lands, will assemble at the Ex-
position to admire. to study and, II
may be, 10 criticlse. The possibility
OF the latter, however, is very remote
as the iraperfections have been reduc.
ed to tho minimum. Because of this
anticipated large attendance and es.
pecially because so many visitors mr..
expected from foreign lands, where
the UnIted States is developing a mar.
ket for manufactured articles, the
leaders in that branch OF the indus.
tries are seeking. by means of exhib.
its at the jamestown Exposition, to
create favorable impression. The
demand for exhibit space in the Man.
uIactures and Liberal Arts and the
Transportation buildings has been so
great that only limited amount re-
mains. In the section allotted to the
display Of automobiles, but 1000
square feet of vacant floor space is
now available, all the remainder hay.
ing been taken. The exhibit in this
department viii be very comprehen-
sive, covering the entire period of au.
tomobile development which, however,
is less than score of years. Patterns
OF the rudely.construeted vehicles of
the beginning age will appear along.
side the powerfully built touring cars,
rinabouts, mail and delivery wagons
and the many other forms of useful
ness which have been developed from
this new method of locomotion ana
transportation.
Interest in the automobile exhibit
at this Exposition is augmented by the
fact that large number of auto en-.
thusiasts and experts are planning to
visit the Ter-Centennial celebration In
body, as the elimination of series
of tours in which autoists from all the
States as far west as the Mississippi
river will have part.
It is expected that one tour will
start from Chicago and another from
st. Lonis, the two uniting at point
on the National Road somewhere In
Ohio or Indiana and crossing the
mountains by way of Parkersburg.
Either Taute would afford an abund.
ance Of scenery and interest. Anoth-
er tour which has been planned to
eliminate at the Exposition Is known
Us the Ghdden tour, embracing the
New England and Middle Atlantic
States. This tour will probably con-
sist OF four or more divisions with
starting points in New England, New
York, Pittsburg and the west. These
divisions will probably converge into
the Glidden tour proper at Hagers-
town, Maryland, autoists from the
west coming to that point over the
National Road. From New York the
route recommended is via Philadelphia
and Gettysburg. to Bagerstown.
From Hagerstown the first days
run would be of fifty.seven miles to
Winchester, passing On route the bat.
tlefield of Antietam. The second days
rim would be OF ninety.four miles TO
Stanton, passing the battlehelds of
Cedar Creek and Fishers HILL At
New Market detour of fourteen miles
may be made to the Luray Caverns.
From Staunton to Richmond is run
OF lis miles via Basic City, Alton
and Charlottesville. Directions for
this run contain such incidental notes
as jog around house In middle OF
road" AID Turn out for pile of stones
In middle of road" Mead Shadwell,
the Three Chop Road said to have
been laid out by General Lafayette, is
taken. From Richmond to Norfolk is
journey Of 119 miles via Petersburg,
Suffolk and Hodges Ferry. At Nor.
folk, the tour will be completed bat
several side trips are being arranged,
one to Virginia Beech, on the coast,
nineteen miles from Norfolk, another
to jamestown Island via Yorktown
and Williamsburg and another down
through the Carolinas.
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