The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-26
Ozkz2661gzAk2
zks2:: Z!fzZzzzzz

walks of rubbish having floors
scrubbed, hanging bunting, and other
wise furnishing up for the guests who
will come in thousands tomorrow.
They are coming that way to-day
The Inside Inn opened up to-day, and
by tonight Mt dark there was hardly
one of the $500 rooms vacant. Every
hotel in Norfolk Is crowded. Hotel
corridors. in many instances, are filled
with double decker beds, which are
no more than cots arranged one over
another in an iron frame, like sleeping
berths in a steamer stateroom. The
Chamberlin Hotel is TANNED to the
doors Every hotel in Newport News
and Hampton, also Portsmouth, is full
And the crowd Geeps on coming. The
arrivals to-day were chiefly the Gov
ornors of various States, with large
parties. Several of these will come in
tomorrow morning, including Governor
Warticld, of Maryland. II. II. Rogers
came day on his steam yacht IA
nawha, bringing Samuel J.. Clemens
Mark Twain with him.
The British and Austrian war-ships
arrived this morning. They were met
at the capes by two torpedo boats and
guided into the Roads. The vessels
were saluted by the flagship Connecti-
cut. The English squadron consists OF
the Good Hope, which is commanded
by Captain George p. w. Hope, and is
the flagship of Renr-Admiral Sir
commanded by Captain Reginald A.
Allenby, NJ. V. o.; the Hampshire, COM
manded by Sir Robert Arbuthnot, NJ.
V. o.; the Roxburgh, commanded by
Captain Somerset A. c. Calthorp. NJ.
V. o.; and it may not be out of place
to state that the cabalistic letters after
the names of these officers means
Member of the Victorian Order and
those after the name of RearAdmiral
Nevill stand for "Commander of the
Victorian Order"
The Austrian squadron consists OF
the Sankt Georg. commanded by
Ludwig Van Honenbal the Aspern,
commanded by Rudolf Meyerberg. The
squadron is commanded by Com
modore Hermann Plescot.
Trolley Line Handling
Crowds But Poorly.
The transportation of the crowds
from Norfolk to the Exposition
Grounds to-day was not accomplished
with anything like IRA pidity. Break
downs wero frequent and the schedule
was not close one. a two-minute
ScHedule Is promised Dy tne trOl'ey
company for Tomorrow, but owing to
the fact that several bridges are only
single track, it is believed that a five
minute schedule is all that can be
operated. The Norfolk and Southern
operated steam cars to the grounds to-
day. but the f.ct that it would do SO
was not generally known, and the line
was poorly patroniZed. One train OF
ten cars brought down only seven peo-
pie. However, the fact that the steam
cars will carry crowds will be likely
TO be better known tomorrow. and
these, together with the ten steam
| boats, ought to enable the public to
reach the grounds from Norfolk with
comparative ease.
But no matter how easy the grounds
are reached, it would be extremely
| unfortunate if those who come to the
exposition do so with the expectation
of enjoying exhibits, and the other at
fractions which are to be found at an
exposition which is ready for the re-
ception of visitors. There will be lit
tie or none of these here tomorrow.
| The visitor must content himself with
| seeing or hearing the President, the
| war ships on the roads, and wandering
| about the grounds, specializing wien
| the exposition Will be finished, and
| ready to provide him with an oppor~
| tunity to really enjoy what actually
| promises to be the most enjoyable
| of all American eXpositions,