The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-26
AUTOMOBILES AT
JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION
Great Interest Manifested in Exhibits
Arrangements for Tours.

IChtAOA III
and dealers all over the country is
being drawn to the Jamestown Ex-
position which opens near Norfolk.
Va, April &c, as a valuable place to
exhibit the products of their factories
On of the intense interest the
entire country is manifesting in this
event, an enormous attendance is az
ticipated. The surroundings are SO
attractive, historically and otherwise,
the program presents SUCH a variety
and scope, the exhibits Are so compre-
hensiye and interesting hat millions
of visitors from our own and other
lands. will assemble at the Exposition
to admire, to study and, it may be-,
to criticise. The possibility of the
latter, however, is very remote as the
imperfections a been reduced to
the minimum. Because of this antici
pated large attendance and especially
because so many visitors are expected
from the foreign lands, where the
| United States is developing a mark
ct for manufactured articles, the lead
ers in that branch of the industries
are seeking by means of exhibits at
| the jamestown Exposition, to create
a favorable impression. h ema1d
for exhibit space in the Manufacture
ers and Liberal Arts n the Trans
p~ortation buildings mas been so great
| that only a limited amount remains.
Ia the section allotted to the display
OF automobiles, but 1000 uare feet
of vacant floor space is now available,
all the remainder having been taken.
| The exhibit in his department will
entire period of automobile develop
ment which, however, is less n a
| score of years. Patterns of the rude
ly constructed vehicles of the begin
ming age will appear alongside the
powerfully built touring cars, run
abouts, mail and delivery wagons and
the many other forms of usefulness
which have been developed from this
new method of locomotion and trans
portation.
Interest in the automobile exhibit
at this Exposition is augmented by
the fact that a large number of auto
enthusiasts and experts are planning
to visit the Ter-Centennial celebration
il a body, as the elimination of a SER
les of tours in which autoists from all
the States as far west as the Missis-
sippi river will have a part.
1t is expected that one tour will
start from Chicago and another from
ST. Louis, tae two uniting at a point
on the National Road somewhere in
Ohio, or Indiana and crossing the
InOuuLdlnS ny way u UIS IdIhSISDuI 3
and Richmond road or the National
Road, by way of Pittsburg. Either
route would afford an abundance of
scenery and interest. Another tour
which has been planned to eliminate
at the Exposition is known as the
Gildden tour, embracing the New En-
gland and Middle Atlantic States.
This tour will probably consist 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
proper at Hagerstow1, Maryland.
autoists from the West coming to that
point gel the National Road, From
New York the route recommended is
via Philadelphia and Gettysburg, to
From Hagerstown the first days
would be f~ifty-seven miles to Win
chester, passing enroute the battlefield
A1tietam. The second days run
would be ninet-four miles to Stanton,
passing the battlefelds of Cedar Creek
and Fishers Hill At New Market
detour of fourteen miles may be
to the Luray Caverns. From
to Richmond is a run of 118
niles via Basic City. Alton and Char- !