Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-09
EXPOSITION DOINGS
BIG GOVERNMENT PIERS TO BE
DEDICATED NEXT SATURDAY.
Fireworks Display and Illuminative
Feature to Be Unsurpassed-Dis-
tinguished Guests to Attend

With a magnificent display of fireworks.
supplemented by an electrical illumination.
such as never before has been witnessed in
this section OF the country. the big govern
ment piers at the Jamestown exposition.
which are now nearing completion. will be
formally dedicated next Saturday evening.
The occasion will be one Of the most
memorable in the history Of the exposi-
ton. the completion Of which will be
marked by this event.
Many distinguished men will participate
in the exercises. Invitations have been is
sued to large number OF government Of
flcials. members Of the Washington corps
Of newspaper correspondents and others.
L. William Thavis. special commissioner
In the exploitation department of the ex-
position. is in Washington making arrange
ments for the transportation and care Of
washington newspaper men and the ladies
who will accompany them. The party will
leave Washington Friday morning at 8
O'Clock on the Newport News, arriving at
the Inside Inn about o'clock that evening.
They will be entertained by the exposition
Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
All Sorts Of Excitement.
THE program for the dedication of the
government piers has not been completed"
says Commissioner Thavis. Tentatively,
it provides for several addresses by promi-
nent government officials. as well as Of
ficers Of the exposition company. the illu-
mination OF the piers by myriad incandes-
cent lamps and searchlights. and great
pyrotechnical display will be the trans
formation of the grand basin. between the
two piers. into lake Of liquid fire.
'Workmen are now putting the finishing
touches on this great piece of masonry, the
ends of which are connected by the longest
single span of concrete in America. The
purgalos, resting place and retiring rooms
have been completed and large force of
men Is now engaged in shaping up the
lawns and flower beds situated between the
Walkways on either side of the great piers,
each of which is 200 feet wide and $500 feet
long.
Electric lights aggregating 5000, 900 can
dle-power are used to illuminate the piers"
Sunset-Fireworks.
The exact time for holding the dedicatory
exercises has not yet been determined but
probably they will occur about sunset SO
that at the conclusion of the speechmaking
the illumination may take place
The largest number of conventions, the
greatest number of state days, city days
and special days and the most important
of the exposition special events ever before
crowded into six days since the opening of
the exposition are on the calendar for this
week a the jamestown exposition" said
Commissioner Thavis today.
According to the list of events for the
week. fourteen conventions will be in ses-
sion at the exposition and in Norfolk from
two to four days EACH four states will
celebrate state days, three municipalities
will observe city days and one special day
will be observed and the exposition yacht
races for cups offered by King Edward
President Theodore Roosevelt and Sir
Thomas Upton, well as the motor boat
races, all of which will be crowded into the
six days of the week. Never before in the
exposition has so much been scheduled to
happen in one week at the ter-centennial'