Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-11-08
FRIDAY, November 8. 1907.
HELPING THE EXPOSITION.

Whatever may be said of the limited
attendance at the jamestown EXPOSE
ton, the fact that the crowds nave
been smaller than the management ex
pected canhot be charged by way OF
responsibility 10 the railroads. The
transportation companies have made
every possible tfurL To help the show,
and now that il ls reaching It's END
still lower rates Will De granted, in or
der that the people may go there and
see the fine attractions provided. some
weeks ago the chesapeake and Ohlo
and the Norfolk ana estern put on
sale 1850 round-trip tickets from
Richmond to the exposition. good fol
three days each Week, the result OIL
which was that Richmond has about
come up to the Norfolk record. so lar
as gate receipts are concerned. AT
meeting OF passenger officials In nor
folk on Tuesday IL was agreed to sell
tickets at the rate OF one cent mile
for three days each week. This Will
give the people OF Virginia. and those
living in nearby States. an opportunl
ty not within their reach heretofore,
and 1t is believed that the last month
of the fair will show banner attend
ance. Dispatch.
For the first fourteen weeks of the
Exposition only on total of fourteen
days was reduced ticket sold by the
Z. & o. from Staun ton. That was sold
for S. and limited to days, going and
coming included. Now let's see how
that helped the Exposition, and why,
after the people went there they were
required to 60 home before they could
see the Exposition or spend any money
with it.
Few people knew around here that
such ticket was on sale until in Au-
gust, because it was not advertised in
any newspaper in this quarter until
then. This ticket was practically
worthless, and had little or no tenden-
cy to aid travel. 1t could only be
purchased on one day in the week snd
few people could fit their travels to
Thursday, and they did not care to
come back on Sunday or lay around
Norfolk doing nothing that day. About
the middle of August that road mag
unanimously" arranged to sell this tick.
on Tuesdays as we'll as Thursdays, but
as 1t was not good in any but ordinary
coaches, thus driving the people out
of the chair car into any cattle pen OIL
"black marian they chose to run, with
Al 10 ma fiakof VI 70 m.
tamount to doing nothing for the Elk
position and they had about as well
have sold no reduced ticket at all
This IS ticket is the only concession
the U. s. y. has made from here, until
within the last few days. when we
learn they are selling ticket at one
cent per mile each way good, however
only for days, which permits only one
days stay at the Exposition This is
like giving dope to corpse. The Elk
position Is so near over that this con-
cession is nothing short of mockery. 1t
shows what the road could have done
In the beginning and what it would
not do. Many people from this quar-
ter attended the exposition but they
paid full rates-there being no con-
tensions fit for the enjoyment of the
general public such as the @. q D.
serves. We would call this to the at
tention of that Jealous corporation
journal and Railway defender, the
Times. Dispatch, and would be glad
some time when the q. & o. Railway
is begging Virginia for mole favors
and less taxes to have it cite the kind
treatment that railway gave the Ex-
position in drawing crowds, and the
likew Use kind treatment it gave the
Virginia public in lis desire to see the
E xposition, but would ask it to give
facts next time, and not unfounded
statements. That paper knows that
the round trip rate to Norfolk this
year from Richmond has been higher
than last year, and it further knows
that when reduced rate was offered
the time one might stay at the Expo
81 ton was 80 limited that visitors
could spend but very little money with
the exposition because they had to
co me back on the same day or certain
ly the day after, and to take up most
of their time running around getting
their tickets vised. That paper fur
fhuf OF v,f
points to Virginia this year are higher
than they have ever been in years, and
that the rates were raised on account
Of the Jamestown Exposition.
Where then has their help been ?
Where has every possible effort been
made by the railroads ? The action of
the @. & o. has been inexplicable. 1t
has been entirely lacking in all the es-
sentlals which 60 to elevate the respect
which a great community would have
for great public carrier, a respect
which would be certain If tnat public
carrier would rise to a decent level
and maintain it. 1t has been intoler
ably grasping. No wonder nauseatinp
OdOrs emanate from corporations which
are thus used by set of leeches in
New York who do nothing but sucH
blood whenever victim Can be found
The Times. Dispatch ought to get a.
least one fact right before it cham.
pions 30 unreservedly so unmeritious
cause.
1t begins to look now as if with all
the money in the National Treasury
all that can be spared by Morgan,