Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-03-24
PLAN AND SCOPE OF THE
EXPOSITION VERY BROAD
Omnibus Story Covering All the Best and
Most Interesting Features OF the
Ter Centenary.
DEMAND FOR SPACE FOR EXHIBITS
SewaIl's Point Possesses More Natural Advantages
an Exposition Than Any Other Place in The
Couutry-What the Foreign Powers Will
Send in the Line of War Vessels to
Participate in Rendezvous.
DEMAND FOR SPACE FOR EXHIBITS

mond, but few short ycara ago tho
governing points of the two most
formidable sforces that ever met upon
tho fields of battle, are but short
distance away, while Yorktown ana
Appomattox That mark the most I'M
portnnt epochs In the history of tho
North American continent, II not In
the history Of the world. are In close
proximity to the Exposition grounds
and. the many monuments all over
Tldewater Virginia that solcmnly
point heayenward, are grim hut 81.
lent reminders Of the cost OF conflict
Some forty years have glidcd by
since the smoke of battle cleared
away and the monuments of Industry
and material prosperity are cnsting
their softening shadow upon the
erstwhile fields of carnage, whore
now the golden harvests yearly yield
rich reward for honest toll It is II
coincidence worth remarlsing that
that final triumphant struggle for
liberty and for union should have ta-
ken place so near the spot where
first the seeds of liberty wero sown
and the bonds of union formed, yet
SO 1t is.
The grounds of the jamestown Elk.
position, now, after several extern
sions nccessltatod by the constant
demand for more space, comprise
about three hundred acres with two
miles front on Hampton Roads
where nil the naval mancuvers
VIII take place rs well MS the con
tests of other nautical craft. are all
that heart could wish or The art OF
landscape gardening devise, ANA are IL
tit setting for the group of pala,ial
structures and elegant State build
ings, ~
! The demand for space FOR exhibits
III almost every conceivable line Of
Industry. coming Us they Edo from
every industrial CENTER OH the cuili.
/ nent and fafromS many In foreign
countries, show that the vast scope
aud importance OF tho Jamestown
Exposition is understood and the val.
lie from II commercial point of view,
is appreciated. The wide publicity
! the Exposition is receiving through
the well directed efforts of the PRESS
Bureau and the liberalty of the press
throughout tho entire country anu
| the fact that within welvc hours ride
OF the Exposition grounds there are
Fl 100000 people ana within twenty
four hours ride there are 39,00o,O00
or over half the population Of tho
united States, are good grounds for
the hope and expectation that the at
tendance will break all present rec.
ords. This is made more probable in
view OF the fact that there now pre-
walls such degree of general pros.
! perity as has never before been known
in the history of the country.
Another vital factor In the basis
| for calculation attendance is the
! transportation facilities In this the
jamestown Exposition has a decided
advantage over any other Exposition
! that has ever been held There nre
Verging at the jamestown Exposition
grounds and immediate vicinity, six
! trunk lines and three short lines or
railroads; and of water routes, three
Atlantic coast lines, four Chesapeake
Bay lines, four river lines and three
river and canal lines. These reach or
! penetrate every section of the Unit
ed States and within the twenty
! four hours radius will bring the pco-
pie virtually from their very doors
consequence, and from present indl.
cations owing to the fact that so
many foreign nations will participate
in the naval and military mancuvers
and drills, will bring thousands here
from abroad. But, the ready means,
of transportation from foreign colin-.
tries to the jamestown Exposition ana
the fact that so many foreign nationa
Will participate in the naval ANA Mill,
tary pageantry, are not the only fac
tors that will induce attendance from
abroad The application for space in
the exhibit department of the Expo.
sltion, that are coming in from cen
ters Of Industry in distant lands, even
from far off India-countries that
have never before been represented
In any Exposition, show that the in
terest in the jamestown Exposition