The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-14
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Abundant Transportation arrangenientsI
have been effected for all who want to
20, and every provision will be made.
for the comfort and convenience OF the
Richmonders, both BY the railroads
and by tile exposition company
Then, too the exposition Is worth
while. Those who have been mere
recently. since the more Important eX-
4 hibts have been installedf and the
place has been completed, cannot cay
enough Tor tho show. Many WHO have
come from the far Sohtl, and from
the West have beon greatly plehae',n'
and feel that their trip has been worm.
while.
sl,n, IN worth While.
A prominent Richmond minister who
,nan, ,ast week at The exposition.
.tnted That he did not think that the 7
napers had done justice TO the place
thn, the el,ow was vastly better than
no Ind been led to believe; that IT was
practically completed IN every uetai,
oxcept for the government per anu
that In the VARIETY anu go sSast.s ha, ba
It's exhibits 1t far surpassed ,t"hat ny
haa Neon told to expect. Others VINO
havc Mated the exposition fully agree
with this competent critic. Ihoush
some az the exhibits may not compars1
IN size with those Of the st. LOUIS ana
y
bihits are up.to-date, the historleai
80 ad,cdtional exhibits surpass any
49,, Vet attempted the GROUNDS are
- ,.rrc extent and are beautiiuliS
laid out.
,.enaeialIy should Virginia people see
+hs axhibits OF the lniperal ana az i,
c,itural wealth Of their own s,aee, -
order that they may take IN VIZ IN, W.
,rass that old Virginia is making
ninnt, these lines, The exhibit OF N1r-
,,,,,ia mines and rpctaliurgN has par
tinmi,rIy Impressed Intelligent peopie
who have visited the GROUNDS. iSi-
tors say that the hotel accommodate
and restaurants inside ana ,9utsius Wy
prounds.' at Hampton, Norfolk NeWport
N-aw.s ma other nearby ana accessible
noints are abundant and a. rehsonhDle
retek Advertisements In this issue OF
rhe Times Dispatch Of the inside Inn,
the Hotel Warwick, at Newpprt news,
ana the Old Point Comfort Tavern give
the specia. rates they VIII quote LOT
the night before ana ai'er hieiiiiio ''
Day. ,
Transportation Problem Solved.
The transportation problem. which
at one time threatened to hamper ana
limit the Richmond Day celebration,
has been entirely solved with the
energetic assistance OF the passenger
agents Of the Chesapeake and Ohio
md Norfolk and Western Railroads
and the steamship lines, there is every
reason 10 believe that all who want
to go can not only be carried down
and back. but can be assured OF a
comfortable seat and OF courteous
treatment
Mr.. John D. Potts, general passen-
ger agent OF the Chesapeake and Ohio.
with hts assistant, Mr.. w. O. Warthcn,
have thrown themselves Into the mat
ter with great vigor. Mr.. g II Bosley,
representative of the Norfolk and
Western. and Mr.. w. B. Bevill. their
general passenger agent, have not been
behindhand In their efforts, and as
n result each OF these roads Is now
prepared to carry on Richmond Day
larger crowd than has ever here
tofore been handled, either to the ex-
position or the beach by both roads
Jointly The steamship lines have not
been behmdhand in the matter. tbs
Virginia Navigation Company, the Old
Dominion steamship Company and the
independent steamers plying on Chesa-
peake Bay. all making ARRANGEMENTS
for extra trips at special .'htes
Railroad tickets Will be placed or
sa1e tomorrow morning at the Nor.
folk and Western and Chesapeake and
Ohio passenger Offices on Main Street
Each road makes n rate Of sl.50 for
the round trip, good to go down or
Wednesday and Thursday and goot
This Is the first time that the one.
day excursion rate has been extended
by the railroads, and thousands O.
,Richmonders VIII no doubt take advan
tage of the opportunity to spend two
days at the exposition. These cxcur
sion tickets Will be good on al trains
both regular and extra. Tickets of sd
mission to the Exposition Grounds
costing fifty cents each for grown PEG
PIE. and twenty-five cents fos children
may be purchased from the railroa,
oft1ces at the same time as purchasin;
the railroad ticket. Positively no NOR
persons than Gan be carried down an
back with comfort will get tickets an
for this reason all who propose goin,
should purchase tickets in advance. NJ,
Robert Lecky, chairman of the Rich
rnond Day committee, went over ever
detail of the transportation problem
yesterday with the railroad Official.
and authorizes the statement that tn
arrangements are excellent. and tina
there is no chance OF any such blunde
as occurred at West Point on July 4ti
What Railroads Are Doing.
The Chesapeake and Ohio now oper
are seven passenger trains a day i
each direction on their req ular sche
dule. and the excursion tickets rwil
be good on all of these. In addition t
the scheduled trains. trains win leav
Richmond over the Chesapeake an
Chic from Main Street Station a
5:t5 a A., 6 a. NJ, 1880 A. NJ, a. NJ
and $3.50 A. NJ. Such additional sec
tiuns viii be added to, each one Q
these trains may be needed. Re
turning. the Chesapeake and Ohio pas
sengers may leave the Pine Beac
Pier at 4:45 p NJ. Gas p. NJ, p. NJ
and 9:l5 p NJ. with such additions
sections run between these trains 9
may be necessary TO accommodate tt
crowd.
The Norfolk and Western Road pu
into effect new schedule to-day. wit
four through trains day IN eac
direction from Richmond to the e!
position. In addition to their regult