Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-15
Cars Will be Run Every Ten MIR-
uIes From Pine Beach
to Exposition
SPACE IS GIVEN FOR BIG SIGNS
Visitors to Fair viii Be Made Ac-
quainted With the Fact That New
pert News May be Reached by Cars
and Boats at Stated Intervals
Conference on Grounds.

Al conference between Messrs. A
l. Powell, II. l.. Farrar aud Louis c..
Phillips, composing II SPECIAL com.
mittee on transportation from the
Chamber of Commerce, and President
Lancaster Williams and Gen. Man. T..
G. Hatherway. OF the Norfolk a.
Portsmouth Traction Company. held
at Pine Beach yesterday morning. the
railway officials agreed to maintain
ten minute car schedule between
The Pine Beach pier and the main
gate OF the jamestown Exposition Tor
the accommodation of the crowds go.
ing To the Tercentcnnia from New
pert News. The company also agreed
to furnish the local Chamber of Com
inerce with spaces for two signs, one
inside the gates to read. 10 New
port News, via Pine Beach. Gate No.
t.. and the otner outside OF the gate.
That sign Will read. Cars for PINE
Beach and Newport News" The
company agrees To illuminate these
signs free of charge.
Report to Chamber
Tho committee submitted n lengthy
report of the result of the conference
To the Chamber OF Commerce at it's
regular meeting last night. The re-
per- was accepted and the committee
vas requested TO ask the Norfolk a.
Portsmouth Company To have its
steamers leave the zine Beach pier
on schedule time, regardless OF the
cars and TO have the cars leave the
Pine Bcacn pier for the Exposition
NY tnl Il 4.
that 1t would do this T. the Chamber
so desired.
The members OF the committee re-
ported to the Chamber that Mr. VIII
liams seemed TO be very much inter
ested In the question OF proper srans.
portat'on facilities RI the Exposition
for Newport News people ana inat
they thought he would use every pos
sible means of giving the people n
fair service.
MIR. Wilkins Had to Walt.
He accompanied the committee
over the route between the EXPOSE
ton gates and pine Beach and seem
cd very much wrought up when he
ana his guests We're compelled to
wait ut the Tercentennial gates for
more than half hour before getting a
car TO Pine Beach. This is the
usnai order ofthings on the other side
OF the Roads at this time.
Cha rman Powell. of the special
committee, yesterday received let
ter from Mayor Buxton, president or
the jamestown Ice Corporation. re-
lative TO the landing of steamers MT
that company's pier at the foot OF lUl
street The letter stated that the
company would be glad to handle the
traffic from Newport News over its
pier
Reduced Ferry Rates.
The Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Yesterday announced reduction in
the fare on it's big ferryboat Callahan
between this city and the Exposition
The fare has been Twenty-Five cents.
but ii Will now be fifteen, making the
trip to the grounds. including car
fare on the other side, twenty cents.
The same rate Is charged by the
steamer General Lee, and the fare
over the Norfolk & Atlantic Termin-
al line. including car fare down Ia
Ivy avenue pier amounts to the
same
With these rates prevailing, and
with COOL car service between
Pine Beach and the fair grounds
Newport News will he In position
to bring Exposition guests here with
out danger of losing them ON account
of the superior transportation facili.
ties to be found on the other side of
Hampton Roads.