Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-04-27
Fu|Iy TWenty-Ihousand J1uPnsysd
Across Roads 10 Attend
The Opening.
STARTED EARLY IN THE MORNING
People From this City, Hampton,
phoebus, Old Point and Surround,
ing count'ea Boarded Ferries and
Spent from One to Three tiouraa
Getting Across--Mr. Stevens Here.

Fully twenty thousand people o,
the Virginia Peninsula crossed the
ripping waters OF Hampton Roads
morning to mingle with the
vast concOurse That attended the Ii
opening OF the jamestown Tercpn.
trnnial Exposition.
Newport News was represented nv
no less than nine thousand OF It's
citizens, Including Mayor Samuel II.
Buxton. President Marquis Jones, III
the Honrd or Aldermen. Presidans
ID. S, Jones. of the Common Council
and many other city officials. Hamp
ton. Phochus and Old Point Com
fort probably sent some ten thousand
people to the opening ceremonies.
Practically al of The officials or tho
Two towns aud tho officers OF Fore
Monroe were on hand. 1t ls tis9,.
mated that several hundred peonln
from the surrounding counties also Z
visited Tho Exposition. 4;
They Started Early.
Soon alter the sun pecped over ,ilej 6
eastern horizon tile crowds from this4
city began moving toward the various
steamboat whnryes, aud by q o'elocK n
several hundred people had s,nrreaf
for the Exposition. many going III
Old Point over the Newport News
ana Old Point railway to take bouts 4
'ihere Tor the show grounds while
car load after car load was taken TO
inc IVY avenue pier to meet the ter.
RES there on their first trips across
the Roads.
before o'clock the rush for the
iair grounds WIS begun IN earnest.
washington avenue being crowo;I
WIN peonle on their way TO the
chesapeake and Ohio passenger pier
ana Old Dominion pier A, While n
outbound Old Point and Ivy avenue
a o were crowded almost to over
flowing Throughout the entire morn. s.
ing and for several hours in Inc M.
,erno0n almost every car that left
inc city was we'll. Tiled with passen.
gors. it'
Long before 0 O'Clock. the nonr
set for the first sailing OF the Chesa. I
peake and Ohio forty boat John mi.
lalan for the Exposition. prenr
crowd mad gathered at the Chesa.a
pcaRe ana Ohio depot and when tho
passengers determined from the firsr
Special train to arrive from Ricn.
moiid nj o'clock there were nearw
Two thousand people on the possan.
ger pier. a few OF these boarded ms
steamer Virginia, but lhe majority
crowded m on the ferry Callahan. When
~. We ilrst passengers started aboard y
," Wssel those behind started 20
i i,', ~ Dehind mt rapid pace ppa.4
pu, lor me excellent, cool worlk
to oau,ni ponce patrolmen, privatdS
o, s,.Ses ana The Chesapeake and &
Onio speclal agents probably more
'h''h one fatality would have occ,,r.
ed. occhf-5i y
WIN nearly two thousand noss.,,,.
gers aboard. the Callahan GOT 'mn,Iar.
$50 o'clock. 'i s;l8is
Second Special Train.
ooa second special train, bearing over
Ioo passengers. including about ono
n nanured students from William nnd
mhry college, arrived shortly artar
~ ocIock and at 1880 o'cloel, ina i.
i,ssuHlr train arrived with severoI
hundred more passengers. m = az KS
meantime hundreds of Newport Nav.
people had wendell their wny II ths IS !.
uock 10 go to the show grounds IN
:, me oailahan on the next trin nnd
p tH II O'Clock there were NOR. /.
, un.n TWO thousand people on the hfsl8
passenger pier. - ~ p "
=, o Nv l to the fact that practicplly
ton D. o'eai,iers plying from Hamp.
.om roads points to the Eypositinn
were compelled to land at tbs en-
walls Point pier, there were freuue ee
delays in landing the steamers nmd
.. In Callahan was held up at the dock l
p lnra .ne ,,irst trip for over half hour
longer than had been expected. Con.
sequently she did not return 10 he
aep sa here fer her second trip until
l1:2O O'clock, and in the nennt tho
I'M. the great crowd on the pier had he be-
I'M I'm impatient as i was evident that
me passengers would miss the greats
er portion of the opening exercises
Mhen the big ferry finally hove into
sight Of the pierleyeHs5ne on the deny
made made q sudden rush for the landing
i,,as OF me craft. AS the steamer
Went along beside The pier I'd fer u
mooring place scores of men leaps,,
a a.!, her from the dock, Int Ihe
osficers aboard soon put stop I'd TIM N