The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-09
CROWDS GOING To- EXPOSITION

there is really no Jamestown in exist
ence. only an old tower Of a church on
what is now an island many miles away
up the James River.
Norfolk Va, is eight miles away from
the exposition. and is reached by traction
line, the fare being 10 cents each way.
Some are under the impression that the
exposition is at Old Point Comfort, but
Old Point Comfort fortress Monroe) is
five miles away across the Hampton
Roads from the exposition grounds.
"The real location Of this exposition is
at Pine Beach, located on a promontory
Of ground bounded on one side by his
toric Hampton Roads and on the other by
the Elizabeth River. Heretofore Pine
Beach has been a well recognized summer
resort, well equipped with a fine hotel.
together with a boardwalk and all the
appurtenances Of a Coney Island. Now
that the exposition gates are within a
stones throw Of this same Pine Beach
Hotel. the grounds thereabout have been
literally sprinkled with hotel buildings.
st0rekeepeTs' shops, &c, until Pine Beach
resembles a little city.
60 to Pine Beach.
Unless you want to pay high rates. go
TO Pine Beach. Do not let any one advise
you to the contrary. All ferries of the
Chesapeake and Ohio, all James River
steamers, all steamers for Washington,
Baltimore and New York land at the
Pine Beach piers, and if you are going to
the exposition, land at Pine Beach. This
is the real center Of operations. Here
you reach the exposition in a minutes
accommodations cheaper than at any
other point. Here you take the boats for
all points Of interest. Here you find res
taUrants which viii give you as good a
meal as 90 per cent Of the people who will
attend are accustomed to for not to ex-
coed So cents. By all means allow no one
70 induce you to go to any other point
aside from Pine Beach. You want to visit
all other points of interest, including
Norfolk, but you want to stop at Pine
Beach.
What the jamestown Exposition lacks
III mas liiillfi4ltt - BUNS ~ ~ Ildut "a
fully by the points of interest in and
about Pine Beach-points which fairly
bristle with historic value, and which are
dear TO the hearts Of all Americans.
There is jamestown Island, a spot hal
lowed in its wealth of memories and
marked by the old tower of the church
built By John Smith and his sturdy fol-
lowers right around 1920. This point is
passed in coming down from Richmond
on the James River steamer. or con-
stitutes a pleasant days sail from Pine
Beach, with the boats leaving the pier a
block or so away.
Scene of Corvallis Surrender.
There is Yorktown, the scene Of Corn
wallis surrender to Washington, and you
can go there by steamer for one dollar.
There is Norfolk. with its old church
bombarded by Lord Dunhaven. the can
non ball still sticking in the brick wall
bricks in the same having been imported
from England 800 years ago
There Is the navy yard at Portsmouth.
just across the river from Norfolk, the
biggest navy yard in the United States,
with its myTiads of war vessels all the
way from the big Olympia or Iowa down
to the little submarine fotilla; the big
drydOcks, the shops where ships are made
and repaired-and the cost of all this is
only trife. For instance: One can leave
Pine Beach on a bright morning and go