Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-03
GREATEST CROWD ATLANTA
HAS EVER SEEN COMING
FOR AUTOMOBILE WEEK
Cleveland Roosevelt Days Will Be outdone by the Gathering
That Place Here Early in November Drawn by the
Greatest Attraction the Wide World AordNuch Prepare
ton Will Be Necessary to Ha ndle the Crowds.

| break upon this city during that first
week in November.
And what is Atlanta going to do about
it?
Where is Atlanta going to put all those
people?
How is Atlanta going to feed them?
THE JOURNALS PLAN.
These questions are being pertinentiy.
| anxiously awaited.
And The Atlanta Journal. believing that
by so doing it can help arrive at salts
| factory solution of the problem, has de-
| cided upon the following plan:
A special bureau has been already estab-
lished In The Journal business office. and
all Atlantians, clearinghouse keepers
| and residents in private homes, who will
be able to furnish lodging or meals to
strangers during Automobile Week" are
/ requested to visit The Journal bureau,
where a card will be presented them upon
which they will be asked to write down
] the following facts regarding the accom-
modationg they have to offer:
Location of house, telephone number
how many rooms they have for rent, how
many people can be accommodated there
| in minimum charge for lodging. minimum
charge for lodging ard breakfast, mini
mum charge for board and lodging both
| by day and by week.
The names of persons having accommo-
dations to offer will then be systematized,
with card index system, and placed alb
solutely gratis at the disposal OF all visi-
tors to Atlanta during Automobile week.
Prospective visitors who wish to write
for accommodations in advance will be
furnished desired information. free, upon
writing The Journal. Absolutely no
charge will be made for the services.
either to the people furnishing the ac-
commodations or to those who are aided
to find rooms and board. Visitors lii
search of lodging will be cordially invited
to come straight to The Journal business
office Immediately upon their arrival In
the city, and a competent force viii be
on hand to aid them in finding what they
want.
The Journal is confident that the crowds
will be so great that without some sort
OF system it will be absolutely impossi-
BILE to handle them, and hopes that At
lantians having rooms and board to offer
and all strangers in need of such accom-
modations will take advantage Of The
/ Journal bureau.
| The bureau is now open and citizens are
asked to come and state just as soon
| as possible what they can do to helm
house and feed the thousands.
That the crowd will be the greatest
in Atlcrta's history is absolutely certain.
The JOurnal-Herald national highway
| contest is being watched with intense in
terest by all America; the Interstate
runs are of local interest no less in
tense, and the automobile show, with it's
1910 models, bring exhibitors and visitors
not Only from all the big cities of the
United Sta-es, but from London, Paris
and Berlin; eliminating as these events
Will IN the races on Atlanta's new speed
way. in which the fastest cars in the
world are entered. and FOR which big
| prizes have been offered, the "Automo-
| bile Week will surely bring a record
breaking crowd 70 the city of crowds.