Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-11-09
Atlanta's Crowded Week of
Matchless Automobile Attrac-
tons, Including Show, Races,
and Reliability Runs Is On.
VISITORS ARRIVING
FROM ALL AMERICA
Automobiles Roll in Like Tidal
Waves-Hotels Packed But
Every Visitor Is Assured Com
Portable Quarters.

Atlanta's auto weelx-an event which
the entire country has looked forward tc
with keen interest for weeks-opened in
earnest Monday morning. The terml-
nation of The Journal-Eerald tour last
Wednesday and the -opening of the auto
mobile show on Saturday were the boom
OF the big guns which announced the eve
of a history-marking occasion for the
city.
From the break of day Monday morn
ing to midnight next Saturday there will
not be an idle or uninteresting moment.
The automobile show, in the auditorium.
with its wonderful display of self-pro-
pelling vehicles and accessories, valued at
$500 900, will be open to the public morn
ings, afternoons and evenings; the in
tensely exciting races will open at the
speedway Tuesday afternoon and there
will be both morning and afternoon cards
during the remainder of the week. The
state reliability tours. faring forth from
half dozen Georgia cities, will termi-
nate at the speedway club house Tuesday
afternoon.
BRILLIANT THEATRICAL BILLS.
In addition to the features mentioned
there will be a large number of unpro-
grained events, banquets. dinners. lunch
cons and dances. All of the theatres
have put on special attractions. The
Grand offers Robert Mantell, the great
Shakespearean actor, in several of the
Bard of Avon's most ambitious plays.
Charlotte Temple is the bill at the
Lyric; pretentious program of the
highest classed vaudeville will furnish
entertainment to the patrons of the Or
pheum, and the best of motion pictures
will be shown at the Alcazar and other
motion shows.
Auto week visitors have been arriving
for days. but throughout Sunday, Sunday
night and Monday morning every incom-
ing train has been crowded, many hav-
ing journeyed for thousands of miles in
order to be present during a week OF
festivities which has seldom been
eqnaled by any other celebration held a
the United States.
VISITORS CROWD STREETS.
The streets of the city are alive with
strangers. Already the hotels are filed
and the fast-arriving visitors are being
domiciled in boarding houses.
There's room for all; no one need suf-
fer anxiety concerning sleeping quar-
tiers. The public comfort bureau, at 70
Peachtree street, has a list of many
thousand private homes that will be
thrown open to the visitors and there is
large corps of wel-posted clerks con-
stantly on hand to furnish information to
those who wish ii.
Atlanta proposes to see to it that every
single one of her guests is comfortably
provided for and that his or her stay in
the city is thoroughly enjoyed
AUTOMOBILES SURGE IN.
A never-ending stream of automobiles
Is now flowing up and down the city's
streets and this stream will present the
appearance of flood before the week Is
over, fully 5000 privately owned out-of-
town cars are expected to swell the al
ready high tide. About 1000 out-of-town
cars had arrived by noon Monday, 200
more VIII come in with the state relia-
bility tours, and every train brings more
Visiting Automobiles are supplied with
free number tags at the Alexander-See-
valid garage on North Pryor street.
The various housing garages are al
ready beginning to feel the tax which the
increased number of machines will put
upon them. Arrangements have been
made to pitch large tents on several va
cant lots in the center of the city and to
these will be stored automobiles. A full
compliment of watchmen will be on duty
all the time to see that no unauthorized
person touches the cars. The big colise
UNI building at Piedmont park will also
be used for storing machines.
The principal downtown streets are Wis
tas of gay colors. The merchants and
other business men have decorated on a
lavish scale and the city Is IN true gala
attire. Thousands of yards OF bunting
and flags have been used and numerous
unique designs appropriate TO the occa-
sion, form the centerpieces of elaborate
decorations.
HANDLING STREET TRAFFIC.
The handling of the street traffic is a
big problem, but one when the police de-
partment is fully capable Of solving. With
40 extra patrolmen and dozen extra de.
tectlves the department will handle the
traffic and protect the public On the
downtown streets the code Of signals used
on Broadway in New YORK will be en-
ployed. Each officer will be equipped with
whistles. One blast stops all vehicles and
gives the pedestrians the right of way.
Two blasts checks the pedestrians and re-
quires the vehicles to proceed Those OFT
foot must keep to the sidewalks and all
vehicles are required to hug the curb on
the right side OF the street.
Both the Postal and Western Union tel |
egraph companies have found 1t neces-
sary to increase their forces Of operators |
in order to promptly care for the in |
creased business, and the telephone COM |,
panies have also put on additional oper- i
ators. All trains entering the city are |
pulling extra coaches, and everywhere |
one turns evidences of a big week is en- |
countered.