Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1910-07-21
LOWEST RAILROAD
RATES EVER GRANTED
TO THE SOUTH
Announced for the Appalach-
ian Exposition.
Unprecedented Southern Show
to Be Given at Knoxville,
Tenn, September IL
to October IL.

The Appalachian Exposition, to BE-
held at Knoxville, Tenn, Sept. IL to
Oct. IL Of this year, will get the low
est coach excursion railroad rates
ever granted for transportation of ex
position visitors in the south. Thif
rate OF approximately one cent pei
mile has been authorized By the
southeastern Passenger association
which includes all the railroads in tht
southeastern territory, Of which the
appalachian region is a greater part
The splendid rate concessions which
the railroads have made the AppalaeA
ian Exposition assure it's success n
point OF attendance, as thousands OF
people will visit the great event who
could not do so were the rates not sc
remarkably cheap. This is a greai
concession which the people through
out the Appalachian region will ap
preciate. The exposition being esps
clally designed for the states Of thi,
region, Tennessee, Virginia, West Vir
ginia, North Carolina, South Carolina
Georgia, Alabama and Kentucky, theJ
Will be splendidly represented In the
attendance.
The coach rate tickets will be O.,
sale on Tuesdays and Thursdays dur
Ing the exposition period Upon 9th
er days, rate of one and one-hal
cents per mile will be granted.
Coach excursion tickets will be sold
from all points within a radius OF 25(
miles Of Knoxville, on Tuesdays. Sent
IL, 20 and q, and Oct. 4. These tick
cts will be limited to five days exclu
sive Of date of sale.
Coach excursion tickets will alse
be sold, from all points south OF the
OHIO and Potomac rivers and east O
the Mississippi river, on THURSDAYS
Sept. 10, % and 20, and Oct 6. Limi'
on these tickets will be eight days II
addition to the date of sale.
Tickets at the rate Of one and one
half cents per mile will be sold ever,
day from Sept. 10 to Oct IL, inclusive
nnal limit Of ten days, not to exceed
Oct. IS.
The one cent per mile, or coach ex
cursion" tickets, Will not be good FOL
transportation in Pullman sleepers
being confined to coaches exclusively
The one and one-half cent round triI
tickets, however, will be good for AM
part OF the train, from smoker to Pull
man sleeper.
Some OF the rates on the coach bs
sis, from the point of selling to Knox
Vile and return, are as follows: Wash
ington, $10.75; Richmond, $9.45; Nor
folk, $11O5; Memphis, $50; Cincin
natl, $6.4O; Atlanta, $3.50; New Or
leans, $12.45; Jacksonville, $II.20; st
Louis, S12.55; Augusta, $3.50; Charles
ton, $1,000; Chattanooga, S2.22; Bris
toll, 1882; Nashville, s4.S6.
Detailed information as to rate,
from any point may be obtained from
II. f. Cary, general passenger agent
OF the Southern railway, Washington
ID. C.; or w. A. Russell. general paa
senger agent Of the Louisville & Nash
vile railroad, Louisville, KY, of the
Appalachian Exposition, ArnsteiI
building, Knoxville, Tenn.
The main lines of the Southern apt
L. & N. railroads reach Knoxville ant
through trains and direct connection,
with other roads from all points OF
these great systems make fast time int
Knoxville. The railroads are already
making extensive preparations for ad
ditional equipment and trains for the
accommodation Of this exposition bust
ness. 1t is confidently expected that
at least $4,000 people will visit tn.
exposition during the four weeks OF
its duration. Now that such unprece
dentedly low railroad rates have beer
granted, the attendance may be ever
greater.
The Public Comfort department OF
the exposition is planning for housIns
and feeding every exposition visitor
as Knoxville's homes will be thrown
open as we'll as its many large and
new or remodeled hotels. One hos
telry OF 100 rooms has just been com
pleted and opened, and another OF
more than $50 rooms is nearing com
pletion and will be opened before the
exposition period.