Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-06
SAVANNAH PLANS
FOR GREAT RACE
Managers of Prize Auto Contests
Expect 100000 People
at Meet Nov. IL
SCHEDULE FOR BIG EVENTS
Special Arrangements Made for
Entertaining ThrOngS on
Two Days OF Contests

SAVANNAH, Ga, Nov 5.-Using the
plans that made the grand prize race
of 1908 a success as a basis Of their
present preparations, the autoists ana
town folk of Savannah are mapping
out elaborate arrangements for the ac-
commodation of the thousands OF spec
tators who viii attend the second run
ming of the great automobile road
road to be held in this city on cat
urday. November II.
The work TO date has been done
under great pressure since the award
ing of the grand prize to the sOulh-
ern circuit was an eleVenth-hour move
and caught the local automobile club
and the city officers with unexpected
suddenness. 1t is therefore to their
credit that every arrangement has
been made for the comfort of both
the spectators and contestants in what
is expected to be the greatest event OF
its kind ever held in this country.
1t is confidently predicted by those
in charge of the coming race that fully
$50 900 persons will be drawn to this
city by the running of the two days
race meet on the local circuit, and
that automobiling in all its various
phases will receive a great impetus
throughout the south as the result of
the light car and grand prize events.
Committees have been appointed
from among the prominent automo-
blists and citizens of this city to ham
die the innumerabe details III con
nection with the double event, and so
rapidly and harmoniously have they
worked that despite the short time that
the many organizations have had TO
cooperate every detail has been care
fully worked out, and when the first of
the visitors begin to arrive next week
they will find hearty welcome and
perfect accommodations awaiting them.
Some idea of the work accomplished
can be gathered from reports rendered
by the committee in charge OF the
work. The course, which will be lI2
miles to the lap, is now going through
the oiling process. The circuit VIII be
patrolled by state troops and a large
corps of special police. The installa-
tion of the special telephone system is
now complete and the immense score
boards opposite the grandstands will
show, aided by these bulletins from
about the course, the position of all
competing cars, the time by laps and
other details incidental to the race.
T'hsre will be two grandstands,
known as stand A and B. Stand A
will have 100 boxes, accommodating
six persons each, and 5000 reserved
seats. The charge for boxes will be
$50 each and that for reserved seats S3;
stand 3 will accommodate $1,000 per-
sons, but the seats will not be re-
served The charge for. these seats
will be 81 for each day Of the race
and half price for children under II
years old Seats in stand A will only
be sold for the two-day race meet,
but admission to stand B can be Sc
cured for either or both days.
There will be a ten-foot promenade
at the top of each of the stands and
a promenade of eleven feet between
the boxes and reserved seats in stand
A The grand stands will be situated
on Waters road, within the city limits
and near the junction of Waters road
and Estill avenue, where a full view
can be had of the racing cars on the
home stretch and the turn from Dale
avenue into Waters road.
Special arrangements have been
made for carrying the spectators from
the center of the CITY to the grand
stands Street cars will run from all
PARTS of the city direct to the grand
stands. The normal equipment of the
local street railway is about 1000 per-
sons per hour but in order to caro-
for the throngs which will be present
on the day of the races extra electric
cars will be brought from all sections
of the state for use during the races.
whats parlor socialism," asked
Grayce.
and letting each hold a hand" explained
Maybelle.