The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-09-01
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. This
rate of approximately one cent per
mile has been authorized by the
Southeastern Passenger association,
which includes all the railroads in the
southeastern territory, of which the
Appalachian region is greater part.
The splendid rate concessions which
the railroads have made the Appalach-
ian Exposition assure its success in
point of attendance, as thousands OF
people will visit the great event who
could not do so were the rates not so
remarkably cheap. This is great
concession which the people through
out the Appalachian region will ap-
preciate. The exposition being espe-
cially designed for the states OF this
region, Tennessee, Virginia, West Vir-
ginia, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama and Kentucky, they
will be splendidly represented in the
attendance.
The coach rate tickets will be on
sale on Tuesdays and Thursdays dur.
ing the exposition period. Upon 9th.
er days, rate of one and one-half
cents per mile will be granted.
Coach excursion tickets will be sold,
from all points within radius of $50
miles of Knoxville, on Tuesdays, Sept.
10, 20 and 81, and Oct. 4. These tick.
cts will be limited to Ave days exclu-
sive of date of sale.
Coach excursion tickets will also
be sold, from all points south of the
Ohio and Potomac rivers and east OF
the Mississippi river, on Thursdays
Sept. Is, % and 29, and Oct 6. Limit
on these tickets will be eight days in
addition to the date of sale.
Tickets at the rate of one and one
half cents per mile will be sold every
day from Sept. 10 to Oct IL, inclusive
final limit of ten days, not to exceed
Oct. IS.
The one cent per mile, or coach ex
cursion" tickets, will not be good for
transportation in Pullman sleepers,
being confined to coaches exclusively
The one and one-half cent round trip
tickets, however, will be good for any
part of the train, from smoker to Pull
man sleeper.
Some of the rates on the coach ba
sis, from the point of selling to Knox
vile and return, are as follows: Wash
ington, s1O.75; Richmond, $945 Nor
folk, $11.05; Memphis, $50; Cincin.
natl, $640; Atlanta, $3.50; New Or
leans, $12.45; Jacksonville, S11.2O; ST
Louis, $12.55; Augusta, 1920; Charles.
ton, $1,000; Chattanooga, 1922; Bri3
toll, 1852; Nashville, $4.36.
Detailed information as to rates
from any point may be obtained from
II. F. Cary, general passenger agent
of the Southern railway, Washington
d. c.; or w. A. Russell, general pas
senger agent of the Louisville & Nash.
vile railroad, Louisville, KY, of the
Appalachian Exposition, Arnstein
building, Knoxville, Tenn
The main lines of the Southern and
J.. & N. railroads reach Knoxville, and
through trains and direct connections
with other roads from all points on
these great systems make fast time into
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 100000 people will visit the
exposition during the four weeks OF |
its duration. Now that such unprece.
dentedly low railroad rates have been
granted, the attendance may be even
greater.
The Public Comfort department OF
Hle exposition is planning for housing |
and feeding every exposition visitor |
ms Knoxville's homes will be thrown
open as well as its many large and
new or remodeled hotels. One nos.
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.