The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-06-22
CROWDS COMING
TO EXPOSITION
Influx From Out in State Begins
Thursday, When First Excursion
Will Be Run.
SENATOR BoRAH.

from now on the Detroit INDUSTRIAL
exposition will be In full blast, with
the attendance figures mounting stead
lily upwards. The special rates go into
effect on the Michigan railroads.
Thursday, when the excursions viii
begin. From score OF towns and
cities in the state special trains will
bring large delegations of citizens, ar
irving early In the forenoon. One city
alone, Owosso, will send a party or
1900. Several factories there will
close down to give their employees an
opportunity to attend Detroit's great
show.
The points from which excursions
VIII be run, Thursday, are: Bancroft,
Birmingham, Corunna, Durand, Fen
ton. Holly, Ionia, Mt. Clemens, Marine
City, Morris, Owosso, Perry. Pontiac
Port Huron, Romeo, Royal Oak st
Clair st. Johns and Vernon. Excur
sions will follow almost daily durinE
the exposition.
: There Is great rivalry between
Cleveland and TcledoN'to see which
town will make the biggest showing
at the exposition. Edwin G. Baxter
assistant secretary OF the Cleveland
Chamber OF Commerce. came to De
lroit, Wednesday morning, to make ar
Engagements for the visit OF the Cleve-
land delegation. That city expects TO
send over no less than 1000 people.
while smaller Brckeye towns will.
each contribute their share. Cleveland
day Is June 20.
George r. Hardy, treasurer OF the
Wholesale Merchants & Manufactur-
ers' board of the Toledo Chamber Of
Commerce. is also in the city to make
arrangements for Toledo day, and will
try his best to at least equal Cievc-
lands showing.
The management OF the exposition
received a high compliment from NJ.
l.. Mory, representing the New York
Business show, who was In town,
Tuesday. He declared that the expo
sition was the cleanest cut affair of Its
kind he had ever seen, excelling any
thing New York has ever attempted
In this line.
Letters of congratulation continue
pouring In by the hundreds from all
parts of the United States and from
OehCi SOhhtAAtS. vi LnG FftbihOib
register, Tuesday, 28 states and four
countries were represented. There
was one visitor from Belfast, ireland;
another from Kent, Eng; another
from st. Gall. Switzerland, and one
from New Orleans, "the logical point
for the Panama exposition" as he
wrote on the register.
There seems to have been a misun-
derstanding on the part of many peo-
pie about the price of admission, and
many inquiries have come In by
phone. The admission for adults is
25 cents. which includes everything.
and for children over 10 years of age,
10 cents There Is no further charge
after passing the gate. The exposition
Is open from 10 a. IN. to 1920 p. m.
and band concerts are given daily at
1880 and 1880.
This Is Canadian day, and several
thriving towns across the border are
represented in the throng OF sight
seers. A number OF school children
from the Detroit public schools Wis.
tied the big hall during the forenoon
They we're lined up outside the gates
long before the exposition opened
The manuel training exhibit on the
second floor OF the Wayne pavilion Is
attracting unusual attention from Wis
itors.