The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-10
RESIDENT HAD
Dinner IN SHED.
But He Dined Aboard Private
Car, and Station Crowd
Didn't See Him.
NOT DISTURBED BY CHEERS
Special Train Remained 10 Min
utes at Byrd street--Crowd
Mostly Cops.

Possibly grand total OF nifty peo-
pie. Including squad of police gain
cred at the Byrd Street station last
night to see President Taft. They did
not see him. for at that hour OF ar
rival and departure the President was
engaged in refreshing the inner man.
Nothing can be quoted as coming
from the President on the subject OF
election returns and coionels, for ne
didn't say anything. member OF his
party expressed the conviction that the
executive was granting no interviews
on this topic
All that the half hundred people
present had the pleasure of seeing was
the special train. unless there be add
ed two good looking young secret ser
vice men and detachment of news
paper men who are going to Panama
with the President
VIII BE Here Later.
Probably the fact that there was UNI
certainty as to whether the President
would be seen at all or not, coupled
with his approaching visit to Rich
|
large crowd Of sight-seers. There was
no cheer and nobody raised voice.
The trip begun yesterday by Presl-
dent Taft and his party is strictly lor
business. He goes to the isthmus to
make a study of the situation upon
which to base recommendations TO
Congress al the coming session. He
Is accompanied by his brother. Charlss
p. Taft: LieutenantC Commander Leigh
Doll ~ l. ps No, t,pD
ton OF the Navy Department. acting
naval aide to the President: Captain
Archibald w. Butt. of the Quartermas-
tiers Department of the War Depart
ment and military aide to the Presi-
dent: Charles d. Norton. Mr.. Tafts pri-
vate secretary. and Chief John f.
Wilkie, of the Secret Service Division
of the Treasury Department.
Made Schedule Time.
The trip from Washington to Rich
mond over the Washington Southern
and the Richmond. fredericksburg anG
Potomac was made without inciden,
and without even a stop. Leaving tbs
capital city at 4:O5. the train backed
into Byrd-street Station at 1921. re-
naming nineteen minutes. The Presi-
dent and his three companions on this
Panama trip We're in the dining com,
partment of the private car Olympia
while Chief WillSie. who is only goinE
to Charleston, paced the platform anc
smoked a pipe.
Ahead of the Olympia was the Pull.
man car Felicito. occupied by the
newspaper men who will write up TIL,
canal job. They are: William Hoster
New York American: II. a. Brown
! New York Herald r. T.. Stnrdivant
1 New York World: ]. a. Mathews. New
/ York sun: r. T. Small. Associated
/ Press. and a. p. Arnold. United Press.
! With the party were also T. c. White
general passenger agent of the At
lantic Coast Line: G. y. James. dis
trict passenger agent for the sam,
! road; walter NJ Taylor, travelint
| passenger agent for the Richmond
/ Fredericksburg and Potomac. and F
*. Grady, trainmaster OF the Rich
/ mond Fredericksburg and Potomac
The railroad people will go only L
! Charleston.
4 The remaining cars on the specia
We're the diner Powhatan. of TIL
/, Richmond Washington line. and bag
/ gage car
Used BEST Men.
i The Richmond Washington system
/ detailed its oldest engineer and its old
4 est conductor in service to bring tn
tIhlil 10 ltlClilOHu.sd
| pulled the bell cord. and j Fl. Tat
was at the throttle.
l Old and experienced men were ais
] put on the job by the Atlantic Coas
Line. which conveyed the PresIden
I southwark from this city Enginee
4 y, r. Johnson and Conductor T. {
i Davies had the honor of officiating
Il having charga of the train as far a
Rocky Mount.
The cruiser Tennessee. with the pres
idential party aboard, will leav
Charleston at noon to-day for Panama
i 1t is expected to return to the sam
port on November 90. and the Presiden
/ will at once take train for Richmond
1t was said by members OF his part
last night that he would probabl
reach this city very early in the morn
) ing OF November %. On that day h
Will make an address to the Virgini
Educational Conference. The Tcnnes
see will put in at the Varginia cape
! only IN case the weather is very roug
at the time Of the arrival off Charles
ton.