The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-08
BIGGEST FAIR EVER
HELD IN VIRGINIA
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with strident voice to every passerby
Most of the tents and permanent build
ings along Midway were in course of
completion yesterday, and many of
the attractions themselves. incluu.
ing the fat man and his wife and the
midgets. went out yesterday to view
their surroundings for this week
Flags md bunting.
FlauntnE to every breeze that blows
are hags ana bunting on every build
ins. All the buildings have been
freshly painted. and are clean. WAITING
and resting rooms. with all the essen.
tial- details. have been erected in var
ious places about the grounds. so that
the public will be moro comfortably
cared for than in any previous year.
The Southern Bell Telephone Com
! pany, besides number of free tele-
phones for tho use OF the fair man.
agement. yesterday completed the in.
stailation OF eighteen pay stations.
Car service will be unsurpassed The
Virginia Railway and Power Company
has arranged D. schedule 60 that there
VIII be a car entering and leaving the
GROUNDS every twenty seconds, or
three cara every minute. or $50 cars
every hour The Richmond, Fred.
erickeburg and Potomac Railroad will
run special trains at stated intervals.
Every precaution for the eatety and
comfort OF the public has been taken
A chemical company OF the Richmond
Fire Department is now on the
grounds. and the men viii sleep At
their posts every night In addition
TO the county torce, there will be d
special detail of police from the Rich
mond department. under charge of Ser
\ geant Holdcraft.
4 At this point It Is we'll to say that
the police expect large band OF the
ilignt.hngered gentry to be present this
year following out their habit of fol-
j lowing the fairs. Many other fairs in
the country end Just as the Virginia
Fair begins, and they are sure to
BE- present So Major Werner hands
cut kindly warning, that all vaiu-
ables and all MONEY not absolutely ne
cess1ry be left at home. under lock
and key. 1t would be well also for one
not to fash his roll, II he has one, for
these gentleman OF easy living are as
quick OF eye as of hand
! Detectives or Dvy.
In order 10 be more surely. guarded
against them the falr has employed
outside detectives TO help the local po-
lice In 'spotting' these easy going visl-
tors. Meals for the firemen and police
will be furnished by the Fair Associa.
ton on the grounds For the public
there is en- abundance OF lunch booths
some for charitable purposes and some
put UP Just for the coin So far as
human foresight can make any affair a
success. everything that can be done
Tha 80.
TO fate. So, II the weather be good
and II fate lend a kindly hand In the
interest OF the Virginia Fair, all will
be we'll
In the Indictment weather of yes
terday some saw e hopeful sign OF
better weather TO come. and all eyes
tprn anxiously TO Willis G. Moore ~
the Weather Bureau. in Washington.
q. C.
principal among the principal feat
ures of the fair will be the parade On
Tuesday OF the Boys Corn Clubs of
Virginia Three hundred strong. head
ed by Governor Mann and an escort
Of Company a, OF the Boys Brigade,
OF Richmond. will parade on mounts
from the Capitol Square to Broad and
Robinson Streets. On that day, too,
the prizes among them will be award
ed. The parade and the exhibits OF
the boys clubs are in charge OF T.
" SANDY. state agent OF the Depart
nent OF Agriculture While the boys
OF Virginia are being mentioned. IT.
might be we'll t. add that the girls are
not to be left behind. The Virginia
Girls Canning and Poultry Club has
large exhibit now in place. and the
Virginia girls of to-day can show that
they can become the housewives of
to morrow.
Look to Public Safety.
In order to promote the safety of
the moving public. it has been ordered
that the footbridge be closed to tho
outgoing passengers. who will be
asked to use the big gates leading
out to the Boulevard and Hermitage
Roads. Vehicles, as far as possible.
Will be prohibited from the Boulevard
gate, and will be expected to use the
Hermitage Road gate.
There now seems nothing else TO
be done other than to apply the last
touches III the arrangements have
been made, and are now promulgated
The grounds will be opened promptly
et o'clock every morning, and the
night performances Will continue 10
10 o'clock, or half an hour later. Pro.
lection on the grounds, both police
and Ere, will be afforded night and
day.
Henry Fairfax president of the vir-
Ein!a State Fair Association, expressed
himself yesterday as being satisfied
with everything that has been done.
and with all the arrangements for the
pleasure and safety of the visitors
and promises that this will be the
biggest and most prosperous fair in
the history OF the association and Of
the State.