The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-10
FAIR FIGURES
BREAK RECORD
Conservativcly Esti-
mated at From 10000 10
$4,000 People.
BIG BUSINESS ON CAR LINES
Hauled More People Than Ever
Before From Single Point
in One Day.


in Virginia were broken yesterday
when crowd conservatively estimated
at between $4,000 and $1,000 people
visited the grounds Of the Virginia
state Fair Asso~ iation. the largest
attendance ioy approximately 10000 Oh
any single day in any previous 1air
More extravaRant estimates placed
the crowd at 10000.
At midnight the registers at the
street car Gates leading from the
Fair Grounds showed a total OF H,d26
fares brouRh back to Richmond. Dur
ing the rush hours many people
dropped tickets in the boxes and
pushed through the gates more rapidly
than the ticket choppers could regis
ter them. Superintendent of Terminals
Herman Pollard. Of the Virginia Rail-
way and Power Company. said at
midnight that when the tickets are
counted il would be shown that his
company had hauled more than $4,000
people from the grounds.
Some COMPANIONS.
On Richmond Day last year the
street car company hauled from the
grounds 40.3l5 people. The year be-
fore. when Ralph Johnston's aero
plane was the great attraction. the
street car figures showed i1.377 fares.
that being. until yesterday. the high
watermark Of the company's records,
the largest number of people ever
hauled from any one point In a single
day. There may have been days, Mr..
Pollard said. when the total number
of fares throughout the city exceeded
YESTERDAY, but he doubted if there had
been many.
On Tuesday the street car company
hauled away from the grounds 1876
people. as compared with 11,96i on the
same day of the Fair last year. Mon
days street car figures exceeded the
first day Of the Fair last year by ten
fares
NJ Allen Chambers, of the Virginia
State Fair Association, said last night
that. Judging from the cash and tickets
taken in. the paid attendance yester-
day had exceeded that of Richmond
Day last year by approximately 1o.ooo.
The largely increased automobile
travel was a matter Of some comment,
there being in operation several well
organized motor lines doing general
passenger business to and from the
hotels.
Little CongestiOn In Traffic.
Despite the large crowds during the
day, there was little actual congestion
in traffic, the great throng OF people
drifting out and back without dim-
Guilty. At the street car terminals the
most serious congestion came just at
the end of the fireworks last night
when approximately 10000 people at
tempted to come to Richmond al the
same time. Two women tainted IN the
rush and for a time It was necessary
for the police to stop tra...c on the
bridge until the area around tNa cars
was partially cleared. Similarly there
was some congestion last night at the
ticket stands entering the grandstand,
the large night crowd having exceeded
expectations. but there was no serious
trouble reported Chief Of Police Wer-
ner said he had never seen more
orderly or good-natured crowd. There
were no arrests during the day in the
street car Enclosure, and but few in
dications OF drunkenness. Street rail-
way inspectors said 1t was the best
na,ured and most easily handled crowd
they had ever seen. There were no
street car accidents. no breakdo~ns'
and no blockadss in trafhc.
Money Hauled to Bank.
Not only were there large gate re-
CENTS yesterday. but many OF the
n,lders Of concessions on the grounds
settled with the State Fair Associa-
,;or Yesterday. The police patToI
brought to the American National
Bank early this morning between 500
ooo and $4,000 as the gross reecip's
Of the Fair Association yesterday.
OF this $4,000 had been counted ana
tagged. The receipts from the bar
and from many other sources was In
bulk. and viii be COUNTIES and DC
pos;,ed this morning The Police De
par,naent loaned the patrol wagon TOT
the transfer Of the money. ana heas"s
guar ded by armed officers. the vSIoaois
load was brought TO bank about i:i'
A. NJ.
When car service was SUSPENDED d.
midnight. a special car was sent OUT
from the barns for the ticket chop
pers. satemen and Inspectors, anT
was estimated that fully Sle,"ee III
money taken in BY the street car com
many was handled on this car TO tne
company's heaaauarfers at the Neser
vof- r.
Several members and dircc,ors ct
III. Fair Association last night en-
pressed themselves as highly pleased
With tn. great success OF the "H''
ana already extensive plans are on
200; 20. alto ations and improvements