The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-11
BROUGHT
BIGGEST CROWDS YET

a full Index OF our travel" 1t was ex-
planned at the Southern Railway pas
senger Office, "as many people prefer
the direct tickets. without fair coupons.
and many boarded the local trains at
points where there is no ticket Office
We are certain that our total traffic
exceeded that OF last year"
At tho Office OF Rupert Vaughan
Lloyd. district passenger agent of the
Seaboard Air Line Railway, the fair
traffic was estimated as having been
Slightly better" than last year. I'VE
had exactly the same number of extra
trains a. last year, and Il number of
excess cars on every train over what
the traffic demanded last year. we
made an effort this year 70 prevent
overcrowdng. and give every one more
room, but every train coming into
Richmond was we'll filled. l think our
travel was better than at any previous
fair said Mr.. aughan-Lloyd.
Street Chr Traffic Ieuvy.
The total of street railway traffic
may be regarded as fair barometer
OF the number OF visitors in the city,
though, of course. traffic conditions
cause some fluctuations. All week the
motormen nave been contending with
wet, slippery tracks. necesitating slow
and careful service. The Fair Grounds
trade has not been as heavy as last
year, though the company brought
back from the grounds on Richmond
Day, S4.5i2 people. The total number
OF fares collected on all lines through
out the city on Monday, the first day
OF the fair. was l57.S55. while last year.
with much larger attendance at the
FAIR Grounds, tho total number OF
fares registered was los, 500 Indicat :
lnB the increase in the number OF visi-
tors IN Richmond, IL not at the Fair
Grounds, the total for Tuesday OF this
week was lGe,9i2 fares, while on the
second day OF the fair last year. with
brilliant sky and large attendance
at the Fair Grounds, the car company
only hauled total or i65.740 people.
The total figures from all lines OF the
Virginia Railway ana Power Company
Tor Wednesday are not yet available.
All Hotels Crowded.
Hotel men are probably in n better
position 10 judge the size of crowd
than any others. Manager Oscar
Weisger. of the jefferson, said last
night that ne had had capacity house
all week. and had been turning people
away every day, and that he had had
larger advance reservation than ever
before.
Manager Samuel 7. Atkinson, nj the
Richmond, said 1t was the largest fair
week he had ever had He turned
away more than 800 people on Wednes-
day night, although he had moro than
100 cots in use. People slept In chairs
IN the hotel lobby. and three young
men were found next morning sound
asleep in an automobile In front OF the
hotel Hundreds were sent 10 ar-by
boarding houses
bigger Than Ever. SnyS Disney.
u should judge that the number % Z
visitors in the city is fully % per cent
larger than nj any former fair" said
Manager James r. Disney at Murphy's
Hotel last night. "Of course. we are in
new building, with greatly increased
capacity. but we have turned away
moro people than ever before. We
We're out of our main building last
year. 50 Il is hardly fair 10 compare
with the 1912 crowd. But. going back
10 the fair of 1911. we have had more
advanced paserva tons and much larger
demand for rooms than ever before"
we couldn't have done any better
than we did last year" said Manager
Felix Keegan, at the Lexington. be
then. But we have turned away a
much larger number Of people this
week. On Wednesday alone we turned
away ten times as many people az we
could accommodate The crowd came
earlier this week than ever before.
We were filled right up on Monday,
and have been fun ever since.
Every one of those interviewed ex-
pressed the belief that a larger mum
her OF people come TO the fair every