The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-28
THREE STEAMERS WILL TAKE VS.
IroRs, TO JAMESTOWN, I.
RETURN BY TRAIN
COMMITTEES ARE BUSY
BERKELEY WILLIAMS HAS IN PRE-
PARATION COMPLETE NEW
MAP AND INDUSTRIAL SOU
yENIR BOOKLET.

The committees of the local organi-
of the $500 delegates and visitors to
Richmond for the convention next Oc-
tober of the American Bankers ASSOC
citation are rapidly advancing their
plans.
With the administrative committee
holding meetings twice each week. and
with the other committees having fire.
quent sessions. the program in all it's
details will be completed In SHORT
time.
The boat trip committee met yes
terday afternoon at 5 o'clock In the
directors room on the tenth floor of the
Chamber Of Commerce building and
outlined the plan for the trip down
the river to jamestown on Friday.
October 49, Before adjourning 1t
named several subcommittee to look
after the various details.
The meeting was the first since the
committee membership was completed.
On this committee are: w. H. Adams.
chairman; Hugh Antrim. NJ. c. Branch,
Thomas T. Branch, Richard w. Caring
ton. w. n. Ellerson, r, l.. Gordon. O.
r. Hill, II. w. Jackson g. Jeter Jones,
]. T. Palmatory. Thomas n. Purcell.
Alvin NJ Smith and w Berkeley Will
iiams.
I. was decided after discussion of
several propositions. to take the dele
gates and visitors down the James on
three steamers of the Old Dominion
line to jamestown Island, leaving
Richmond at A. NJ. After the big
party has gone ashore and seen James
town. great Virginia style buffet
dinner will be served on the island.
4 large tent. capable of housing three
thousand persons comfortably, will be
secured and the dinner will be served
under this tent.
Following the dinner the visitors will
board the steamers and will be car
rieed on TO Newport News. where they
Will take train over the Chesapeake
and Ohio, which will bring them back
10 Richmond. According to the present
tentative schedule they will arrive In
Richmond about o'clock that night.
The industrial committee, which has
charge OF one Of the most unique en-
fertainment features ever devised, a
feature that win be instructive and
that will carry with II as well great
advertising value. Is headed by Berke
lev Williams. While the personnel of
this committee has not been entirely
completed. the several members have
been working on number OF details
and yesterday afternoon Mr.. Williams
announced one bit Of work that has
already been done,
Industrial Booklet Under Way.
This is the preparation of booklet
entitled Little Journeys TO Big Man
nfacturing Plants" copy OF which
will be given each delegate and each
visitor on arrival. The booklet will
contain as an insert. twentyfour by
eighteen inches. one Of the most com
plete and most convenient maps of
Richmond ever prepared. The map will
show by number every place OF In
terest. historical. industrial. educa-
tional. commercial or otherwise. in the
city. and to furnish additional assis-
! lance to the visitors will be indexed
by both letter and numeral This map
Is now being made.
The booklet will contain brief
sketches of Richmond as a manufac-
turing center. and as distributing
point. instructions to visitors wishing
to make an Inspection of any of the
large industrial plants. which will
have open house" and photographs
and sketches of several of the plants
VIII he Carried Home.
It will also carry a double pace
illustrated article on the Manufac-
turers' Exhibit, permanent instttu-
ton located on the second. third and
fourth floors Of the Chember OF Com
frnerce building. On the last pages Of
the book will appear two charts. one
showing Richmond to be the clearing
house for raw materials to the value
Of Ave hundred million dollars. and
the other showing Richmond's annual
manufactured output to be worth
nearly two hundred million. Other
striking figures will be presented
The booklet will be OF popular size
SO that ii can be carried in the coat
pocket so as to be ready for instant
use at any time. 1t will be, at the
same time. work Of permanent value
and many hundred OF copies will fnd
themselves carried away to the homes
of the visitors when the convention
Is ended.