The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-28
$4,000 ARE
ON WAY
TO D. c.
NOW
Parking Places Provided for
AlI-PuIIman Trains Are
Starting From West.

AL ROADS 1eaQluS 20 washington
are thronged with automobiles
bringing Shrine week visitors to
the National Capital, and, accord
ing to estimates from outposts
established by the Shrine auto
mobile parking committee, ap-
proximately 5000 cars day are
now coming into Washington.
{ Outposts on the Bladensburg-
Hyattsviile pike To- Baltimore re-
port that q steady stream Of cars
bearing Shrine insignia ard
ing licenses of northern and New
England States is rolling into the
city. The same situation Is re-
ported, though to a lesser extent,
from the western and southern
entrance outposts at Rockville and
Alexandria.
Caravan Here Monday.
Tourists from the West and the
South are expected to come In with
the big Shrine caravan shortly after
noon Monday, June 4. This caravan
today, crossed the Illinois Indiana
border on schedule time.
Representatives of the Shrine au-
tomobile parking committee, under
DR.. J. T. Prendergast, chairman, are
meeting all Shrine cars at the out
post points, a veritable Gordon of
automobiles and information posts
having been established all around
the District.
Car are now beginning to move to
the listed parking places prepared
1Nry No oh 1A
jority already in the city are being
accommodated in the garages, public
and private, these choice places go
ing to the early arrivals, except in
cases where advance reservations
were made.
To Set Record.
The movement of automobiles
which has now set in toward Wash
ington is characterized as the great
est gathering of automobiles in the
history of the industry. The pre-
vious largest gathering of automo-
biles on record totaled 10000, at q
recent turf classic. Provision has
been made by DIR. Prendergast's
committee for the parking of $4,000
visiting cars during Shrine week.
and in an emergency an extra 5000
to 10000 can be handled.
The movement Of Pullman trains
toward Washington has also begun
from the far West and Southwest.
From today on, every trunk line
road leading to the east will bear
it's Shrine specials en- route to
gin arriving in Washington Satur-
day.
In preparation for this train
movement, claimed by railroad men
to be the greatest in the history of
American railroading, the trans
portation committee, Harry r. Cary,
chairman, will meet at II o'clock
tomorrow morning in Shrine head
quarters. The members of the com
mittee, including the experts of
each of the trunk line railroads in
the nation at this time will be given
instructions as to their individual
duties. The huge Shrine railroad
directors and information bureau in
the Homer building will be opened
for business at this time, the move
ment Of every train and every
temple being recorded hourly. The
Pullman cars which will be parked
in Washington during the session
would, If combined, make a train
thirty-three miles long, extending
from Washington nearly to Balti-
more, Shrine officials state.
Shrine Phone Busy.
The Shrine telephone switchboard
was put into operation this morn
ing by the Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Company and the number
Of Shrine calls jumped within the
first few hours to a rate of several
hundred an hour. Forty-six of the
most experienced operators in the
service have been put on the Shrine
exchange. The assignment of
branch telephone numbers sto all
Shrine locals is being completed
today. In the meantime the special
Shrine information board is in full
operation.
Shrine exchange will be connected
with every Pullman park. automo-
bile camp, temple headquarters, and
Shrine information booth in the Dis
trtct, as well as with Shrine head
quarters and the Shrine sregistra-
Ition bureau at 1913 @ street north.