Show TO CARE FOB THE CROWDS STREET CAR SYSTEM EARLY CONGESTED BY TRAVEL ships could not land newspaper New paper men and others owing to the lack of docks norfolk april 36 when president roosevelt Row jevel stepped ashore from the mayflowers May flowers launch he received his first formal welcome from H st george tucker president of the 1 exposition posit loL old virginia salutes you yhu sir exclaimed mr air tucker as ho he warmly grasped grabbed the presidents tg band hand 1 I am very glad indeed to be here responded the th president cordially it Is a roosevelt day aud roosevelt weather remarked one of the gentlemen on the pier 1 I hape h ape it will prove a goo good omen for the exposition the president responded spon ded lau laughingly f the great crowd which sought the exposition grounds was hampered by transportation facilities the trolley roads leading from nor folk to sewell point the site of the exposition were congested early la in the morning and moved their cars carr with the greatest difficulty the docking facilities for the scores of excursion steamers also were and many boats leaded with passengers berot held hold up off the shore tor for hours ono one of the coats carried nearly all of the visiting newspaper correspondents who had not succeeded succeed od in landing up lap to the time the president began hip his inaugural address of the exposition none of th the e expedition are completed m an and d the deep braucht steamships s h fps aps were compelled to use the small dock at a nearby amusement resort the exposition landing used by the president Is 18 so tar far available only for light launches many persons in norfolk unable to board the crowdell crowd cd eld trolleys abandoned their intention of attending the opening exercises when president tucker r was speaking the wildest contusion confusion pre prevailed directly in front of the grandstand caused by the pushing and surging of the great crowd there was danger ot of women and children being crushed and guards forced foed their way into tho the i throng to stop the pushing even then the program was ww interrupted many I 1 times three troops in close order formed a guard between the lines and I 1 grandstand |