Important Notice! by I. H. Evans

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Apr 8, 1909

Important Notice!

By I. H. Evans

THE next session of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at Takoma Park, Washington, D. C., from May 13 to June 6, 1909. The opening meeting will be held Thursday morning, May 13, at half-past ten o’clock. Every delegate should be present at the first meeting.

How to Reach the Grounds

In Washington all railroads enter the new union station.

Passengers on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, should check their baggage to Takoma Park, D. C.

All passengers on other than the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, should check their baggage to Washington. On arriving at the union station, they should buy a ticket on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to Takoma Park, D. C., which will cost nineteen cents. On this ticket they should recheck their baggage to Takoma Park.

Baltimore and Ohio trains leave Washington for Takoma Park at the following hours: Daily, except Sunday, 8:20 A. M., 12:35 P. M., 3:30 P. M., 5:45 P. M., 7:00 P. M., 11:30 P. M.; daily, 5:05 P. M.; Sunday only, 9:15 A. M., 1:30 P. M., 7:35 P. M., 10:15 P. M.

Those arriving in Washington at a time of day when there is no train to Takoma Park, can perhaps save time by taking a street-car.

In front of the union station take a car marked “Treasury,” “Mt. Pleasant,” or “Georgetown.”

When paying fare, ask for a transfer to Ninth Street.

Upon reaching Ninth Street, transfer to any car marked “Takoma Park,” or “Seventh and Florida Avenue.” If you board a Seventh and Florida Avenue car, you will transfer at the Loop to a Takoma Park car, remaining on any car marked Takoma Park until you reach the end of the line.

There will be at Takoma Park, at both the Baltimore and Ohio depot and the street-car line terminus, a member of the reception committee, to give directions in reaching the Seminary grounds, where the Conference will be held.

Conveyances will be provided to transfer both passengers and baggage to the encampment.

Transportation to the grounds from Takoma Park, will be provided at the following prices: Passengers, 10 cents; trunks, 15 cents; handbags, 5 cents.

Information concerning the location of both delegates and visiting brethren, who have previously made arrangements for their entertainment, can be obtained from the members of the reception committee at both Washington and Takoma Park stations.

Passengers desiring their baggage transferred to the quarters assigned them, may surrender their checks for baggage to the reception committee, paying for the transfer of the same, receiving in turn a camp-claim check.

Hand-baggage may be taken on the street-cars.

Tents and Rooms

Lodgings will be provided either in tents or in buildings.

The tents will be floored, and furnished with cots, mattresses, pillows, chairs, small rough table, pail, tin wash-basin, and cup. All other articles required, such as all bedding, linen, towels, soap, mirror, etc., must be furnished by the occupants.

An abundance of covering should be brought, as there may be cold nights during the meeting.

All curtains for dividing the tents should be brought by those who desire them.

Do not forget that the General Conference will not have bedding to sell or to rent. The General Conference will not be able to supply any articles further than those mentioned above.

The General Conference Office building and the Takoma Park school building will be opened for the accommodation of guests. Rooms in these buildings will be supplied with cots, mattresses, pillows, and chairs. All other requisites must be supplied by those who occupy the rooms.

The tents will be located on the Seminary grounds, where the Conference will be held.

The General Conference Office building and the Takoma Park school building are about one mile from the Seminary grounds.

A charge will be made for tents and rooms in the above-mentioned buildings at the following rates:—

Tent and Room Rates

For 2 persons .......... $4.50 each For 3 persons .......... 3.66 each For 4 persons .......... 3.25 each For 5-8 persons ........ 3.00 each For more than 8 persons 2.75 each

These rates will be the same whether a person stays a portion or the whole of the time of the General Conference session.

Some furnished private rooms can be secured. The rental of such rooms will range from two to five dollars a week for one person. An additional charge is generally made when two persons occupy the same room.

Board

The foreign mission delegates will be boarded in the Seminary dining-hall. All other delegates and visiting brethren who desire, can obtain board in the dining pavilion.

The boarding will be conducted on the European plan,—that is, each person will be free to select his dietary, and pay for such food as he orders. By this plan each person can economize at his own option.

Those occupying tents may board themselves if they prefer.

Cooking food will not be allowed in rooms. There will be a store at which breadstuffs, fruits, nuts, vegetables, etc., can be secured at market prices.

Delegates having a preference for a room or a tent, and all visiting brethren who expect to be supplied with room or board by the General Conference, and those who desire furnished rooms in private homes, should write at once to Elder G. A. Irwin, Takoma Park, D. C., stating accommodations preferred and required.

It is anticipated that there will be a large attendance at the coming General Conference session, hence it will be absolutely necessary for the committee on arrangements to know beforehand for whom accommodations must be provided.

Those failing to write must not be disappointed if, on arrival, they do not find themselves satisfactorily provided for.

Again we urge all to write immediately concerning sleeping accommodations and board.

Let churches and individuals remember that missionary maps of the world will be for sale. Delegates will be glad to act as agents in supplying any one desiring the same.

In behalf of the committee, I. H. EVANS.