Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 75, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 21, 1912 Page: 3 of 4
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fornia is not striving to rival the west than any other public topic Ev-
achievements of other cities in their -----—---~ ....
expositions, but rather to rise to the
high standard demanded of a great na-
tional celebration, a really prodigious
task, for San Francisco less than six
years ago suffered a loss of more than
$400,000,000 and since that time has ex-
pended a sum exceeding the estimated
cost of the Panama canal in reconstruc-
tion. Today San Francisco is rebuilt,
and a stranger to the city would not
know that a fire had ever occurred.
The assessed valuation of San Francis-
co exceeds by $25,000,000 its valuation
before the fire came. Since the fire
$242,000,000 has been expended i-----
new buildings alone. Millions of dol-
lars /lave been spent in furnishings, in
replenishing uninsurable property and
in new stocks. One hundred million dol-
lars will not cover the expenditure for
streets, schools, parks, municipal fire
protection system, concrete wharfs and
other improvements.
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ter, a little above sea' level, with its
encircling walls, the hilly slopes of the
city and the forest clad hills of the L
Presidio, which lie between Harbor
View and the Golden Gate. ■ Harbor
View is convenient to the center'of San
Francisco, and one may walk from the
Fairmont hotel, which towers on Nob
hill, to Harbor View in twenty minutes
with ease.
At Harbor View will be located the
“midway” and the night life features
of the exposition as well as the manu-
factures and machinery buildings, the
liberal arts and other structures to
house exhibits of a heavy nature. Such
exhibits may be easily unloaded at Har-
bor View because ocean going steamers
can dock directly at the grounds. At
night Harbor View will be brilliant with
electrical displays^ An existing lagoon
will be made the basis of a superb
yacht harbor, which will be adorned by
an esplanade decorated with Corinthian
columns along its edge. The compo-
site fleet of the world’s battleships will
be anchored immediately before or in
full view of the Harbor View site of
the exposition. With the night illumi-
nation of the battleships and the illu-
mination of the exposition grounds and
prominent landmarks, there will be af-
forded one of the most brilliant specta-
cles of history. A chain of lights will
stretch across the Golden Gate, and the
tallest wireless tower in the world on
Telegraph hill and a huge commemora-
tive statue to be erected at Lincoln
park, which towers above the Golden
Gate, will also be brilliantly illuminat-
ed. X
The panorama from Harbor View is
unsurpassed even by the famous Riv-
iera *Qf the Mediterranean. Looking
seaward one sees the changing colors
of San Francisco bay and the islands
and the ships and, further, the great
mountains on the opposite- side of the
harbor, with Mount Tamalpais, the tall-
est of all, its summit often wrapped in ;
a turban of cloud, as a background for
the setting. At nightfall from Harbor
View one may see the sun set beneath
the picturesque mile wide straits that,
guarded by rugged promontories, is
called the Golden Gate. Fort Point and
Lime Point, like watchdogs, guard the
portals of the gate, muzzled and hiding
their disappearing guns. Beyond looms
the Pacific ocean.
Harbor View lies on San Francisco
bay for a mile as the crow flies, but
with its irregular contours the distance
will be more than that. During the ex-
position innumerable craft will throng
to San Francisco from every port in
the world, and the visitor may see
these and the battleships from the
magnificent esplanade that will line the
entire harbor’s edge at Harbor View.
Passing from Harbor View the ma-
rine boulevard will wind through the
military reservation at the Presidio,
which the military authorities plan to
improve in harmony with the plans for
the exposition. A great parade ground
where Uncle Sam’s soldiers and the vis-
iting soldier boys of other nations may
engage in military maneuvers will be
among the improvements. With the
great transport docks to. be built by
the government, the Presidio will af-
ford an opportunity for the most won-
derful display of the various branches
that come under the military direction
of the nation.
Lincoln park, where the Golden Gate
rounds out into the Pacific ocean, is
the supreme observation point of the
exposition. Near the summit of this
lofty knoll will be erected a huge com-
memorative statue welcoming ships to
ery attraction which the west has will
be placed at the disposal of visitors to
the exposition.
W ith the Panama canal in operation
the distance between New York and
Pacific coast ports will be shortened
by 8,000 miles. Ships passing from the
Panama^canal to the orient will, if they
travel by the great circle, the shortest
route, pass within 200 miles of the Pa-
cific coast. The opening of the Panama
canal will, it is confidently anticipated,
mark the greatest era of development
the west has ever known, and the west,
increasing in growth and prosperity,
upon- will become a huge purchaser of prod-
ucts of the east of the United States.
Aside from its local significance as a
western enterprise, the Panama-Pacific
International exposition stands 'out as
the celebration at which the nations of
the world will express to America their
satisfaction at the completion of the
greatest industrial achievement in his-
tory—-the Panama canal.
navy, will participate in the maneuvers.
Following the battleship parade into
San Francisco bay there will come a
succession of events of world interest
and importance at intervals of two
months apart, interspersed by minor
events in between. Among the more
important events will be international
yacht, motorboat and automobile races
and an aviation meet in which the avia-
tors of the world will engage. The auto-
mobile races will pass through the sta-
dium in Golden Gate park before the
concrete coliseum with the largest seat-
ing capacity of any structure in Amer-
ica. International stock shows, inter-
collegiate meets, Olympic games and
military maneuvers irt which the crack
military and cavalry of the United
States and foreign nations will partici-
pate will be among the major events.
Hundreds of conventions will meet at
San Francisco during the exposition.
Foreign societies will be represented?
and the whole world will be brought
together when the nation - celebrates
the onenina of the Panama canal.
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By HAMJLTON M. WRIGHT. ,
FRANCISCO, as host for the
■ nation, is preparing to • enter-
/jy tain, the world with the great-
■ est exposition in history—the
■ Panama-Pacific International exposi-
■ tion in 1915.
I The exposition will open with the
1 assemblage in San Francisco harbor
of a composite fleet of battleships of
navies of the. world coming from
, Hampton Roads through the Panama
canal to the Golden Gate. San Fran-
cisco had hoped that Rear Admiral
| Robley D. Evans might be in command
of this composite fleet, the largest ever
assembled, and, indeed, more than a
year ago the gallant sea fighter had
signified his willingness to the exposi-
tion directors to act in command.
Plans for the Panama-Pacific Inter-
national exposition are already matur-
ed and for the next year the exposition
authorities will be occupied in building
rather than planning. Within a few
weeks thousands of men and teams will
be engaged in leveling off the site, and
it is anticipated that within six months
i&ore than 10,000 men will be employed
1 on the great exposition at which Amer-
I ica will celebrate the opening of the
I Panama canal.
■ ^Responses of foreign countries sur-
I pass all anticipations of the exposition
I management. The nations of the world,
I appreciating America’s gift to civiliza-
I tion in the Panama canal, will con-
| tribute to the exposition the most com-
I prehensive assemblage of displays that
I the world has seen. Offers of co-op-
■ eration from every part of the world
I are flooding the exposition manage-
I i^ent, and President C. C. Moore and
I his thirty directors, who represent ev-
f ery important interest upon the coast
nd a billion dollars in invested capital.
■■VP working night and day to keep up
r *Wth the avalanche of duties that pours
Utn upon them.
! Every civilized nation on earth and
I every land within the sweep of both
I shores of the Pacific ocean will be rep-
I relented at the Panama-Pacific Inter-
national exposition. It is the purpose
of the exposition authorities to render
the exposition distinctive in its por-
trayal of the west and of the nations
bordering upon the Pacific ocean, but
at the same time the exposition will
record the progress of the world in the
arts, sciences and Industries.
^he Panama-Pacific International ex-
position will be held upon the shores of
San Francisco bay and the Pacific
ocean. The site describes a semicircle
about the most densely populated por-
tican of San Francisco and is easily ac-
cessible from all parts of the city. It
combines the scenic features of harbor
and hills that render San Francisco one
of the notable cities of the world. The
exposition will be located at Harbor
1 View, a crescent on the shores of San
Francisco bay and also in the west end
I of Golden Gate park, which fronts on
the Pacific ocean. These two principal
■ si&s and' intermediate locations will be
connected by a marine boulevard which
will run through the United States mil-
itary reservation at the Presidio, where
the soldier boys who corrie from
go to the Philippines, along the
cliffs by the Golden Gate and then to
jtincoln park, which overlooks the
Golden Gate: thenco the boulevard will
itu^n south and parallel the Pacific
?ean to Golden Gate park. A track-
less trolley will run over the marine
boulevard and admission to one site
ed and improved In harmony with the
exposition plans at an expenditure of
many millions of dollars. James Rolph,
Jr., San Francisco’s new mayor, was
elected on an “exposition” platform,
and one of the important duties of Mr.
Rolph will be to supervise the expendi-
ture of more than $100,000,000 in the
beautification of San Francisco.
The Ferry building, the main en-
trance to San Francisco at the foot of
Market street, will be the entrance to
the exposition city, with a grand court
of honor and viaducts leading from
either side of the street. Market street
will be gay with white columns, ar-
cades and flags of the nations: at n'f^ht
it will glitter with electrical displays.
Van Ness avenue, too, will be adorned,
and near the junction of Market and
Van Ness will be built a civic center,
with a great auditorium to house con-
ventions during the exposition. A new
city hall, which Mayor Rolph promises
on March 1, 1915, will be the nucleus of
the civic center, and other city build-
ings as well as exposition structures
will complete the group.
In the opinion of President C. C.
Moore more than $80,000,000' will have
been expended upon the exposition by
the time it is opened to the public. Of
this vast amount California has con-'
tributed more than $20,000,000 toward the
world’s great fete. Of this sum $7,000,-
000 was raised by popular subscrip-
tion, $5,000,000 was appropriated by the
state of California, San Francisco vot-
ed a bond issue of $5,000,000, and $4,000,-
000 was assured through a special act
of the California legislature permitting
the counties to taj£ themselves for ex-
position purposes. This is the largest
sum that has ever been assured for a
world’s exposition so far in advance of
its opening. But it is only a beginning.
The west.will make the greatest dis-
plays of its resources ever assembled,
and every state in the Union will be
represented at the exposition. To the
countries of the orient the opening of
the Panama canal is an event of para-
mount commercial importance. China
and Japan will be represented at the
Panama-Pacific International exposi-
tion by the, greatest oriental displays
ever brought together. A feature of
the exposition will be an oriental pag-
eant in which all the nations border-
ing upon the Pacific ocean will partic-
ipate. China, Japan, the Philippines,
India, Australia and New Zealand will
join in parades that will rival the In-
dian durbar in magnificence and sur-
pass the durbar in variety by reason of
the many nations represented.
The exposition will formally open
with the entrance into San Francisco
harbor of a fleet comprised of the bat-
tleships of the wfirld. Upon invitation
of the United States -the warships of
foreign nations will first assemble at
Hampton Roads, a bill to that effect
having been introduced into congress
by Senator Swanson. The fleet of for-
eign nations will be joined by detach-
ments of the American navy, and the
composite fleet will then be reviewed
by the president and by foreign digni-
taries. This fleet, the largest ever as-
sembled, will proceed through the Pan-
ama canal, arriving in Sa.n Francisco
about two weeks after the exposition
opens. From unofficial advices it is an-
ticipated that 100 foreign battleships,
in addition to those of the United States
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the Golden Gate, and in its general im-
port like the famous Bartholdi’s statue
of Liberty in New York harbor. Plans
for the edifice have already be'en ac-
cepted by the board of exposition direc-
tors. The structure, to be known as
the St Francis Memorial tower, will
be 850 feet in height, with a base 220
feet square; the shaft will be eighty-
five feet square, vVith corners rounded
and of steel construction with marble
or terra cotta veneering.
The approximate cost of the St. Fran-
cis Memorial tower will be $1,000,000. It
will be one of the loftiest structures in
the world. Four passenger elevators
will run from the base to the top of the
tower for 'the accommodation of visi-
tors. From its summit the sightseer
will look almost straight down upon
the waters of the Golden Gate, 1,300
feet below. The tower is being built by
a private company, which will turn it
over to the municipality after It has
paid a fair return on the investment.
While serving as an observation point
during the exposition it may be of ad-
vantage subsequently to the govern-
ment as a lighthouse and signaling, sta-
tion, weather observatory and wireless
station.
■ Golden Gate park will be the location
of the permanent buildings to be erect-
ed by the exposition directors. Five
hundred and forty acres in the west
end of the park will be utilized for ex-
position purposes. This portion of the
exposition grounds, which faces the Pa-
cific ocean, presents one of the most
notable achievements in landscape gar-
dening in the world. Roses, palms and
pines and an amazing profusion and va-
riety of the growths of the temperate
and semitropical zones create an ideal
setting for the exposition structures.
Among the buildings will be a huge
marble art gallery filled with the nota-
ble paintings of the world. A profes-
sor from Stanford university is now
visiting the galleries of Europe, and the
noted art societies of America and for-
eign lands are co-operating to render
| the art exhibit one of the most unique
and comprehensive in history. Around
a great stadium, already built, will be
erected a huge concrete coliseum, the
largest structure of its kind in Amer-
ica, capable of seating 75,000 people and
in architecture Hke that at Rome.
A chain of la'kes at different levels
will be connected by a working model
of the Panama canal.
Statuary and palms will add to the
natural beauty of the setting, but per-
haps the most delightful and instruc-
tive feature will be comprised in a se-
ries of wonderful Japanese, Chinese and
Hawaiian gardens. Hawaii will, it is
anticipated, exhibit the most remark-
able water gardens ever seen, in Ameri-
ca. A vast area will be devoted to
tropical plants. The rarest and most
beautiful exotic flowers, plants and
shrubs—a thousand phases of tropical
plant life as developed for centuries by
the consummate skill of the oriental
gardeners—will afford the first oppor-
tunity to peep into the quaint mys-
teries of oriental gardening.
San Francisco itself will be an ex-
position city in 1915. In their entirety
plans for the exposition include trfe
adornment of San Francisco on a sur-
passing scale. Streets, parks, the wa-
ter front and great hills commanding
superb panoramic views will be adorn-
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