Francteoo, follp^lng the contours of
i the shore fropa the harbor out to and
‘ j beyond the Golden Gate. The struc
tu r e s , will be tbd largest and costliest
ever, greeted for ¿v w orld's exposition.
The two principal locations o f the ex
position will be at Harbor »View and
in Golden Gate park. Harbor View
OLLOWING the battleship pa
lies a 9 ; a, crescent on San Francisco
rade into San Francisco bar
bay midway between the. ferry build-
bor at the opening of the Pan
i iug, the principal ’ entrance to San
ama-Pacific International ex
fra n cls co , and the Golden Gate. Gold
position there will be a program of
en Gate park fronts tty? Pacific-ocean
Every Country on Earth to Be Composite Fleet of Navies of
one mile below the famous Cliff House j events o f world interest and impor-
These two main sites and intermediate | tauce in a succession o f two months
Represented at the Great
the World to Pass Through
locations will be connected by a ma j apart interspersed with lesser events—
est World’s Fair In History.
Panama Canal and Enter
rine boulevard that will skirt the yacht races and motorboat races o f an
shores o f San Francisco bay and also j international character for groat tro
Eighty Million Dollars t i Be
§art Francisco H arb o r.
by an later mural railroad. A trackless phies and cash prizes, aviation' meets
Expended on National Cele
What the Great Fair Will
trolley will run over the ¿>oulevnrd. j with the famous bird rueu o f the
Harbor View is within twenty min world. Olympic games in which the
bration.
Be Like.
utes’ walk o f the Fairmont hotel and athletes o f the world will take part, in- !
- 5 »-.
the most extensive apartment house tercollegiate contests, automobile races I
in which the holders o f the world’s !
section o f .San Francispo.
ITHIN a few weeks lime laqd upon the earth. San Francisco
* Ai Harbor View will be located a records will participate in the automo -1
thousands o f men and teams Is preparing to meet the standards of yacht harbor, the Midway and night biles o f every kntion, military niaueu- I
will be engaged in leveliug n great national celebration. Every
vers in which the crack infantry and I
U fe-of the exposition an 1 many con
off the grounds o f the E'ana laud under the stars and stripes will | cessions that lend themselves to night cavalry o f this and other nations will j
ma-Pactfli* International exposition site be represented, and the nations of illuminations' as well as great build
participate upon an extended scale, j
in San Francisco, and it is estimated the world are intensely interested in ings to'h ouse such heavy exhibits as The location o f the exposition gives j
that within six months 10.000 men will the Panama canal, America’s gift to
may be readily uploaded from ocean widest scope for the greatest interna
be employed in the construction of the civilization, and in the exposition at going vessels, such as the structure^ tional sports program in history. The I
material part of the great exposition at which America will formally celebrate ! to contain the manufactures and ma auto races will pass into Golden Gute *
1 i
which the United States o f America the opening o f the canal. This uni chinery exhibits, the Palace o f Liberal park before the concrete coliseum, |
will celebrate the opening o f the Pana versal interest has assured the most I Arts and other industrial features.
which will nave a seating capacity o f |
ma canal, Responses to invitations to remarkable world’s exposition in point
The military m aneu
Golden Gate park will be. the seat o f 75.000 people.
participate and oilers of co-operation ! of size, diversity and speeifl? interest the permanent features o f the exposi vers and Olympic games will also be
ever
held.”
from every part o f the world are Hood
tion.- With an area o f more than a held in the stadium. On San Francis
Ing tiie exposition management, ami
The opening of the Panama canal , thousand acres Golden Gate park, for- co bay motorboats will vie for the i
President C. C. Moore anti his thirty will not only be the most important ! ested and created o f sand dunes, today world's records before the Harbor View j
dire- tors, who represent every impov commercial event In the history o f the ! presents one o f the most notable site o f the exposition. The yachtsmen ,'
taut Interest on the coast and $1,000,- world, but It will mark a supreme achievements in landscape- gardening of the world will sail f 1*901 Europe ,
OOO.ur.n hi Invested capital, are working epoch in the lives o f t lie nations bor in the world. The west enc| of Golden across (he Atlantic to New York and ;
night i*nd day to keep up with the dering upon the Pacific, and appropri Gate park, comprising 540 acres, will j then through the Panama canal to San !
Francisco
avalanche of duties that pour in upon ately the visitor will see in the ex be utilized for exposition purposes
them
The Panama-Pacific International ex
position the greatest displays of Around a great stadium, already built,
will be erected a huge concrete coli- I position was first proposed by Mr. R.
Responses o f foreign countries sur strange tribes and peoples o f the Pa
seum, the largest structure of its kind j B. Hale, a merchant of San Francisco,
pass ai! anticipations of the exposition cific ocean countries ever assembled.
lfr ’lavement.. Every civilized uation
Down the streets of San Francisco ‘ in America, capable o f seating 75,000 j in 100! .Mr Halo wrote a letter to the
on earth, every land within (he sweep In exposition days wffl pass such orl- people and in architecture like that at ; Merchants’ association, and the idea i
Rome. A chain, o f lakes at different took like wildfire At that time it was
df both shoves of the Pacific ocean i cntnl pageants ns the world has never
ST. F R A N C IS M E M O RIAL T O W E R .*
and every state In the Union will be seen. Chinn, Japan, the Philippines. ' levels will be connected by a working anticipated that the canal* would be
opened in 1913. and 1913 was the date
represented by the finest assemblage India and other oriental lands will
model*of the Panama canal.
The contributions of China and Ja
An organiza
o f displays the world lias ever seen. ; Join In parades that will rival the In . Lincoln pork, where the Golden Gate | set for the exposition
"Ran Francisco,” says President dian durbar in magnificence and sur rounds, out }nto the llaoiiie ocean, com j tlon o f the, commercial bodies began pan toward the exposition in magniti-
Moore, “ as hostess for the nation will pass the durbar in variety by reason I ’ mands a panorama* o f the Pacific j the preliminary work, but in 1900 came conce and variety will surpass any-
: a outside of the orient
entertain the world in 1915 with tty? of the many nations represented.
Oceab, o f San Francisco harbor and of ! the fire No one was dismayed I 11 a Hung ever
and even in the far east itself. A con-
most comprehensive exposition in his
Its area is 150 : shack built over embers hardly cool a
The exposition will formally op?n j the hills o f the city
tory. a jubilee or nations, a splendid with the entrance Into San Francisco acres, and its contours rise more than !
commemorative
celebration.
which liarbor of a composite lleet of the bat 300 feet abov 6 sea level. At Lincoln
shall Include not only the finest fea tleships o f the world. Upon Invita •park will be- erected a great common)
tures of all former world's expositions ! tion o f the United States nearly 100 | oratiye stptue welcoming ships to the |
In recording the progress of the world, warships o f foreign nations will first Golden Gate. Tentative plans for St.
bin yet In magnificence, in diversity, assemble at Hampton Roads and will | Francis me m Or id 1 tower call for a
in its distinctive color of the west, of I*? joined by detachments o f the Amer- ! structure 850 feet in height, with a
the orient and o f all the countries bor i lean navy, and the* Qomposlte fleet will j base ¿00 feej square. The top of the
der'.ag upon the Pacific ocean will then be reviewed by the president and I tower will be almost 1,300 feet above
stai d alone The nations of the world I by foreign dignitaries. This fleet, the j the waters o f the Golden Gate.
will see the finest American displays ' largest ever assembled, will proceed | ■ From Lincoln park the boulevard,
ever shown at the Panama Pacific in through the Panama canal, arriving j turning soptli toward Golden Gate
tern atIona l exposition
in San Francisco harbor about two | park, will pass through an area o f *200
“ The plans of the people of the west ; weeks after thefexposjtion opens,
acre's that have been secured by the
for the Panama Pacific International | liu? exposition will be held upon the | directors for exposition purposes. Here
exposition are being undertaken upon shores o f San Francisco bay and o f the
will be located the foreign bull.dings,
n st lie of world education and inter Pacific ocean and will occupy an area
live stock exhibits, mining, horticul
est. and the exposition is the subject o f more than 1,000 acres. The grounds I ture and agriculture and other dis
of enthusiastic,.co operation In every will describe!a semicircle about San I plays requiring extensive space.
F
W
iC U ’î ?
HARBOR VIEW SITE OF THE
EXPOSITION, WHERE THE M IDW AY AND CONCESSIONS W ILL
BE LOCATED.
h
Yellowstone National park. Great Salt
| lake, Puget sound, the inland trip to
; Alaska, the government’s huge reela-
1 mr.tion projects in sixteen western
| states, the Columbia river region, the
ltd wood forests of California, tne firs
of Oregon: the big trees on the ap
proach to tlie Yosemite. Arizona and
New Mexico, youngest o f the states;
Nevada and some o f Vbe greatest min-
1 tag .camps in the world Perhaps most
j interesting.of all will be the opportu-
1 nlty for a trip through the Panama
! canal either c uni: : or going.
| The reconstruction o f San Francisco
! Is one of the greatest miracles within
1 the history o f Amt lean municipalities.
Five hundred and eight city blocks,
embracing the principal business and
residential portions o f the city, were
wiped from the earth in 1900 The
streets were covered in some places
with debris forty feet deep, yet today
a stranger to the city would never
know from ita appearance that a fire
had occurred.
The loss through the fire i estimated
by Insurance underwriters at $400.000.-
000
To reconstruct San Francisco
called fqr greater wealth than was de
stroyed by the fire and far exceeded
the cost o f building the Panama canal.
Since the fire $2!2,000,001) ha been ex
pended upon new buildings alone.
Today San Francisco is the newest
i city in the world. Its buildings rep
resent, the latest typo o f modern re-
| enforced concrete structures. It has
more than 1,300 hotels and apartment
j houses, with accommodations to suit
all persons.
! In preparing for the Panama Pacific
International exposition hundreds of
Its emissaries are visiting all the re
gions o f the world. Fourteen gover
nors o f western states on a 4.000 mile
trip through the east on a special train
i recently called attention to the cxposl-
j tlon and became better acquainted with
their brothers of the eastern states.
liCËAN BEACH FRONTING THE EXPOSITION SITE IN GOLDEN GATE PARK.
dry piiml* u im h an t placet) a erea:
sign.
'I’ nnamn-Pnclfl" International
Exposition. San Francisco. 1013." and
Ibis became the bnttleery In the flaltt
to build a new city
Of more than S20.000.000 now appro
printed by California *7,000.000 has
been raised by popular subscriptions.
14,000.000 Is assured through a special
.net of the legislature permitting the
c o u n tie s to tax themselves for exposi
tlon purposes, *.". 000.000 was appropri
ated by the state of California, and
p m Francisco has voted a Itoml Issue
o f *3.000,000.
This Is the largest sum
that has ever Peer raised for a wcrld's
exposition at an Initial stage. Hut it
Is only a starter.
expe
* 10.0
pint
i
r combined
I- exposition Is
il the Philip
le in re than $ 1,000
d of the United
hole west will be
; nsively^han they
have been within their history Side
Ixeurstons from’ the main line or stop
overs upon any of the eight transcon
tit ::t?i si ster-s terminating upon the
Pacific roast will afford the visitor an
opportunity to see rin se attractions of
America that appeal to him. To most
people the names o f these places will
carry a pb lure—the Yosemite, the
Grand Canyon o f tbs Colorado, the
One o f the directors o f the exposition
Is now in .Tnpnn It is said that his
majesty the. Emperor Mutsuhito will
Honate the use o f the imperial art col
lection to the exposition The board o f
lady managers, o f which Mrs Phoebe
Henrst Is honorary president, is in
dependently taking np those phases of
the exposition that belong particularly
to woman's domain.
The setting is being prepared. With
impresalve exposition structures rising
from San Francisco bay. with city and
wooded slopes as a background and In
the foreground a vast fleet o f battle
ships o f the world, the sight will lie one
•f the magnificent spectacles o f hie-
tory.