Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-04-21
ALL CAN GO TO THE FAIR.
The Chance OF Lifetime Don't Miss Seeing
the Second Largest Exposition Ever
Held in America.

The obstacle which prevents SO many
thousand Pacific Coast residents from
visiting the Worlds Fair will not inter-
fere in the case of The great Midwinter
Fair in San Francisco. Not only is the
distance very much less but the rail-
road rates have been reduced so low
that the cost of making the trip will
have comparatively lit e weight against
the inclination TO So. There is also the
assurance of hotel, lodging house ana
restaurant proprietors that no advantage
will be taken of the unusual demand for
accommodations by charging more than
standard rates during the Fair sea-
son.
Who, then, can afford to lose such an
invaluable opportunity.
Excepting always the Worlds Fair
nothing of equal magnitude and impor-
lance has ever been seen in America
Indeed, we may go much further with
out transgressing the truth. There are
plenty of competent witnesses ready
TO testify that in many respects-chief-
ly those of original feature which APP
peal most warmly to the sentiments of
the western worid-the California Mid
winter international Exposition exceeds
in splendid achievement and striking
effect similar departments in the great
Columbian enterprise
1t is essentially the fruits of Pacific
Coast pride and enthusiasm. 1t COM
prises. as no other scheme ever has, the
united efforts of Pacific Coast indus
tries to show the world what can be
done on this great western slope. 1t
will be the grandest awakening theCoast
has ever known and theworld, so far from
being alone interested spectators, will
participate largely in it. There is prob
ably no nook in civilization which has
not been lighted to some ex-
tent by the glory and fame ofthe gold
en- West. Yet now for the first time
will the world be permitted to witness
its greatness in its entirety--in all its
unimpaired strength and grandeur.
If this seems like a narrow and pro-
vincial view, let the horizon of our OBJ
servation be broadened. That it is vast
" more than State or district fair, it
need only be known that upward of
thirty foreign countries are represented,
and that few hours spent viewing their
elaborate exhibits will be almost equal
to journey around the world. 1t will
give exhibitors "a glimpse of the pecu-
foreign countries that could not other
wise be obtained short of extended
travel and hard study.
In the brief space permitted for this
subject it will be possible to name all
the attractions, and give all the reasons
whv they should be seen; but few
hard facts in the form of summary may
serve as tonic to stimulate the desire
to see The ground occupied is upward
of two hundred acres in Golden Gate
Park, the most beautiful park in Ameri-
ca. Cost of the buildings over 500,
600 Area of five main palaces, 1876,
900 square feet. The splendid spectacle
of these imposing structures is worth
crossing the continent to see. More
than one-third of their space is occupied
by foreign countries. Besides these
are number of unique and spacious
State and county buildings. An electri-
cal tower rises 272 feet high in the
Grand Central Court. The Fifth Wheel
will swing you $50 feet in the air.
There is genuine mining camp; Il
,vclorama of the Hawaiian volcanoes;
Japanese tea garden; Chinese, Alaskan
and Indian villages and numberless
other attractions.
When visitors have seen all they wish
of the Fair, they may take advantage OF
the amazingly cheap railroad. rates to
broaden their knowledge of California.
The State is full of interesting cities,
seaside resorts, mountain retreats and
mineral springs that sn,rndantly repay