The herald., 1894-01-15
The Official Opening to Take
Place on the 9th.
The Buildings Will Elicit Well
Merited Praise.
The Work OF the Director of Coior-The
Confessional srsstarss-Pian oF the
street Opening
Day Prog ramme.
special correspondence to the HERALD.

position shall tAke pthCc ou oosuiNoyt ,
January 9th. This decision has been
reached after careful consideration oil
all the circumstances and there is tull
assurance on the part of those who are
in charge OF the preparations that
everything will be in readiness at that
time. The great Sre at the Coiumh;an
exposition Ithe night Of January 9Th did
not damage the exhibits intended Tor
transfer to San Francisco, except that
ew Of the cases in which they were
packed were pretty well drenched with
water. Luckily, however. the contents
OF the cases were not injured, and, as a
matter OF fact, such very small proper
tion of the midwiDter display remained
unehipped at the time of the fire that
the delay will not be aggravated on its
account. Before this letter is read, the
last carload of exhibits will have LETT
Chicago for Ssn Francisco. and before
that time alec, the scores OF other car
loads which are now on the way to San
Francisco will have been unloaded in
the Sunset city and placed in position
in the different buildings in which they
have been assigned a location.
These buildings are beginning to at
tract from visitors the praise they justly
merit. Their rapid growth was but one
subject of wonder in the progress OF
this great enterprise. The arrangement
OF the vast number OF exhibits with
which their interiors are to be embel.
lished ie, of course, another wonderful
operation, but meanwhile the develop
ment Of the ideas of the architects, and
the development at the same time oi
the general scheme OF color which Is
being worked out on all the Buildings,
comprises still another field for wonder
and admiration. Charles Graham, the
well known artist, is director OF color at
this midwinter exposition, and be Is
working out in this connection one Ut
the prettiest pictures that the world has
ever seen, with group of architectural
palacee set in frame of evergreen foli-
age and against the background of dark
picture iH the first comment that
comes from the lips OF visitors. "Won-
derful to behold" will be the inevitable
SEQUEL to the original utterapce.
The confessional features, having
made haste to get ready for midwinter
hay making, will all be ready by the
LIZ
ception in the case of the great electric
tower, work ON which can scarcely be
completed inside of three or four weeks.
The machinery plant, which, of course,
includes the electric lighting arrange
ments, will be all in readiness by the
day set and will be utilized on o general
scale for the first time on that occasion.
The only previous occasion when the
street decorations of San Francisco ap-
preached the grandeur which will be
attained IN January 9th ii was when
President Harrison paid visit to the
Pacific coast, but the arrangements
already made are emphaticaily in evil
dence of an intention on the part OF the
citizens of San Francisco to outdo every
effort they have made in this line. 1t is
part of the plan OF the exposition
management that there shall be grand
street parade through the principal
thoroughfares of the city, and there is
already no little controversy over the
line of march. If the wishes of the
citizens were to be acceded to, the pro.
ceseion would have to move through
every street and the exposition grounds
would never be reached. A happy COM
promise will undoubtedly be effected,
however, and public and private build.
ings on the route of the procession will
be blaze of bunting and a sea Of color.
Governor Markham will declare the
day legal holiday. Mayor Ellert vii
issue proclamation closing all munici.
pal offices, as far ss possible, and calling
upon the business men oil the city tt
close their stores. The National Guarc
will turn out in full force, and svery
civic and fraternal society in the city
will participate in the parade. There
will be more bands of music than havt
ever been seen in San Francisco stree
parade, and if there is not a bigger turn
out of citizens, in the city and at tn,
exposition grounds "a well, than ha
ever been called forth by any demon
stration on the Pacific coast, the expec
tatione OF thousands of those who hav,
judged the temper OF the communit,
will be grievously disappointed.
The official opening ceremonies will
take place on the grand stand which i
now being erected for that purpose, an,
Tor utilization afterward in connection
with athletic sports on the recreation
grounds. This stand will accommodate
1000 people and the populace can be &C
commodated ON the greensward in from
of it to the number of 100000.
There will be short addresses by Gov
ernor Markham, Mayor Elert an,
Director-Geaeral de Young. Mrs. d
Young will press the button that shal
set the machinery in motion. The ora
tion Of the day will be delivered by Gen
K w. III. L. Barnes, the orator par excel
lence of the Pacific coast, and the exer
cises will conclude with rendition Q
America, played by the united bands q
the expoBition, in which the voices q
the entire assemblage will join, and t.
which there will be great gun accom-
panlment from the throats OF a batter
Of artillery stationed upon the exposi
tion grounds. These are the genera
plans for the official opening ceremonies
1t is expected that the crowd in attend
ance on that occasion will more tina
equal that which witnessed the cere
mony of breaking grounds, when full
$4,000 people gathered on the bit Z
wilderness whers, in four short months
veriteble city OF palaces has been crs
ated.
REATa TIRE WHITE Cyrv