Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1894-03-03
The MIDWlgTER sAiR.
Railroad Rates Greatly Reduced--To San
Francisco and Return at About One
Halt the uruaI Cost.

1t Will not be news to the many read.
erl Of ~ CITIZEN hat ihrra ~ now in
progress IL oan francisco an Interna-
tional Midwinter Exposition. Bat
much that concerns that tremendous
enterprise, what may he seen there, its
daily dOings, and why it is to the inter.
est of all to see it will be news of a
character eagerly sought by every one
who reads.
In the first place, what may be seen
there. Since August Oath last there
has grown up in Golden Gate Park the
most beautiful group of industrial pal
aces that the western sun ever shone up
on, and it will be the wonder of the
world for years to come how these five
ma!n exposition buildings and their
thTee-scOre and ten architecture adj juncts
sprang into being in SO short a space OF
time.
There is a palace OF Manufactures
and Liberal Arts, d palace of Mechanic
Arts. a palace of Horticulture and
Agriculture, a palace of Fine Arts, and
paiatial Administration Building; and
these are finished and filed with exhib-
Its from every quarter of the globe
material evidences of every industry
and art.
To these main buildings have been
added special State and county build
ings, in which the products of differ
ent sections are emphatically particu-
larized. Many of California; neighbor
ing States have erected exposition struc-
lures of their own, and not a few of her
own counties have added county build
ings to the group. The area of the
California Mdwinter Exposition, is
nearly two hundred acres, and it in
cludes more than seventy structures.
Some of these buildings, as works of
architectural art, are superior TO the
Columbian Exposition, and competent
critics have said that for picturesque
ness and perfection of landscape effects
this midwinter display in Golden Gate
Park surpasses all efforts ever made in
that direction. This is largely due to
the generosity of Nature and the happy
selection of a site by the promoters.
The Park mas worldwide fame for it's
great natural beauty, Independently of
its recent acquisition. Combine with
this the artistic arrangement of these
splendid architectural masterpieces,
and the effect must be simply incom-
parable.
The grandest engineering feature Of
the Exposition is the Bonet Steel Tower,
which rises to an elevation Of 272 feet
from the center of the quadrangle de-
scribed by the four great palaces.
Elevators ascend almost to the top, and
at stated intervals are three convenient
balconies, the highest $50 feet above
ground level, affording magnificent
views of the grounds, park and sur
roundings for miles in all directions.
From the top are operated two power
FIJI flash lights, and the sides are a sue.
cession of dazzling and variegated in
candescent bulbs, which at night time
light up with intermittent splendor the
whole superb setting.
1t has been the endeavor of the Mid
winter Fair distinctly typical of west
err Ire, InouSn Individual enterprise
has not been lacking to make many :or-
eign features exceedingly prominent
and interesting. Among the latter
may be mentioned, as meriting special
attention, the reproduction of Heidel-
berg Castle, which represents an ex-
penditure of $4,000. For the average
European this splendid feature needs
no description. The mere sound of the
name brings rush of joyful memories
of "das Vaterland." Then there is the
Public Prater of Vienna, where refresh
ments are accompanied by grand orches-
trial and vocal concerts. Bits of old
Paris, Turkish theater, street in Cairo,
Cafe Chantant, Alaskan village, Japa-
nese tea garden, Chinese village, a cy-