The Arizona sentinel., 1894-03-03
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Abc Chance of a Eifetime Don't Miss Seeing ESae Se- cOnd Largest Exposition Ever Held Im America

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 Ever Held In Annerica.
 The obstacles which prevented SC many thousand Pacific Coast residents from visiting the Worlds Fair will not interfere in the case of the great Midwinter Fair in San Francisco. Not only is the distance very much less. but the railroad rates have been reduced so low that the cost of mak- ing the trip will have comparatively little welght against the inclination to go. There Is also the assurance of hotel, lodging-house and restaurant proprletors that no advantage will be taken of the unusual demand for ac- commodations by charging more tEan standard rates during the Fair season.
 Who, then, can afford to lose such an invaluable opportunity?
 Excepting always the Worlds Fair, nothing of equal magnitude and i'm portance has ever been seen in Amer iea. Indeed. we may go much further without transgressing the truth. There are plenty of competent witnes ses ready to testify that in many re- spects chiefly those of original feat ures which appeal most warmly to the sentiments of the western world the California Midwinter Information al Exposition exceeds in splendid achievement and striking effect sim liar departments in the great Colum- bian enterprise.
 It is essentially the fruits of the Pacific Coast pride and enthusiasm. It comprises, as no other scheme ever has, the united efforts of Pacific Coast industries to show the world what can be done on this great west ern slope. It will be the grandest awakening the Coast has ever known, and the world, so far from being alone interested spectators, will participate largely in it There is probably no nook in civilization which has not been lighted to some extent by the glory and fame of the Golden West. Yet now for the first time will tho world be permitted to witness it's greatness in it's entirety-in all it's unimpaired strength and grandeur.
 If this seems like narrow and pro- vincial view, let the horizon of our ob- servation be broadened. That 1t is vastly more than State or district fair, it need only be known that up ward of thirty foreign countries are represented, and that few hours spent viewing their elaborate exhibits will be almost equal to a journey around the world. It will give ex- hibitors glimpse of the peculiarities and industrial dimensions of foreign countries that could not otherwise be obtained short of extended travel and hard study.
 In the brief space permitted for this subject it will be impossible to name all the attractions, and give all the reasons why they should be seen; but few hard facts in the form of summary may serve as Q tonic to stimulate the desire to see. The ground occupied is upward of two hun dred acres in Golden Gate Park, the most beautiful park in America. Cost of the buildings over s700.00O. Area of five main palaces, l66,0UO square feet The splendid spectacle of these imposing structures Is worth crossing the continent to sec. More than one-third of their space is oc- cupied by foreign countries. Besides these are a number of unique and spacious State and county buildings. An electrical tower rises 272 feet high in the Grand Central Court. The Firth Wheel will swing you I50 feet in the air. There is a genuine mining camp; cyclorama of the Hawaiian volcanoes; Japanese tea garden; Chinese, Alaskan and Indian villages and numperless other attractions.
 When visitors have seen all they wish of the Fair, they may take ad- vantage of the amazingly cheap rail- road rates to broaden their knowledge of California. The State is full of in- teresting cities, seasides resorts, moun- tain retreats and mineral springs that abundantly repay the expense of a visit, and ample time IS allowed for all reasonable trips.
 Readers who do not understand all that is here referred to will be cheer fully furnished with full information if they will simply make their wants known to the nearest agent of the Southern Pacific Company, or to T. H. Goodman, General Passenger Agent at San Francisco.