The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1894-02-17
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readers of the SENTINEL that there
is now in progress in San Francis
CO an International Midwinter -Ex-
position. But much that concerns
that tremendous enterprise, what
may be seen there, its daily doinss,
and why it is to the interest of all
to see it, will be news of a charac-
ter 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 palaces that the western
sun ever sEone upon, and it will be
the wonder of the world for years
to come how these FIVE main expo
sition buildings and their three
score and ten architectural adjuncts
sprang into being in SO short a
space of time.
There is q palace of Manufact-
ures and Liberal Arts, a palace of
Mechanic Arts, a palace of Hor-
ticulture and Agriculture, a palace
of Fine arts. and palatial Admin
istratIon Building; and these are
finished and filed with exhibits
from every quarter Of the globe
material evidences of every in
dustry end art.
TO these main buildings have
been added special State and coun-
ty buildings, in which the pro-
duets of different sections are en-
phaticaIly particularized. Many
of CALIFORNIA; neighboring States
have erected exposition structures
of their own. and not few of her
own counties have added county
buildings to the group. The area
of the California Midwinter Expo
sition is nearly two hundred acres,
and it includes more than seventy
structures.
Some of these buildings, as
works of architectural art, are SUI
perior to the buildings of the
Columbian Exposition, and com :
prtent critics have said that for
pictrresqueness and perfection of
land -scape effects this midwinter
display in Golden Gate Park sur
passes 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 has world
wide fame for its great natural
beauty, independently of its recent
acquisition. Combine with this
the artistic arrangement Of these
splendid architectural master
pieces, and the effect must be sim
ply incompatible.
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 described by the four
great palaces. Elevators ascend |
almost to the top, and at stated in
tervals are three convenient bal
comics, the highest $50 feet above
ground level, affording magnificent
views of the grounds, park and
surroundings for miles in all di
rections. From the top are oper-
ated two powerful flash lights, and
the sides are a succession of daz-
cling and variegated incandescent
bulbs, which at nighttime light
up with intermittent splendor the
whole superb setting.
1t has been the eHdeavor Of the
management to make the bolder
features of the Midwinter Fair dis
tinctly typical of western life,
though individual enterprise has
not been lacking to make many
foreign features exceedingly prom
inent and interesting. Among the
latter may be mentioned, as merit
ing special attention, the produc-
ton of Heidelberg Castle, which
an expenditure Of $780,
900. For the average European
his splendid feature needs no de-
scriplion. The mere sound of the
name brings a rush o. joyful mem '
ories of ''das Vaterland." Then !
there is the Public Prater Of Wen {
na, where refreshments are1 accom-
panied by grand orchestral and !
vocal concerts. Bits CT old Paris, a I
Turkish theater, street in Cairo, a '
Cafe Chantant, Alaskan village, i
ia apanese tea garden, Chinese vii :,
age. q cycIorama of the famous
volcanoes, and numerous y
,ther attractions may be found 1
.mong the Oriental concessions. 1
TO delight the heart of the old
is a genuine mining camp :;
n full operation, old adobe huts
With tiled roofs, typical of the days I
# '49; Indians, cowboys and buck /
ng mustangs. b
Special days have been set apart q
throughout the fair season for the
Individual observance anG celebra- v
ion by the various interests re- Q
presented. For instance, England,
france, Germany, Italy, Austria,
Russia, etc, the several American ,
states, Pacific Coast States and u
societies and industries n