The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-06
ST. LOUIS
EXPOSITION
The Fair viii Be in
a Glass by
Itself.
CMail Special to Advertiser.)

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 26.-All things APP
1904 Universal Exposition stand in
class by itself. In magnitude and scope
there has never been anything like it.
No enterprise of the kind was ever
tai The worlds storehouses never be-
fore contained such treasures to draw
from.
The Columbian Exposition at Chicago
ten years ago, until the present enter
prise was launched and its magnitude
was apparent, was supposed to have
fixed a standard for all time to come.
That theory has been thoroughly ex-
ploded by the marvellous accomplish
ments of the Louisiana Purchase Ex-
position. The Worlds Fair at st. Louis
covers 1910 acres of ground. All of Chi
Cages exposition was contained in 633
acres. Not in mere size does that pres
ent enterprise surpass all others. The
great exhibit palaces differ from any
constructed for former expositions.
They are all revelations in the archi-
tect's art. The big, rectangular build
ings of the past have been superseded
by group of wonderfully beautiful and
symmetrical structures, assembled in
the form of a lady's open fan. Collec-
lively they are many times larger than
any other group and for architectural
beauty they immeasurably surpass
anything the world has ever seen. The
architects departed from beaten paths,
and sought and found new features
which they happily combined with the
best examples of the architecture of
other days.
When the plans and dimensions of
the buildings were first made public
the people were amazed at the daring
of the exposition management. Even
were such mammoth buildings erected,
where would the exhibits necessary to
fill them come from? Now that the
buildings are all finished, and the work
of installing the exhibits is under way,
the question is answered. Even We're
the buildings three times as large they
could not contain all that has been
offered. Inner courts have been rooted |
over and where exhibitors have asked /.
for thousands of feet of space they have |
had to content themselves with hun |
dreds of feet.
Such being the case the exhibitors
and the exposition management have |
been enabled to exercise a discrimina- !
ton that could not have been possible |
ten years ago. Official figures show /
that in the decade following the Co
lumbar Exposition the value of the +
products has increased ,
SO per cent. Thus the Worlds store
houses contain treasures that were
never before accessible. In the close /,
=; Il
only the best and most worthy have
been accepted, and each exhibit will
represent the best in it's class.
Life and demonstration have been the
keynote in the exhibits division and
wherever practicable processes are
shown, together with the finished
product.
The exhibit of the Philippine Islands.
which covers 40 acres, and has been
created at a cost of about 81, 900, 900, is
an exposition in itself. The foreign ma
tons have never put forth such great
axertions to make interesting exhibits
The keen rivalry that has been mani
tested between the most powerful ma
tons, is reflected in the exhibits from
he newer and smaller countries. China
s making such preparations as it was
never deemed possible that exclusive
and territories and more than that
number of foreign countries are work.
ng in unison to make the Universal
Exposition complete in every detail.
At this writing nearly four months
before the opening, no doubt exists
about the fair finished in every partic-
liar. The show palaces are all ready
md the exhibitors are installing their
exhibits. The roadways are practically
I'll made. The intramural railway, en-
,irciing the grounds, is ready for the
'olling stock and the application of
power. The landscape is so advanced
hat a few weeks in the early spring
nay see it perfect, even though all
work should cease until that time. The
weather. at ST. Louis has been so mild {
Ill fall, and thus far in the winter, that
'ut few days have been so cold that
work out of doors was impracticable.
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