Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-03-10
WONDERFUL POWER.
WHAT ELECTRICITY WILL DO At
THE PORTLAND FAIR.

Search Light Will Cast an S0.nch Beam From
Mt. Hood. ll,22s Feet in the Air-Fair
Buildings Outlined in Frosted lncandescents
Submarine illumination Of Guild Lake,
Crossed by the Trail and Bridge of Nations
From the Bottom, to Exhibit Aquatic Life
Wonderfully beautiful electrical ef.
fects, some of them not possible in a
large exposition, and all of them of
more than passing interest, will add
attractiveness to the Lewis and Clark
Centennial. A grand total of over
10000 electric lights will be used. A
1000 horse-powe turbine will be re-
quired to supply the current.
A feature of the electrical illumina.
ton will be the electroliers. These
fixtures, each made up of a graceful
cluster Of seventeen fifty.candle power
frosted lamps, will be placed around
the sunken gardens OF Columbia Court
alternating with urns filled with gor-
geous Towering plants.
The general plan OF illumination in.
cludes outlining every building by
means of eight-candle.power frosted
lamps. The Government building,
the general front of which will be in
the form Of wide crescent, will pre-
sent an enhancing sight when lighted
at night with thousands of tiny globes.
Two towers. located at the ends of the
main structure, each 260 feet high,
will be literally dazzling pillars of
light.
With Guilds Lake, the largest body
of fresh water ever inclosed within an
exposition fence. special aquatic fea.
lures, not possible at any previous ex.
hibition, are being planned. Subma-
rine illumination Of Guilds Lake is
one of the most attractive of these.
The lake, which separates the main
land and the government peninsula, is
spanned by the Bridge OF Nations and
The Trail, which are aggregately over
1000 feet long.
Rows Of fifty-candle.power incandes.
cent lamps have been placed on the
bottom of the lake on either side of
the Bridge Of Nations. The lights are
inclosed in air and water tight recep-
tacles, and when the illumination is
effected, spectators on the bridge may
see fishes swimm ming about in the clear
waters of the lake.
In order that the effect may be
made as attractive as possible, the lake
will be filled with fresh-water fish OF
various kinds. Water plants will also
be grown on either side of the bridge.
A searchlight, casting . beam of
light eighty inches wide, which will
pierce the darkness for a distance of
200 miles, will be placed on the crest
of Mount Hood, which rises to height
of IL ,225 feet above sea level, and is
distant forty-six miles from Portland.
From the exposition grounds, four
snow-capped peaks, Mount Hood,
Mount Rainier, Mount St. Helens and
Mount Adams, can be seen on any
clear day. When the rays from the
monster searchlight on Mount Hood
are directed upon one of the other
peaks, it will make the mountain stand
out in bold relief, it's every cleft and
crag visible much more clearly than
10 brightest sunlight. The cost of in
stalling the monster searchlight on
Mount Hood will be $4,000.
In addition to the searchlight effect
from the summit, the establishment Of
the electrical apparatus affords means
for the general illumination OF the
mountain by arc lights. Besides the
use of the searcblight and arc lights,
great quantities of red FIRE will be util.
lied to produce another unique effect.
When the red powder is burned, it will
give the peak the appearance Of a
mountain wrapped in flames.