The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-09-25
SAN DIEGO PLANS
|. FINE WORLDS FAIR
Commissioners Representing
Panama-California EXPOSE
ton in the City
Colonel Collier Explains Rich
Country That Will Be
Greatly Benefited

Backed by million dollar corpora
ton. with another million assured
through private subscription and
unanimous civic sentiment favoring a
third donation of $3.50. 600, two commits
sioners representing the Panama Cali
fornia exposition to be held in San
Diego in 1915. arrived in this city yes
terday. Colonel d. c. Collier, a member
of the governors staff. and George
Burnham. both of whom are identified
with promotion interests in the south
west. are en- route to Seattle at the in
vitation of the governor of Washington
and the Alaska Yukon Pacific manage
ment to learn the methods employed in
exploitation of the most successful ex-
position of recent years.
Colonel Collier. who is managing d.
rector OF the enterprise. is enthusiastic
IN his belief that the opening of the
Panama canal will make of San Diego
one of the great seaports of the Pacific
The 21 businessmen OF San Diego who
compose the directorate have consid-
cred every possibility that tends to-
ward development of the extreme
southwest. he says, and with the PREV
vailing increase in the rate of poDuIa
tion he predicts that the San Diego
fair will stand for many years as a
record in rapid progress.
BEAUTIFUL SITE CHOSEN
Picture 1,400 acres of the city park,
banked and terraced by expert land
seape artists. overlooking the white
sands Of the harbor and the blue water
of the bay" said Colonel Collier. We
have ceased to worry about the hnan-
cial part OF our undertaking; we are
~ n in,
population that will make it practicable
and we want no better advertisement
than the invitation to visit the land
where winter finds no place in the cal
endar.
Few men know OF the possibilities
of the Imperial valley. where the aI1u-
vial deposits of the Colorado river. rich
as the delta Of the Nile. go down to IN
explored depths. There are 2,00O,0 600
acres of this territory awaiting settle
ment and its produce must find outlet
through San Diego and the canal.
The San Diego and Arizona railway.
already in course of construction, will
solve the transportation problem. Fiji
teen miles of track are graded and
steel is being spiked other contracts
are to be let in few days. The rail-
road directors have expended 1885, 600
for right of way and terminals and no
line in the west will have such splendid
ldCllttleS dI IlQeWdler- Inc IdnQ al
ready under control will permit the
construction OF docks for 81 ocean go
ing steamships. and with federal and
state aid the harbor will be improved
to take care of traffic to any extent.
SHOWS CIVIC SPIRIT
San Diego has recently shown it's
civic spirit in manner that has made
impression in financial circles To build
AS miles of highway a bond issue of
S1,250.00O was authorized at a specisl
election and before an offer OF sal
could be made in the east local bank
subscribed for the entire amount at a
substantial premium,
U. s. Grant Jr. is president of the
Panama-California exposition COM
pany and the vice presidents are John
ID. Spreckels: A. G. Spalding. veteran
manufacturer of sporting goods; Colo
mel l. s. Mcclure and @. A. Davidson.
Among the directors are Lyman j.
Gage. former secretary of the treasury:
George Burnham, G. Z. Groesbeck. Fred
Jewell. C. L. Williams, ID. F. Garretson.
f. w. Jackson, Simon Levy. ]. W. SET
ton Jr., L. A. Blochman, John r. GAY.
d. c. Collier. William Clayton Julius
Wagenhaim, Ralph Granger and Arthur
H. Marston.
Two members of the directorate. Gage
and SpaIding were directors of the
Columbian exposition at Chicago.