Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-16
GREAT GEYSER BASIN
IS CENTRAL FEATURE
OFA.Y.P. EXPOSITION
BUILDINGS ARE CLUSTERED
AROUND FOUNTAIN
Manufacturers Exhibit Structure Will
House Highest Examples of Mans
Ingenuity and Invention
from Every Nation

The central feature of the Alaska-Yu-
kon-Pacific exposition is the great gey-
ser basin into which pours a rushing
torrent of water from the Cascades.
About this beautiful center are Gus
tered the most important exhibit pail
aces, and from the upper end the Alas-
ka monument looks down from It's
eighty feet of gold encased height.
some of the finest. electrical effects ever
produced will lend enchantment to the
scene, and at night eight hundred thou-
sand electric lights of all known COZ
ors will transform the white waters
of the Cascades into a dream of fairy
land and indescribable beauty. In pro-
ducing the water effect of CASCADE anu
Geyser basin forty thousand gallons OF
water rush over the precipitous moor
of The RAPIDS every minute of the day.
Radiating from the Geyser basin are
the principal avenues leading to all
parts of the exposition grounds, ana
these lead through forests of Douglas
fir, dense tangles of rhododendrons ana
blossoming fields of brilliant flowers.
Tropical palms and graceful cocoanut
trees lift feathery plumes above bam-
boo thickets, and equatorial snrups
and flowers will match their vivid hues
chimes.
Art Blended with Nature
The landscape architecture of the ex-
position grounds represents the high
est possible in it's art; the natural ply
steal conditions are not surpassed in
the world, and mans skill has accom-
plished an effect entirely in harmony
with natures glorious setting. Rainier
Vista is the name of the principal
thoroughfare, and this extends from the
southern line of Geyser basin to the
waters of Lake Union. Looking down
this noble avenue Mount Rainier lifts
its snow covered head fifteen thousand
feet above the blue waters of Puget
sound, and on every hand the perpet-
ual SHOWS of three separate mountain
ranges mark the line of horizon. inclos-
ing a part of the earth whose grandeur
and beauty battle description.
On the eastern side of GeySer basin
at the Alaska Yukon-Pacific exposition
the handsome Manufacturers building
looks across the restless waters OF the
Cascades and the flashing foam of "Old
Faithful" the reproduction of its
namesake in Yellowstone national park.
It's location is the most central of
any of the exposition buildings and its
architectural design is especially hitting
for the position 1t has been given. 1t
was one of the first great exhibition
palaces to be completed, and before the
| end of last year was ready for the re-
ception of it's vast collection of ex-
| hibits. 1t will house a magnificent as
sortment of the highest examples OF
mans ingenuity and invention, and
within its walls will be gathered speci,
mems of manufactured articles from
the workshops of every nation of im-
portance in the world.
| Craft of Two Lakes Seen
| It overlooks the finest of the formal
gardens of the exposition, and its splen-
| did line of pergolas with their vine
| coverd columns and poisoning flow
ers complete a restful and pleasing
view. At no part of the grounds can
be seen a more beautiful illuminating
effect than is presented from the open
pergolas during the late evening and
early night. A million sparkling cleo
trio bulbs flash their white lights
through the waters, and scattered
throughout the greenery hundreds of
electroliers mingle their many hues
with the riot of colors. Looking down
the gentle slope of Rainier avenue the
floating craft of two lakes is brought
into vision and adds the delights of a
broad, light sprinkled stretch of for
est enclosed waters to the whole eff
feet.