The San Francisco call., 1910-06-30
EXPOSITION MAY
join BAY CITIES
Louisiana Visitor Proposes to
Give Oakland Fair as Price
of Annexation
Says Hopes of New Orleans
Will Be Killed at State
Election

The state of Louisiana will not
stand a s4000,ooo assessment for ex-
position purposes. The hopes of New
Orleans will be killed at the polls.
There is plenty of enthusiasm there
but no cash." So declared K. L. Bernard,
for more than a quarter of century
has been an exposition expert yester-
day. Bernard Is in the city at present
representing Pains Pyrotechnic COM
pany.
Bernard has advanced a new scheme
whereby San Francisco by means Of
the 1915 exposition can become the
greater San Francisco that is desired.
He would gain this end by bartering
the exposition with Oakland. His plan
is to give Oakland the exposition on
condition that the bay cities become a
part of San Francisco. Technically
then the fair will still be the San
Francisco fair and will be within the
boundary lines of this city.
WOULD PARK TELEGRAPH HILL
Bernard has already outlined a plan
to convert Telegraph hill into a beau
tifu1 park, surmounted by pavilion
and an observatory. From the flower
lined walks of this garden, he declared.
the view of San Francisco, of the bay,
of the opposite shores, and of the naval
pageants which would form feature
of the fair, would prove one of the
greatest attractions that the exposition
could offer.
Bernard has viewed every exposition
held since the cotton centennial of
1884. He is interested also in aviation
and is in charge of the international
aviation meet In New York and the
aeronautical show to be held in Chi :
cago in December
THINKS OAKLAND BEST SITE
Oakland offers the correct solution
of the problem of a site for the fair
said Barnard, because of better eli
matte conditions there. San Francisco
could select exposition grounds in Oak
land in exchange for an annexation
agreement, so that ia 1915 Oakland will
be a borough Sf san Francisco, with
other transbay cities, and the dream OF
a greater San Francisco could in this
way be realized.
From May until October Oakland
weather would invite a large night at
tendance, and it is to the night life of
an exposition that the stock holders
must look for dividends.
telegraph hill i. in San Francisco
pavilion and observatory to be the
main features. From the crest of the
hill an unrivaled view of San Francisco
bay, the Golden gate and the Marin
county hills can be obtained, a perfect
setting for naval pageants, yacht races
and marine effects.
This site offers room for an unlim-
tied number of spectators and the i'm
provements would remain a permanent
advantaPe a San Francisco
EAsTERNERS FOR SAN FRANCISCO
"On my way west from New York to
the Pacific coast / found that San Fran
cisco was the favored city From an
intimate knowledge of expositions and
a, personal acquaintance with San Fran
cisco and New Orleans, / believe that
the possibilities, natural and otherwise,
of the former far eclipse any that the
latter can. offer All the world knows
and loves San Francisco.
Except for the Alaska Yukon and
the Lewis and Clarke, all the exposi-
tions in this country have been held
east of the Rockies, so San Francisco
has first claim for recognition.
New Orleans is out of the question
mainly because the state will not stand
a $4,000, 900 assessment for exposition
purposes, and the hopes of New Or
leans will be killed at the polls. There
is plenty of loyalty and enthusiasm in
Louisiana, but no money, and the fair
is not a matter of sentiment and geog-
raphy, but of cash. There could be no
more eloquent argument for San Fran
cisco than her record of raising
s6155,00O by popular subscription
alone.
MORE MONEY IN THE WEST
.There is more money per capita
west of the Mississippi than east of 1t,
and although not as thickly settled
making and investment That is one
reason why the exposition should be
held in the west, for the United States
is looking to the settlement Of the
western country.
1.-The history of all expositions is
that As per cent of the attendance must
be drawn from within radius of so
miles from the exposition grounds. San
Francisco has a nearby population of
100000, while New Orleans has a
record of but 100000, of which 371a
per cent is colored.
San Francisco has the country back
Of it that insures the financial success
of the exposition.
New Orleans chief drawback is that
is offers no possibility OF naval dis
play. The city is 60 miles from the
gulf and a journey there and back
would occupy a day, with no hotel ac-
commodations at the gulf end. Battle
ships can not be handled under their
own power in the river, and If 1t were
proposed to take them to New Orleans
they would have to be towed before
the city by tugboats"
FARMER KILLED IN DIsPUTEPi Picacho. Cal.