The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1911-07-29
PANAMA EXPOS|.
ton SITE CHOSEN

BY unanimous vote the board Of
directors of the PanamaPacifc Expo
sition company, at meeting held
Tuesday, July 25, 1911, selecting q
combination of sites for the Worlds
international exposition to be held
in San Francisco in 1915.
The decision of the board met with
universal approval. In every section
of San Francisco the advocates of
sectional sites agreed that the scope
OF the exposition plan adopted by the
men in charge of the great undertak-
ing was an inspiration. In its recon-
mendation, the committee on site said:
Regarding the general matter Of
presenting to you a site for q worlds
fair, on which all of the board of di-
rectors might agree, We have taken
the liberty of presenting an entirely
new plan, although parts Of it are tax
en- from various suggestions previous
ly made to this board
We have had in mind that there
are three great matters in which the
board Of directors of the exposition
company are particularly interested,
namely:
"To place the exposition where Il
will be most easily accessible both to
|all of San Francisco and to the sur
rounding territory; to leave, after
the exposition is closed the greatest
possible number Of real permanent i'm
provements; and to build up the city
generally, in place of anv one particu-
lar location.
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senting this plan to you, to infringe in
any way on the practical grouping Of
the exposition buildings, as we feel
that this is a matter which must
finally be decided upon by expert ar
chitects and engineers, who will, ac-
cording to our president g statement,
be at your disposal Immediately, and
who will look on the matter both from
the standpoint of architectural beauty
practical results, and costs''
Following is a list of the directors
of the Panama-Pacifc International
Exposition company who unanimously
agreed on the site:
President Charles c.. Moore, John
Barneson, M. J. Brandenstein, John
A. Britton, Frank L. Brown, Phil T.
Clay, Andrew M. Davis, M. H. de
Young, Charles de Young, Alfred +.
Esberg, Henry F. Fortmann, A. W..
Foster, R. B. Hale, I. w. Hellman, Jr.,
s. Fred Hogue, c. w. Hornick, Homer
s. King, Mayor p. Fl. Mccarthy, Jas.
McNab, Thornwell, Mutually, James
Rolph, Jr., Henry T. Scott, A. w.
Scott, Jr., Leon Sloss, Rudolph Taus-
sig, Curtis H. Lindlev Twenty-six in
all. Directors William Fl. Crocker,
Charles Fee, J. Fl. Crothers and Dent
Fl Roberts were unavoidably absent.
President Charles c. Moore of the
Panama. Pacific international, exposi-
tion company said: "The exact de-
tails have not been worked out thus
far. The plan is most elastic. having
in view the prime necessity Of obtain
ing the maximum permanent improve
ment of the city for all time. This
Identification of San Francisco is the
Inauguration of the Burnham plans.
The plan proposed will distribute the
benefits over the greatest possible
area. and not give stimulus to a
special section to the exclusion Of
others
"I am delighted at the happy out
come of the long and strenuous de-
liberations. The report Of the CON-
mittee was unanimous, and the board
adopted it by a unanimous vote and
hearty cheering. Tt required an event
like the Panama exposition to bring
about the maximum in the way Of
permanent improvements. The Burn
ham plans, upon which so much time,
effect and money were spent, will be
put into effect. This means the be-
ginning of the Identification Of our
city, and we can look forward fiftv
years to come, carrying out the further
Identification and adornment Of San
Francisco along a consistent and com.
prehensive plan. We have now laid
down the general plan-let the archi-
tects work out the details.''