Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1912-09-18
TO BE OPENED ON TIME
PANAMA EXPOSITION is

! SAN FRANCISCO, Sept -
The Panama Pacific international
,xpo,i,ion. which will be held here
in 1915 10 celebrate the compile
ton OF the Panama canal, will be
ready ON time This is the positive.
assertion Of its president, Charles {.
Moore. Af,cr months spent on the
prcllminarics. the perfected plan has
been adopted by the board of direct
ors and orders have been given to
40 ahead Immediately. For the frs,
time in the history OF international
cxpo,itlons. the gates will swing
open on time on a completed spec
tacle.
The positive order is that all cx-
hbit palaces must be complete as
though ready Tor occupancy on June
25th, 1914, which is nine months in
advance 81 the date set for the
opening which is February 20, 1915.
| All contracts will be le, on that
basis. The first great palace To be
commenced will be that devoted to
machinery The contract for this
will be let on or before November
II. From then on contracts for the
other grca, exhibit palaces will be
let at the rate OF two a month. and
all OF these great palaces must be III
course Of construction inside OF nine
months 1t is estimated that ten
months is the maximum limit OF
time necessary to complete the most
elaborate Of these.
At previous cxposiiions the larg-
est number OF workmen employed at
any one time was during the days
Immediately preceding the opening
and in one noted instance the labor
peak was not reached until after the
exposition opened. In the case of
the Panama Pacific exposition, this
will be entirely different. a large
number az men will be- given en-
ploymcnt within ninety days. posi-
bly, 5000 and this number will he
gradually increased until the fall of
1918, when the work OF conSiructic
will be at its very heigh, on all
buildings, and as rapidly as these
are completed the number OF men
will become less from month to
month.
The exposition will occupy 62S
acres on the northern shore Of the
city OF San Francisco and has A
water frontage OF approximately two
miles ON the island dotted bay with
the Marin county hills and Mt Tam
alpais in the background. Hills on
three sides form a gently sloping,
natural ampithea,er, which has lent
itself to an architectural develop
ment calling forth the. best efforts
OF Americas foremost architects. In
stead OF planning buildings, they
have arranged for six great courts.
each OF which, forming walls of the
buildings surrounding it, expresses
the individual ideas Of the architect
who planned it, thereby being in
complete harmony OF design while
entirely differentiated from all 9th.
ers. Standing in any one of these
courts and looking northward, the
visitor gets pictures of bay and
mountains framed within the arches
OF these architectural iriumphs.
While the great exhibit palaces
were being designed. those entrusted
with the landscsping Of the grounds.
have not been idle Hundreds of
thousands of trees, shrubs, vines and
flowers are ready TO be removed al
the proper time and set out in ac.
cord with plan that will harmon.
'zc with the architectural and color
scheme OF the buildings. Vines will
be set out on removable trellisses.
close alongside the exhibi, palaces.
so that when the support is re
moved they may be attached to the
walls
Already fifteen foreign govern.
ments, including France and Japan.
have officially accepted the invita-.
tlon OF the President Of the United
states to participate. and thirty
states and territories have appointed
commissions to select sites for state
buildings Unofficial assurances have
also been received from nearly A
score OF other nations tina, they will
DE represented by exhibit.