Imperial Valley press., 1912-07-15

! tion. Now that the buildings are un.
der way, these visits will be made at
once. In addition to these are the
southwestern states of the United
States, to which Commissioner-at-
Large John A. Fox is now making a
tour arranging for their participation.
The only limitation placed on ex-
hibits is that they shall be absolutely
unique and different from ANYTHING
that has ever been shown before. The
exposition is SO attractive from its
natural beauty of location, almost ey-
actly similar to Naples bay. from its
architecture and from it's decoration.
that nothing but the highest class OF
exhibits will be admitted. Everything
must be process to show Opportuni+v
There is a model one acre farm. a
Navajo squaw weaving blanket. and
and Oaxaca weaving a serape: an
Ecuadoran making a Panama hat. and
an Araucanian modelling pottery; but
there will not be one single shelf of
canned or bottled goods on exhibition
through the whole of the Panama-Cali.
fornia exposition. Sir Thomas Linton
VIII show tea garden of Ceylon. with
tea growing, pickers gathering the
crop working the tea and packing il.
but Sir Thomas engages to remove
every tin from the exhibition as fast
as 1t is packed and sealed. While his
workers are exciting wonder at the
exposition grounds Sir Thomas will be
plotting one of his famous Shamrocks
IL yacht races off the harbor.
The plan for the exposition, embrac-
ing about 400 acres, is approved as TO
general features by President Collier.
with the understanding that minor
changes shall be made to meet exigen.
! cles as they shall arise. The plan
shows the main entrance to the ex-
position grounds at Laurel and Park
| avenue on the west side of Cabrillo
canyon. causeway and bridge lead
| to the east side of the CANYON. where
rise the main buildings of the expo
sition, surrounding a central rectangu-
| lar court. From the gate at Laurel
street to the eastern end of the
bridge are ornamental plazas and es-
planades, all within the exposition
grounds. The entrance to the cen.
| trail court of honor is through this
group of buildings.
Leading south from this court Of
| honor is street that debouches into
a rectangular plaza, rounded on the
ends, the Plaza de las Republicas
America. At the south side of this
plaza is the huge chronological build
ing, structure that is being built. in
the old Spanish-American style with
a patio. To the west and down the
mesa from this building are the state
and foreign buildings.
| The main buildings, being on the
axis, or central line of the bridge, are
| grouped around these formal courts
and include the California, Art, Agri-
culture, Horticulture, both Liberal
Arts and Machinery, United States
government and Mining Exhibit
buildings.
North Of this group are the huge
botanical gardens with the finest and
most extensive lath house ever built.
This lath house contains a glass sec
tion in which are to be placed all the
eXotics and orchids possible to gath
er in the interim before the exposition
opens. The lath house will be some
thing like 600 feet square and 100 feet
high, with a central court for band
concerts, fountains and other features.
Surrounding it are the plantations of
the different great seed houses of the
world which will be asked to propa-
gate their finest flowers in tracts al
lotted to each competitor for the pur-
pose. Here are also the outdoor eX-
hibits, such as those from the reclama-
ton, conservation and forest services
of the government and the great In
dian congress, with the villages and
fields Of the aborigines, cliff dwellers
and pueblos.
| Across Spanish canyon is a dam i'm
pounding lagoon, used as an auxili.
airy water supply for the city fire de.
partment, q reservoir of 50,000,O00 gal.
Ions caracity, with head of 21O feet
and a pressure at D street Of some-
thing like 65 pounds to the square
inch. Around this lagoon are grouped
ornamental trees, vines and flowers,
and all connected with the general
park system as a permanent feature.
The lagoon will fill a canyon of
many branches. The depth will be
such that some subterranean features
may be carried out. 1t will fill several
little side canyons that reach as far
as the edge of the Plaza de Repub-
licas, the Brazil building and the San
Diego building. Once filled the la
goon will be one of the most beauti
full of the many features Of the expo
sition grounds. Nothing like it has
been tried elsewhere The conforma-
ton of the canyOn itself will no its