Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-01-27

| the Golden Gate, and IN IT'S general I'm
port like the famous Barthoidls statue
OF Liberty ia New York hsrbor Plana
Flor THE edifice have already been ac-
cepted by the board OF exposition dfrec-
tors. The structure. 10 be knoWn al
the St Francis Memorial tower. vii
be $50 feet IN height. with a base 22l
feet square. the shaft win be eighty
five feet u with corners roandea
and of steel construction with marbls
| or terra Gotta v~eneering
The approximate cost OF the ST. Fran
cts Memorial tower will be 81. 1000. 900 II
win be one of the iofiiest structures In
the world -Four passenger elevator
win run from the base TO the top Of the
tower for the accommodation of visit
tors From IT'S sunmit the stghtseei
Will took almost straight dow upoT
the waters OF the Golden Gate, l.39t
feet below The tower is being built By
a private company. which win urn 4
over to the municipality after II han
paid q fair return on the Investment
| While serving as an observation pott1
| during the exposition II may be OF ad'
vantage subsequently TO the govern
ment as a lighthouse and signaling sta
ton. weather observatory and wireless
station
Golden Gate park will b. the location
or the permanent buildings 10 be erect
| ed by the exposition directors Five
hundred and forty acres In the wesl
| end OF the park will be utilized for ex.
position purposes THIS portion Of tbs
exposition grounds. which faces the Pa.
cifc ocean. presents one of the mosl
I notable achievements in landscape gar
| denlng IN h world Roses. palms and
pines and an amazing p~rofusion mi va
| riety of the growths N the temperat.
and s~eFaitropicai zones create an idea.
| setting for the exposition structures
Among the buildings will he q huge
marble art gallery Hiisd with the fota-
bic 4laintings Of the world A profess
SCR from Stanford university is nos
I visiting The galleries of Europe. and tins
noted ART societies ~ America and for
eign tands are cooperating TO render
the arr exhibit one OF tpe most u1itfns
and comprehensive Ia History Around
q great stadium. already built. will he
erected a huge concrete coliseum. the
largest structure of its kind In Amer
Ifca. capable or SEALING $4,000 people and
lin architecture like that at Rome
A chata OF takes al different levels
asiii be connected by d working model
OF the Panama canal
Statuary and naifns VIII add TO the
! natural Beauty OF the setting. bat per-
=1- -15 -1=t s-. End .a@s--r-
tive feature ngla se corhprtsea Ina Sc
riss of wonderful Japanese. Chinese and
Hawaiian gardens Hawaii Will Il Il
anticipated. exEshls 1he mtsss rerrsaFk-
able water gardens ever seen IN Amert-
ca 4 vast area wsn be devoted te
tropical plants The rarest and most
beautiful exotic flowers plants and
shrubs-a tfiosssaHd phases Of tropical
plant ifFe as developed s0r centuries ~
the ccE#urE1rrsate skill Of tnt ~prienfsi
gardenefs~wsn afford the srst epper-
sunity 70 peep fnto the quaint mys-
tsrtes Of arieTsfas gardening
Ean FTancisco ltseR wFl oe an egg
position ssty Tn 1875 10 their entirety
rsarss fos ksA exposition saelaae the
aaafnsse1sf 81 Haa Francisco on q xtss-
passing &eala sNr~etA. PARKS. shs Ms
lek sgsas @na ~ astla coygrnansins
'supege nanoxzmsEe esevve sTs1s % adosn-