Douglas Island news., 1912-09-25
Panama-Pacific Exposition

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 San Francisco.-" The Exposition That Will be Ready is the slogan that. we wish to put before the public at this time so that the good news may be her. aided throughout the world" declared Charles 0. Moore, president Panama Pacific International Exposition.
 "Within ten months each one of the great exhibit palaces Of the main group of exposition buildings will be under construction. All of them will be com pIeted on or before June 25, 1914.
 "The first great palace to be com menced will be that devoted to ma chinery. The contract for this will be let on or before November Il; from then on contracts for the other great exhibit palaces will be let at the rate of two month, and all of these great structures must be in the course or construction inside of nine months. It is estimated that ten months is the maximum limit of time necessary to complete the most elaborate of the palaces.
 "While other expositions have em- ployed great number of men shortly before their opening and have conse- uuently lost great deal in time and efficiency, we will distribute our labor so that the maximum employment will come a long time before the exposition opens. A large number of men will be given employment within ninety days, and this number will be gradually in- creased until the fall of 1913, when the work of construction will be at it's height on ali buildings, and as rapidly as these are completed the number of men will become less from month to month.
 "The early start upon the exposition will give it an incalculable advantage and greatly contribute to it's prestige and success. It will serve to stimulate the entire work which is now in all i'm portant phases relatively much further advanced than at other great worlds expositions.
 'lt is anticipated that the construc- tion work to be undertaken by the diff ferent states and nations will keep pace with the progress made upon the ex- position palaces.
 "The finishing of the buildings at so early date will give ample time for the setting and growth of trees, shrubs aud vines which will be transplanted upon the exposition grounds"
 Some interesting points about the Panama-Pacifc International exposi- ton:
 The Court of Honor will be entirely surrounded by colonnade comprised of massive arches Groups of statuary symbolizing the rising and the setting sun will surmount the colonnade.
 The dominating theme of the expo sition from an architectural viewpoint will be the huge tower of the Admins tration Building, 425 feet high and fauked on either side by the giIded domes, towers and minarets of the re- mainiDg buildings of the group.
 The largest building in the eXposi- tion will be the Palaces of Agriculture, covering in two sections floor area of 680,OOO square feet.
 Hundreds of thousands of trees, shrubs and vines are ready to be re- moved at the proper time and set out in accord with the plan chat will har- monize with the architectural and color scheme of the buildings.
 One of the most striking of the expo sition palaces will be the Horticultural Building, whose domes and minsrets will rise up 100 to 125 feet. The build ing will be constructed of glass.
 The concessions and amusement cen ter will occupy 65 acres, the Manufac- turers Building an area of 276,250 square feet. The total area of the main exhibit palaces in square ground feet will be 2,731, ,5OO