Albuquerque morning journal., 1913-10-26
RUSHING WORK Of
CONSTRUCTI0NON
EXPOSITION
Fleet of Tbirty-two Steamers
Is Kept Busy Bringing In
Millions of Feet of Lumber
Thousands Employed,

! san Francisco. oct % Director
/ OF Works Harris -. H. CounleA off the
/ Panama PacifW Intenauuual expo
Isltion. has officially announced that
lam OF the main exhibit palaces viii
/ be completed nine months before
February 90. 1915. the opCuInE day
/ of the exposition, and that some OF
/ the buildings VIII he completed even
earlier
This official announcement fol-
I lowing the promise of the exposition
management made more than one
year ago that the exposition would bH
completed nine months before the
opening day and that the exhibit pal-
aces would bc built upon definite
/ schedule, confirms all that was a id
/ before The preparations for the
event are further advanced today
| than were those of any other inter-
national exposition at a correspond
ing time before its formal uHcuue.
The work is now proceedinE upon
schedule; there will Doe NO periods of
delay or congestion I'm the work
Building contracts provide bonuses
for completion under the time limit
a tremendous amount Of praum.-
nary work has been accomplished
Based upon the total amount ot prep
aration required, the division of
works estimates that today the cN-
position is more than two-thirds come
pleted.
Tho exposition site, covering 6a5
acres of land close 90 the heut of
one of the most picturesque resldeu
tial sections of san Francisco was
long since cleared of an old houses
and other structures and has been
completely fenced i'm. The under
ground work has been completed all
most throughout lt included the re.-
lamation of sevcnty-one acres of land
from the bay of san Francisco. the
installation of high pressure water
system for fire purposes. which is
tWo-thirds completed, low pressure
service water system. which IS also
we'll advanced, AN extensive drainage
system, completed in the amuscmeu,
concessions and foreign nations dis
trict and nearing completion i'm the
main exhibit district. where ID is be-
ing carried along with the buildings
themselves, and the laying of under
ground conduits for the electric wires
for the transmission Of light and
power.
Al the present WRITING ten of the
huge exhibit palaces Of the Panama
Pacific exposition are under c0nstruc
uon; of these ten the frame work of
three is now rising and the flooring
of practically all of the others is
completed and the assembled parts
are TO great extent ready 10 Doe
raised to place More than 0.000. 600
feet Of lumber viii Doe used i'm this
main exhibit section more than 25.-
100000 feet have already been de-
livorcd dnd 40,00O.000 feet contract
ed for. Thirty-two steamers are ear
rying the lumber
The streets, avenues, roads and
paths are laid out. the curhs are well
along and q contract for the delivery
Of 10000 cubic yards of road rock.
with an ample time limit Is being
fulfilled.
a standard gauge railroad Is being
laid, the tracks being now nearly an
down and parts of the road i'm opera
tion, conveying material A freight
ferry slip has been completed and is
receiving car floats regularly Al
commodieus harhor on the water
front, with a system of Wharyes. ia
receiving steamers daily with lumber
and other building supplies
The service building housing the
staff Of the division of works. lis COM
pleted, even to the gardens and lawns
surrounding il. and has been in use
all this summer
or the twelve great structures IN
the main group of exhibit palaces, .
one, that of Machinery, is erected .
rooted and floored and is now receiv- /.
ing its covering OF imitation TraNcr- /
tine stone, and its cornices and pillars T
The Palace Of Education is noored .
ana the frame is about half up. Franz
ng of the Palace Of Food Products .
has been commenced this week and .
he floors Of the Palaces of Agricul-
urc, Liberal Arts, and Manufactur-
'rs are nearly completed, while those
If the Palaces Of Varied Industries
Transportation, and Mines and Metal
urgy are being rapidly laid.
The contract for the construction
If the Palace Of Fine Arts has been
ct and those for the Palace of Hor-
iculture and the Festival Han will
,e awarded within a few days, an to
20 completed wen within the time
INIT.
The extensive park system of the
exposition is advancing with as great
apidity as the structural work. Along
he waterfront, or Marina. the grass
or the broad esplanade is growing
uxuriantR and the sites of other
,arks and gardens are now graded
nd receiving their covering Of fertile
oil and enriching material. The
hrubbery ana plans for the land
cape engineering scheme are all on
and, ready for transplatins when de
ired which will begin this autumn,
nth the erection Of the exhibit pal
ces.