Morgan County republican., 1913-04-17
Court Of Four Seasons.

From the Court OF Sun and Stars
the visitor in passing to the west will
come to the superb Court OF Four
Seasons, Of which Mr.. Henry Bacon,
creator OF the Lincoln Memorial. Ia
the architect. In It's theme this court
will typify the conquest OF nature by
mankind. In the center OF the court
will be great grouping OF statuary
in which Ceres, Goddess Of Agricul.
ture, will be shown dispensing the
bounties of nature. In each OF the
four corners Of this court will be cut
great inches into the encircling ex-
hibit palaces. In each OF the four
inches will be four great mural paint
summer, autumn and winter; lofty
colonnades will screen the inches.
The ornamentation upon the water
/ front will be upon a colossal scale.
The Court Of the Four Seasons. open
ing upon the harbor will be entered
through a stupendous gateway. the
Gate Of Columbus The visitor will
pass through the gateway beneath q
great tower to the esplanade upon
San Francisco bay. Directly before
the tower will be seen colossal fig
ure Of Columbus. facing the water.
Ornamenting the tower In recesseB
will be figures representing the great
voyagers of the world
Before the entrance to the grand
Court OF Sun and Stars upon the bay
will be colossal column whose spiral
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cess and at the summit OF the column
will be a figure representing achieve
ment On the left and before the
Court of Four Seasons will be the
gates OF Balboa. before which will be
a colossal statue OF the discoverer of
the Pacific ocean.
Each Of the three main north and
south courts will open out upon the
esplanade on the shores OF San Fran.
cisco bay upon the north and upon
the great tropical garden upon the
south. Vast beds of flowers In bloom
will be set in the south garden: the
plants will be replaced by others when
their Towering season is passed.
The fourteen great buildings to be
constructed by the exposition com
} pany, and to be devoted to general ex
hibits exemplifying the advance OF the
world in the arts, sciences and indus
tries, will be the loftiest exposition
structures ever erected. In addition
there will be the huge series OF pal
; aces and pavilions to be erected by
the states and foreign nations.
To the east OF the center group will
be Machinery Hall, the largest single
structure OF the exposition. Just
south OF Machinery Hall is Automo
bile Hall. In the south garden at the
east end and near the concessions
} center will be located Festival Hall
and near the west end the Palace ot
Horticulture, a huge structure o.
D wood and glass Flanking the great
= rectangle on the west will be the Pal
. ace OF Fine Arts, a classic and beau
tiful structHre embodying the spri' o
n Italian Renaissance and fncilE uuun
srca, pool from which it, Oh 'u'
viii be- reflected.
tn" foilOwing are III"
d JirIrr i""g Of iun
cry Hall, 367 67.8x967.S, and annexes
Mines and Metallurgy. 574x451; Va
; ried Industries. 414x346. and annexes
!, Manufactures. 552x470; Transports
tion. 6l4.6x574.6; Liberal Arts. 585
40; Agriculture. large wing, 630.6
y 6746. smaller wing. 423,Sx67sI8; Edit
If cation. 394.3x526; Automobile Hal
272x762; Festival Hall. 3S0x200 (great
est 280); Horticulture. 630x296: Fin
y Arts (outside line), 1.100 feet.
- Magnificent iiiuminstions.
J. Throughout the entire expositio
the illumination will be such as (
bring out the col0rs OF the court
i In their proper tones, to sharpen an
intensity the color effects. The
n Elimination of the colonnades will
accomplished through purple lights
y the windows of the exposition palace
will diifuse o golden ray. Giant, ba