Las Vegas optic., 1913-04-26
GREAT ACTIVITY
NOTICED IN SAN
DIEGO
WORK ON EXPOSITION AND ON
THE HARBoR IS CAUSING AN
INCREASE IN BUSINESS

San Diego. Cal. April 2e.-with
ship after ship discharging each week,
cargoes Of lumber and other building
materi1. FOL the 191s exposition work,
this pot as taken On a far buster
aspect than was the case before tae
griai exposition and harbor improve
nen5 pItjfcts were undertaken.
Miniens of feet OF lumber from the
forests cf northern California. Wash.
ington and Oregon are being passed
over San Diego wharves. and some
slight hint of what the port is destin-
ed to become, after the opening Of the
Panama canal, is becoming apparent.
The ten millions Of dollars San
Diego is expending on her harbor. in
preparation for the fuIfillment Of her
destiny as the natural gateway Of com
merce for the great southwest. viii
be none too much. as it is now esti-
mated by commercial economists. that
the ten great docks. with their thirty
one miles Of berth room, will have TO
be Immediately supplemented by 9TH
ers to care for the world shipping en-
tering the port in 1915.
II this. it is argued, means such stu
pendous growth for San Diego as the
result Of the opening Of the worlds
greatest commercial highway, what
viii it mean to that territory to which
the shiploads discharged at san Diego
are ultimately to find their way?
The countless millions of tons Of
freight, and the hundreds Of thous
ands Of passengers from all over the
world, who will leave ship here. viii
almost all be bound for some place
beyond the harbor Of San Diego as an
ultimate destination, and this terri
tory to be enriched by such almost
incomprehendable wealth, will also be
prepared for the great awakening
Exposition building is progressing
rapidly. Already the immense Elec
tricity building is nearing completion
and work is well under way on its near
est neighbor, the machinery building
The contractor for the Southern Cali
fornia counties building has col
meneed preparatory work on that great
structure near the east entrance oi
the grounds. and within the next few
weeks work viii be progressing or
some five or six other buildings. Build
ing sites are rapidly being brought tt
grade. and as much lumber and build
ing material as can be handled expedi
tiously is already on the ground.
While this work is going on out o.
doors, the offices in the administra
ton building are as busy as beehives
with every executive officer and EN-
ployee doing his utmost to keeE
abreast OF the work
The department Of exhibits has
been almost swamped with applica
tions for exhibit room and privileges
and information concerning transpor
tation matters. So many applications
for exhibit privileges have been made
that the department has been compelI
ed to adopt a policy of elimination and
selection.
President D. C. Golfers great idea
of making the exposition's theme q
synopsis OF mans growth and history
told by the commercial and artistic
processes. has popularized the san
Diego 1915 Exposition the world over
because the world is tired of old meth
ods and old shows. It constantly seeks
something new and different" and
the boast of San Diego is that her ex-
position of 1915 viii supply the de
mand.