Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-03-27
WONDERS IF THE WORLD
Will Be Shown at Americas Great Celebration at
San Francisco in 1915.
The Magnicence and Grandeur of the PanamaPacifc In.
ternaena Exposition Cannot Be Adequately Described-A
: Gathering Of the Nations of the World.

permit the setting out and planting
In the grounds and courts Of several
hundred thousands Of rare trees,
plants and shrubs now being grown
in nurseries.
Early next fall the sightseer in
San Francisco will be enabled to lock
from the rim of the encircling hills
at Harbor View down upon the ex-
position city and see the buildings in
progress of construction. To the
west he may look out to the Golden
Gate and to the islands in the Pacific
beyond. To the north he will see the
stream Of traffic that passes before
the exposition site.
Easy Of Access.
One may easily reach the exposi-
tion in twenty minutes from the
Ferry building. The site of the ex-
position, at Harbor View, lies within
the city limits as a crescent upon the
shores Of San Francisco bay, just in
side the Golden Gate. No more pic
turesque location, nor one more ap-
propriate to the celebration of a great
maritime event, could be imagined.
On the south, east and west it is en-
clrcled by towering hills with vary
Ing contours rising successfully from
25O to 800 feet above sea level, like
the enfolding walls of a vast amphi-
theater. Upon the north the site
opens out upon the harbor Of San
Francisco. The panorama at Harbor
View recalls the famous Riviera upon
the shores of the Mediterranean. In
the harbor before the site lies Alca-
traz island, the location Of military
prison whose white walls are reflect
ed in the waters Of the bay. Beyond
are the hills Of Marin county rising
up into the hundreds and in some in
stances into the thousands of feet,
with Mount Tamalpais. loftiest of all,
its summit often shrouded with a
turban Of fog upon which the sun
shines as upon vast bank of snow,
as background for the setting.
The central portion of the site lies
slightly above the sea and is encircled
on three sides by gently sloping
ground; within short distance from
the boundaries of the site these
slopes change to steep hillsides and
thus the center becomes the floor Of
a huge amphitheater from whose sides
the exposition will be seen stretched
out below. To the east and south
the residence section encircles the
exposition grounds, and to the west
and southwest the site is embraced
by the wooded slopes Of the Preside
military reservation, dark with cy
press and eucalyptus and intersperset
with occasional vistas Of green val
leys.
All told the site comprises 62I
acres; It is two and one-third miles
in length with a maximum width O
one.half mile. Its frontage upon tn,
harbor will be approximately tive
miles and further from the bay 1t will
extend another one-third mile, For
Mason, military post, occupying ;
corner upon the extreme east an,
along the bay.
Faces the Bay.
The exposition buildings built upol
IN east and west axis will face tn,
bay upon the north; they will parable
, the stream of the great incoming trai
fic Of the world through the western
gate Of the United States The haI
Dor itself will be a part OF the grea
theater upon which will be stage
the worlds jubilee and the Golde
: Gate will be the entrance to the the
: ater.
, A marvellous panorama will be a
i. forded visitors on ships comm
through the Golden Gate. As on
: looks from the harbor he will sc
three main groups of exposltio
t buildings. There will be the gres
1 central group comprising the fourtee
4 exposition palaces to be devoted I
1 general exhibits: there will be th
[ group upon the left hand or east an
/ devoted to amusement concession
and covering sixty-five acres; TIL
|. will be the midway" The rlgl
!, hand group upon the Preside mil
o tary reservation and nearest the Col
8 en- Gate will be devoted to the p
Q villons OF the states and foreign go
Il ernments.