Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-01-14
Some Of the Things Doing
on big Exposition Grounds

your beautiful city in 1915" said Ben
son.
And think of the occasion" ;" he con-
tinued. ut is the blending Of the
East and the West, and it either means
new birth for the world or another
step for modern civilization-that is
what your exposition means to me.
1.-THE music of the Pacific Is to be
blended with the strenuous notes of
the turbulent Atlantic.
"The story to be told in our pag-
oants will be the blending of the ma
tions, and the two chief acts in this
great drama that we propose to pro-
duce will be the romantic episode Of
the trail from the East, across the
trail Of 49-the drama of the mines,
the dramas of the rebuilding Of San
Francisco, and as a finale, all this
heroic endeavor to make the West
ern America"
Astoria Sends Flag.
DR., II, L, Henderson, president of
the Astoria Centennial Celebration,
has forwarded to the Exposition an
immense American flag to fly on the
big flagpole that was sent to the EX-
position by the citizens of Astoria
some time ago
The flag was donated to the Astoria
centennial committee by Phil Met
schan, proprietor of the Imperial
Hotel at Portland
Within a very short time the gates
to the Exposition site will be closed
and visitors will be called upon to
pay an admission to enter the grounds
and watch the work of construction.
The fence is already up, and it covers
two and one-third miles.
A S5OO,OOO Contract.
w. W. Anderson Company were
warded the contract to build the Ma
chinery Exhibit Palace by the Com
mittee on Buildings and Grounds.
Their bid was $5O9,0OO. The floor
area of the building is over eight
acres, nearly six times as large as the
old Mechanics Pavilion of San Fran
cisco, formerly located at Larkin
Hayes and Grove streets, which will
he remembered as being a very large
building. There will be over mile
and a half or ornamental cornces on
this building. The Machinery Hall
will be notable by reason of the fact
that it is the greatest example Of
frame construction and engineering
ever attempted on the Pacific Coast.
Replica Of Grand Canyon.
A gigantic replica Of the Grand Can
yOn of Arizona, the most elaborate
concession Of its kind ever devised
for a worlds fair, is being arranged
by the Santa Fe railroad as its fea-
ture of participation in the 1915 EX-
position. The concession will reach
cost of $25O,OO.
The canyon will be shown on staff
and canvas, with every device of the
expert scene painter brought into use.
In obtaining the wonderful sunset
colors Of the canyon walls-colors
which the master artists of this gem
GRAFTON have tried in vain to duplicate
on canvas-the architects of the
scheme will resort to electrical illum-
ination.
1t is planned to give spectators a
first glimpse Of the artificial canyon
from an observation platform The
rugged desert and its mighty chasms
will open to view, with much the same
effect of well-known paintings of the
canyon which hang in railroad offices
and hotels all over the land,
A Perfect Water System.
The Exposition company will ad-
vertise for high pressure water sup
ply system and for service water
supply system today. The bids will
be opened January 2Sth. The projects
are to be completed within six and
nine months
Two complete pipe systems for sup
plying water are to be installed in all
parts Of the Exposition grounds. The
high pressure system will be solely
for fire protection. The service water
supply system will be for daily con-
sumption. The high pressure system
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