Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-07-03

a miniature representation Of the
wonders OF the Grand canyon 10 Art.
zona. 10 De installed by the santa ne
railroad N being built AZ ccst u
$4,000. while cl8ht other comes.
alons. including presentations 81
the Panama canal. a Forty-nine ca Mp.
the Grand Trianon Of Versailles. the
ancient German city OF NurCmburg.
The Battle Of Gettysburg and the eve.
luton OF the AMERICAN navy will be
erected at an aggregate cost Of net
less than ts.0O0.UO0.
Naturally, there viii be il.s usual
concessions such as the bl.s incu-
batof, the lying lady and all the per-
cnniai entlcoments 10 the pleasure
seeker. hut the department ot cGa-
cossiOns has stipulated that th5re must
be something new about every well
known and standard form of omuse-
ment to be presented In 1915.
The concessions viii be built on an
immense scale. The Grand Canyon
will be 400 by 200 feet IN area and
VIII contain IN miniature all the
sights to be seen and the sensations 20
be experienced IN the most wonderful
OF natures wonders IN Arizona. There
Will be In&lan villages beside tho
canyon and the inhabitants Of these
quaint places will be seen working az
the arts for which they are famous the
world over. making blankets. baskets,
bead work and pottery.
ON tho Panama canal concession,
the visitor viii be able TO make the
whole trip ~ the great new waterway
by means OF AN overhead electric rail-
way and for about twenty-five cents
those Who are not able Ia see the canal
itself. will be able To see the model la
twenty minutes ride--and u may be
taken for granted that the tripper
over the miniature canal will miss
nothing OF the wonders which passen-
gers ON the big Atlantic liner will see
when the vessel makes its FIRST voyage
through the connecting link between
oceans. the opening Of which the great
exposition Of 1915 is TO celebrate. The
concession will cost s25O,000.
Most OF the scenic paintings Ia the
canyon and along the canal viii be
the work OF the late Walter Burrldgc.
one OF Americas most famous scenic
artists.
An the historic incidents lu the
history Of the American navy will be
illustrated in realistic form In the
concession 10 be known as the Evolu-
ton or the Navy. TO be presented by
Il. w Mcconnell who produced the
Trip 20 the North Pole at the 81 Louis
exposition In 1904. The visitor will
here see the earliest battieships and
their development into the modern
dreadnauRht. The whole will be pre-
scented on a moving background which
will give AN exact duplicate of the
rolling sea- and is promised 20 make
some OF the visitors even feel the
ozone III the air The show In TO be a
regular thriller from start To finish.
Mimic warfare will be carried on from
day To day. and twenty million dollar
vessels will be battered and sunk for
the amusement OF the man who pays
hts quarter only 10 rise again In the
next performance To be- battered and
sunk once more.
one of the most interesting of the
concessions, VIII be- the reproduction
o. the ancient city OF Nuremberg,
once the capital 81 the emperor
Charles and now the most perfect
picture Of the middle ages that Europe
has managed 10 preserve. Every fea-
ture of this ancient city win be rep
resented AZ II was ave centuries and
more ago. The Nuremberg conces-
sion viii be Installed al an estimated
outlay OF $4,000.
For the rest. there will he the Ice
Palace, the Aoroscope and hundred
other attractions which will be novel
and entertaining: and best OF ALL the
whole group OF concessions will be- set
In picture reminiscent OF the Pam
anna canal. The entrance way to the
concessions area will be made by way
of gigantic Imitation spillways, and on
the 5000 feet long thnToughfare
which runs through the whole district
the varied scenes along the course of
the Panama canal viii be reproduced.
thus keeping all visitors Ia mind con-
tlnuaily of the great object of the
exposition witch II to celebrate tho
opening Of the greatest achievement
of modern times.
The concessions area wilI be- lighted
hy night by method that n 90 excel
all previous ways of illumination. IN
the center of the locks will be the
Plaza OF Wonders, lighted ny night by
10000 incandescont lamps reflected
upon by beams OF brilliant lights from
unseen sources outside the Plaza. The
eonstruetlun of the concessions has
been begun and soon the falryland
viii be- ready for the world.