Albuquerque morning journal., 1913-04-04
ILLUMINATION At
SAN FRANCISCO To
De MARVELLOUS
New Phases Of Lighting WIl
be Used at Panama-Pacif
Exposition Effect VIII Not
Dazzle Sightseers


. cisco o. illuminate the buildings 81
fha Panama exposition. inside and ont
in way that Hould have been physl.
caHy Impossible five or slx years ago
Tia aAllisa Illuminating engineer i'
iodag enabit1 70 produce Light effects
undrfamed - af any u the former
Warid's expeditions.
The lighting Of the exposition WIN
mark an epoch iu the new and fasei-
mating science ~ Illumination. The
entire plan 0f the illumination is ln
+ charge NJ vs. DsA Ryan director 81
f Illumination. who supervised TIE 81
+ Illumination ~ the Hudson-fult0n ceie-
bration. VI Niagara Falis. and who ~
+ directing the Illumination " the pan-
F anna canal throughout ~ length 20
+ the hiEh sens On either side ln the
T exposition there Rln nGf be "a single
+ ARTICLE % lighting equipment that was
+ ever used before. More than fifty
thousand dollars have been expended
in q single line of eNperimentation
The Development RI rHt glass refiec-
tors 70 be- known as Jewels. for use
lt fhe exposition Most ~ these have
been made in Germany and the re-
suits produced through their reflected
light VIII be among the superb light
.n9 effects
The most striking phase 0f the H.
Elimination plan lics in the fact that
there will De no dark shadows. Al
night the exposition palaces with the
details of their facades and statuary
will be- seen as clearly as if ny day
Great paintings upon the walls.
screened - the c0lonnades 0f the
courts. wiz appear in their true color
values as # iu daylight but with their
contrasts enhanced and intensified.
Perfect reflections of whole buildings
UiH bo reproduced in the lag0Ons
upgn the exposition grounds ln the
harbor before the grounds batteries
uf tolUred afarchishfa Vjll throw
their rays against The towers and min
arets picking out the col0rs. and
against the ref'cctng jewels, which
VIII reflect and radiaio shafts If coll
ored Hight throughout the exposition
cts. The zone n general inumina-
tian VIII extend twice the height 0l
the taiieat exhibit palaces.
Both direct and indirect Or reflect I
I'd lighting WIN 30 employed al the I
exposition Mr. Ryan ia working ID
accord with Str. jules Guerin. diree. F.
Tor ~ color an artist whose work Is I
aH popular in Europe as ln America
Most expasitionH appear too bright /
and often the sightsccr goes away 4
with tired eyes, SIT Guerln has c0n-
reifed "a marvellous color scheme
through which there VIII be no dead
white upon the exposition grounds
Mr Rtan has planned that there viii
Doc no glare and no dark places OF
blank shadows al night
outline lighting VIII not be adopted.
Although the contours of the build
ings is brought out by this method
much 0f the architecture and most Of
the liner details would be lost through
dark shadows. The architectural
splsndars ~ The exposition win be
brought ont o. the best possible adj
vantage in both form and color IS
maintaining the daylight perspective
lt night the exposition IN al its de-
Hils viii ~ magnificent picture. All
iuerlnH colors the burnt orange. yor-
nilinh. cnruledn hlue ana gold ~ the
courts ihe gold and blue 0f the re-
'esaes of the towers the yast frlezes
" rcd, yellow and blue the rod tiles
1f tho roofs. tie golden domos aud
ihe copper green minarois Twin be :
seen AZ night enhanced anad nl0rifiod.
There viii be four principal sources
ll light If the exposition, Iu tbs
lafber some SIX hundred yards of the
exposition grounds Will be great hat-
.ories II searehnghts mounted upon
1uutoons masked batteries Of search
lights VIII he located upon tho roofs
ii che exhibit palaces behind the col-
imna e the eolonnadcs that eneifcle
he courts and iu rceesses of towers
lpmes and miuafets Indirect 0f re- {
leetcd light win be- employed The {
thousands 0f lamps used in The re-
leeted lighting viii not Dc seen but
heir iehts will ha east upon the sia- T,
uarF, mural decorations and f8eades +
u the buildings Ia the courts and {
throughout tbs grounds viii be ndi- >
m groups of siatuafy
The interior ol the buildings viii be-
ighted with flame ares and luminous Z
.rgs and az night the great windows
ill shino out with their iiluminationa.
'he direct lighting wli BE- tho light
'pen the facadcs and sides of the
buildings. The lleht behind the coll
lmns VIII be warm yellow in the !
over sections while the upper Soc Il
IONS Wtil be q Nlnish purple produe- &
ls nn artificial shadow in the Heht. O
he wallis behind the col0nnades III e
he ground court oi honor. the Court
t sun and stars and the great east :.
ha west courts viii ia decorated !
.ith mural PAINTINGS which viii be H.
minated by electric globes placed n 4,
cefsses in ths backs of tho columns. n
he lamps Hil NOT d. visible from the 4
lnnfs nf thc eolounudes or from the 6
utttN These win he set in the coli d
mnN at belehts of ten. twenty and 4
hlfiy feet The illumination II the
HintingH vii ~ absolutely controlled
y changing the size 20 the light 4inits !,
ma the curvature 81 the mirrors thar
Hl reflect the lights aeainst the
'''i's. Kaleidoscope effects viii BE T
"iHiued eS Introducing eolorsd Bl,h. a
special type # tubular lamp has e
'eh developed Cor flutsd columns. s
ne lamp ana reflector being small :
l9ush 20 go into flute 81 each col- :
ne method Of turning on tho lights
nisht viii he original AZ first the 2
'sti"l WI notice myrlads of little lets a
81 HsNt throughout the exposition =
here batteries OF s.arrhligbts -. e
'sit i'Ns against the Jewels in the 5.
'Ne's ana above the figures Of the n