Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1913-04-10
WONDERS Of THE WORLD.
VIII Be Shown at Americas Great Celebration at
San Francisco in 1915.
The MagniCenCe and Grandeur of the PanamaPacic In
ternaona 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-
ton in twenty minutes from the
Ferry building. The site of the ex-
position, at Harbor View, lies within
the city limits as 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-
circled by towering hills with vary
ing contours rising successfully from
250 to 900 feet above sea level, like
the enfolding walls of 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 a 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
within q 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
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by the wooded slopes of the Preside
reservation, dark with cy-
press and eucalyptus and interspersed
with occasional vistas Of green val
ieys.
All told the site comprises 625
acres; it is two and one-third miles
in length with a maximum width of
one-half mile. It's frontage upon the
larbor will be approximately two
miles and further from the bay it will
extend another one-third mile, Fort
Mason, military post, occupying a
corner upon the extreme east and
along the bay.
Faces the Bay.
The exposition buildings built upon
IN east and west axis will face the
Day upon the north; they will parallel
he stream of the great incoming traf-
ic of the world through the western
yate of the United States. The har-
DOR itself will be a part of the great
heater upon which will be staged
he worlds jubilee and the Golden
late will be the entrance to the the
ter.
A marvellous panorama will be az
orded visitors on ships coming
through the Golden Gate. As one
ooks from the harbor he will see
hree main groups of exposition
There will be the great
entral group comprising the fourteen .
xposition palaces to be devoted to =
eneral exhibits; there will be the
roup upon the left hand or east and
cvoted to amusement concessions .
nd covering sixty-five acres: this :
ill be the midway" The right
and group upon the Preside mill a
ary reservation and nearest the Gold y
n Gate will be devoted to the pa
lions of the states and foreign gov