Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-04-03
OREOGES DEEPEN
YACHT HARDOR
At FRISCO
In Preparation for Incoming
Ships Loaded With Lumber
for Great Panama-Pacific
Exhibit Buildings.


san Francisco, April s.-~Dredges
are now deepening the yacat nnrbor
OF the Panama Pacinc International
exposition. IN preparation for the in
coming ships loaded with lumber for
the palace 81 education and the other
exhibit buildings.
silt In also being pumped from the
harbor TO mn in the open Hpace be-
tween the piling and the shore line.
A temporary plank road has been
built through the exposition grounds
and Il ls now possible for visitors 10
traverse the alte from Van Ness ave.
nue. 10 the Preside.
The progress Of che Worlds fair Is
now visible. The work IL farther adj
vanced at the present time than ~
any other previous exposition two
years before It's formal opening.
The preliminary work includes the
filling Ia OF lands az Harbor View
and the Prcsidio. The construction
Of a rock soa-wall; construction OF
the enclosing fence, so por cent coms
plete; the erection OF greenhouses
and potting houses at tho Prosidio;
the moving Of buildings from the ac-
quired site; the improvement OF Full
ton basin, now 30 per cent complete;
/ the construction OF roadways; the
grading Of sites for the various build
ings: the installation OF sanitary and
storm sewer systems throughout the
grounds: the preliminary work ~ In
stallation Of the high-pregure water
system; the driving Of piles for tho
freight ferry slips at the foot OF Ifu-
chanan street. and the hundreds OF
other necessary undertakings which
OF themselves gave no visible evidenc@
OF the enormous work already being
accomplished.
Seven thousand men will DO at
work on the exhibits palaces OF tho
Panama Pacific International expose
tino before the summer Is over. A.
high as ten thousand men will be
employed when the labor peak Is
reached This number Is exclusive
OF those who will be- employed In the
construction Of state buildings and
foreign paviIions. The states and
foreign nations. Il Ia expected, viii
conform To the pace set by the expo
sition company In the work OF con-
struction.
| The plans of the magnificent courts,
/ INV UlNAkUN NNl AtNa tFtlNHANA H'NNNfANAN
and the sketches Of tho mural paint
ings and decorations are bearing
completion. Contracts for many Of
the groups of statuary and for many
iof the mural PAINTINGS have already
theen let To- prominent artists and
Isculptors la san Francisco. New York
and other cities 81 the United states.
Il The direction OF the color work has
.aIa a
Kari Bitter has charge Of the scnlp-
ture.
one of tlpr horticultural features
at the 1916 universal exposition will
be- california canyon which VIII be
located between the Japanese gardens
and Horticultural building. or north
OF Lombard street between Baker
and Lyon streets u will be six hum
bred feet long and two hundred feet
wide. II will be- adorned with one
| thousand redwOods, madrones CALI
fornia lilac. mansanilas and Califor-
mia Wild flowers
\ model of this beautiful canyon
has been made by the landscape de-
. partment. which rs VA charEe Of John
MsrLaren. landscape engineer. The
nursery IN Tennessee Hollow. which
covers 1900 square feet, n being
/ used 10 great advantage There are
3 100000 small plants which have oecr
raised from seeds and cuttings IN the
six greenhouses. ana this number u
b being rapidly increased every day
p Governor Tasker l.. eddie of Ne
\ vnda has approved the bin for 800,
% on0 Tor that states participation t
+ the 1915 universal exposition.
81 Nevada WAS the second state 10 So
n lcct site at the exposition, Thh
5 adioins the oregon state site, fh'
[ silver state plans Go erect hand
r. some building and make promincn
, showing at the coming Worlds fair