Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-27
WONDERSO Of THE WORLD
wa b Shown at Americas Great Celebration at
San Francisco in 1916.
He Masni6cence and Grandeur Of the. Panama. Pacific In
tefnatonal Exposition Cannot Be Adequately Desoribed-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 sishtseer 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 trafic 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 *.
position. at Harbor View, lies within
the city limits as q crescent upon the
shores Of San Francisco bay, Just in
side the Golden Gate. No moro pic
turesque location, nor n more ap-
propriate to the celebration of a great
maritime event, could be imagined.
On the south, east and west 1t is en-
circled by towering hills with vary
ing contours rising successfully from
ESQ to 900 feet above sea level. like
the e%nfolding walls Of a vast anlphi-
theater. Upon the north the site
opens out upon the harbor Of San
Francisco. The panorama at IIarbov
View recalls the famous Riviera upon
the shores Of the Mediterranean. IN
the harbor before the site lies Alca-
traz island. the location Of q 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, Hottest Of all.
its summit often shrouded with a
turban of fog upon which the
shines az upon a vast. bank Of snow,
as a background for the setting.
The central portion Of the site lies
slightly above the sea and 10 encircled
on three sides by gently sloping
ground; within q short distance from
the boundaries Of the site these
slopes change to steep hilisides 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 encirclas the
exposition grounds. and to tho west
and southwest the site Is embraced
by the wooded slopes Of the Presidio
military reservation. dark with cy.
press and eucalyptus and Interpreted
with occasional vistas of green val.
legs.
All told the site comprises 625
acres; 1t IL two and one-third miles
In length with q maximum width Of
one.half mile. It's frontage upon the
harbor will be approximately two
miles and further from the bay It will
extend another one-third mile, Fort
Mason. q military post. occupying a
corner upon the extreme east and
along the bay. ..
Faces the Bay.
The exposition buildings built upon
an east and west axis will face the
bay upon the north; they will parallel
Iuo DSIO0m VI tuC SIcot ihCOuiiuS tEdI-
DC Of the world through the western
gate of the United States. The har-
Dor itself will be a part Of tho great
theater upon which will be staged
the worlds jubilee and the Golden
Gate will DO the entrance to the the.
ater.
A marvellous panorama will be az
forded visitors on ships coming
through the Golden Gate. As one
looks from the hsrbor he will see
three main groups Of exposition
buildings. There will be the great
central group comprising the fourteen
exposition palaces to be devoted &c
general exhibits, .thers will be thu
group upon the left hand or east and
devoted to amusement concessions
and covering sixty-nve acres; THU
will be. the midway" The righi
hand group upon the Preside mill
} tary reservation and nearest the Gold
On Gate will be devoted to the pa
l vili0na NJ the atatea and f0reiRD 9ov