Albuquerque morning journal., 1913-12-19
NEW MEXICO WILL
HAVE SPLENDID
BUILDING
Exposition Commission Goes
to San Diego, Accompanied
by Architect and VIII Let
Contract for Structure,

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Santa fe. N M Dec. 1S--With
plans and specifications for the Sew
Mexico building GO the Panama-po-
elfIc exposition at san Diego com-
ploted 10 the minutod detail Arthi-
tcci T. H. R0pp has Joined the mem
bcrs and secretary of the New Mex
lgu commission on trip To San
Diego whore bids viii Boz asked and
the contract awarded for the stfuc-
ture. which in many respects VIII bo
the most noteworthy 0f ati tine state
buildings nt The exposition Although
the building viii have approximately
$1,000 feet of floor space. the mem-
bcrs Of the commission nre confident
that % can Boz erected Within $4,000.
The building win be typical on
chat point the exposition. and ospe-
cially its chairman. Col Ralph E
1'witcheil, have insisted. In its arr
chitocture st viii recall the horole
Gays of the spanish conquest and the
Franciscan martyrdom. and viii
hark back even 90 prehistoric days
in outline it will follow the grand old
mission church at Acoma. which
withstood the yicissltudcs OF the Pu-
ehlo revolution Of 1850. ln its em-
bollishmont and portico IL win recall
the front of the venerable church at
thc pueblo of cochu
Tho structure is TO rise on com
mnndhg Site in Balboa park and Il
can Boz stated as certain that none of
The other buildings OF the exposition
viii be pictured and described in
magazines and newspapers 10 the ends
of the earth io greater extent than
that in which the New Mexico ox-
hiblt win be housed.
a deep l0ggia, with q granite p0r-
tico above II. viii mark the entrance
to the cathedr8l-like structure. The
vcsuhule, into which every visitor
will step-und 70 s estimated th1t.
there will be some seven million vis-
itors -will serve as publicity room,
where each county and each board of
trade may have "a desk from which
to distribute literature.
10 ma left will be the grand audi
touum. with "a gallery ON which the
latest improved moving picture ma
chine viii be placed Each day and
each hour OF the day there viii Doe
lectures featuring the resources. the
the beauties and the glory
of the Sunshine state These will be
illustrated by the moving pictures
There viii also Doe feature films illus
ualiug the educational advantages Of
New Mexico the work in the coal
mines. in the irrigated fields. on the
cattle ranges and la the sheep camps
Pictures OF historic pageauts. enacted
by school children. will also be- shown
There VIII be- gallery of governors,
with large and artistic portraits OF
executives Of the state from daguer-
rootypcs oil paintings. oneravings
and photographs which have been la-
boriously collected by Colonel Twitch-
en-
To the rIght, upon entering the I
massive church. which viii give the /
Impression of symmetrical mono t
lith VIII be the grand exhibition hail /
In the shape OF Y, the bar Of the II /
being ln part separated from the /
main room Here New Mexico Will I
exhibit its products and also lbs ans
.iqulucs Here it viii give graphic /
evidence that It is the best state in /
the union, whether from the stand +
point of natural resources. industrial
possibilities picturesqueness climate, F
human interest or grandeur.
There viii be offices. and rest and
comfort rooms. I'M the auditorium +
viii be placed the splendid mural /
paintings depicting the life and works /
OF Francis dc Assist, the patron saint
of New Mexico, from the brush OF (
the artist, Donald Beaurcgard the
pictures being the gft of Hon. Frank /
Springer.
A joy TO the eve viii be the patio, F
with It's fountains, It's tropical vege- I
Iation, its rooted clolster, enclosing I
It on an sides, its coolng doves and /
..s statuay recalling CASTLE ana era
NADIA
A roof garden from which win be
had a charming view of san Diego |
bay on which win play the breezes
from the ocean and where refresh /
meuts viii bee served, viii complete .
The ensemble a portion Of New Mex