The daily sentinel., 1913-06-16
BIG CONCESSIONS
FOR FRISCO FAIR
Sentinel Special Service.

/ Sentinel Special Service.
San Francisco, June l6.-The con-
oessions district al the Panama -Pacif-
ic international exposition, CORES
ponding to the wonderful Midway in
| Chicago, will be one of the most mar
velous and attractive sections of the
exposition. MANY of the amuse-
nents will be presented for the first
time and will be notable not only for
their great size and artistic excel
lence, but also because they are Sc
lected with view to their educa-
tional value. The are of presenting
cycloramas and diOramas upon an
elaborate scale has advanced rapidly
in the past few years and the expo
sition will present the worlds prog
ress in this respect
The number OF applications for
concessions is said by Frank Burt,
the director OF concessions, to be to-
tally unprecedented in the history of
eNpositions. So far more than 5000
applications for concessions have
been received, and 75 applications,
involving an expenditure OF s6,SO0,-
600, have been accepted. The re-
mainder are rapidly undergoing the
scrutiny of experts Applications
rope are increasing Ideas for strik-
ing features or novelties are well
coined
More than 1000 people, it is esti-
mated, will be employed in the con-
cessions district, and between ten and
twelve million dollars will be spent
in the installation in the concessions
division when the exposition is under
way.
Director Burt has received hun
dreds of suggestions for naming the
main street of the concessions sec
tion. Chicago has the Midway. St.
Louis the Pike, Portland the Trail
and Seattle the Pay Streak.
The concessions and admissions
committee is seriously considering
adopting a name that will he signif-
icant OF the completion of the Pana-
mia canal, which is to be celebrated
in this city in 1915. Among the
names suggested are: the Locks. the
Canal, the Zone, the lsthmus and the
Ditch.
1t has been suggested that the
gates of the concessions district be
replicas of the great locks at Gatun,
and the entrance be made through
"spillways," and during the exposi-
tion hours the locks will open like
huge gates to admit spectators.
The whole concessions district will
be 5000 feet in length and will run
through the center OF the concessions
district, 60 acres in area.
Half way along the length of the
thoroughfare will lie the superb Pla-
"a of Wonders, an area of 25Ox300
feet. Surrounding the plaza will be
buildings of impressive Roman ar
chitecture, in which will be housed
many amusement novelties. Here al
SO will be located a great band stand,
the suboffices of the division of con-
cessions and fire station where the
methods of preserving life will be il
Illustrated.
In the decorative scheme around
the plaza will be 100000 lights, rem
dering it the glory spot of the night
life of the exposition. In the center
of the plaza will be the highest flag
pole in the world-a giant flagstaff,
donated by the city of Astoria, 246
feet high and over feet in diameter
at it's base.
THE concessions section" said Di-
rector Burt, will be one of the most
brilliant and attractive sections of
the exposition. The concessions will
be notable not only for their great
size and splendor and artistic excel
lence OF their presentation, but also