The San Francisco call., 1913-09-27
LAND SHOW
men Ar:
NAMED
Mayor Appoints Supervisors
to Prepare a Striking
Municipal Exhibit


mayor Roiph has appointed COM
nittee OF nve from the board of su-
pervisors TO carry on the work of
preparing the municipal exhibit for
San Francisco, which will be one of
the finest of its kind ever seen in
the United States. This committee is
headed by J. Emmett Hayden, who
introduced the resolution at the board
of supervisors and will devote con-
siderable time in the coming week
10 the preparation of the exhibit,
which will consist of model OF the
civic center, including the city hall
and grounds in exact scale with min
iature trees fountains and lawns;
model playground and school houses,
and new appliances which VIII be
shown by the fire and health depart
ments. City Architect Reid is CO.
operating heartily with the commit
tee, as are superintendent MeLaren
Of Golden Gate park and the heads
OF the civic departments
The city of Oakland is to have an
exhibit in addition to the elaborate
one which is being prepared by Ala
media county. 600 square feet of floor
space having been contracted for by
the leading realty firms across the
bay, including the Laymance Real Es-
tate company. McHenrv & Kaiser,
Lewis & Mitchell. Wickham Havens,
III. T. Minney and the Realty syndi-
cate The exact nature OF the ex-
ahioit which viii be Installed by Oak
land has not been announced. but it
IS expected to be of an elaborate ma
ture. Alameda county is the largest
exhibitor at the land show.
Richmond. through the enterprise of
It's manufacturers, Will have one of
the most striking industrial displays
ever made at an exposition in this
state The Standard Oil company will
show more than zoe different products
OF it's refinery and replica of an oil
drilling outfit in operation. The Pull
man company viii have comfortable
Pullman section In a cozy corner, and
the Richmond Furniture factory will
make an effective home industry dis
play, consisting OF furniture made of
California woods, including the beau
aIui varieties OF eucalyptus and Mem
docino straight oak Wlnehaven will
have an original display. Apart from
this Contra Costa county viii have a
splendid agricultural exhibit
san Mateo county viii have one of
the most attractive and artistic dis
plays of the entire show. Orchids and
other exotics. valued at thousands of
dollars. and prize chrysanthemums
from the gardens of MacRorie and
McLaren and Henry Molar. Pompeiian
nrns and sIonework and terra Gotta
pottery from the works of ]. Rognier
and the Steiver company will con-
tribute to the decorative effect of the
san Mateo- exhibit. Commercial
products from the Leslie Salt works,
the Western Meat company and the
vineyards of E. II. Rixford viii form
aIfother part of the exhibit
The great pavilion that is to house
The California Land and Home In
.sfslstry exhibition has been erected at
Eighth and Market streets, and the
work OF decorating the interior will
be commenced Immediately. The
unique decorating scheme by which
'5the tent poles will be utilized as tree
trunks and the interior transformed
.aby means of bark boughs and green
: cry iuto a great redwood forest, is
sthe conception of General Manager
: Edward H. Brown, who was awarded
the gold medal for a similar decora-
tive arrangement for the California
exhibit al the exposition of Ghent,
Belgium. Between the boughs Of
the redwood trees will be strung
thousands of electric bulbs with
floral shades TO represent the Cali
fornia poinsettias. The floor is TO
be OF a composition Of which the base
is sswdust- II will be absolutely
soiid, yet soft to the tread and dust
less so that the most delicate ma
terials that will be used in the con-
ssruction and decorations of the vari-
Gus exhibits will not be injured In
any way.
SThis flooring and the laying out of
the exhibit spaces as well as the ar
rangement Of the lighting and deeora-
tions viii be practically complete, By
the end of the coming week. and
many Of the county exhibits Will also
. be well under way by that time. The
fruits and farm products for a large
number Of the county exhibits have
already been shipped to San Fran
cisco and are being held in cold stor-
age pending the building Of the
booths. Already 200 exhibitors have
closed their contracts with the man
agement Of the California land show
and home industry exhibition, and
these represent practically every sec
tion Of the state and all the principal
lines Of industrial activities. Negoti-
Ations with many more exhibitors are
under way and by the time the doors
are open there will not be a vacant
inch Of floor space. IN great many
cases the original contracts for floor
space have been enlarged, several of
Abe counties and many of the indi-
Vidual exhibitors having doubled
z their appropriation for this purpose.
The interior counties are most enthu-
siastic and during the coming week
hundreds of men will be employed In
the construction of the exhibit booths.