La Junta tribune., 1913-05-17
W0NDERS0F THE WORLD
Will Be Shown at Americas Great Celebration at
San Francisco in 1915.
The nagnifcence and Grandeur Of the panamaPac'c In
tenationa Exposition Cannot Be Adequately Descrbed-A
Gathering OF the Nations Of the World.

| permit the setting out and plsn,ins
In the grounds aud courts OF several
hundred thousands OF rare trees
/ plants and shrubs now being grown
In nurseries.
Early next fall the sightseer IN
7 San Francisco Will be enabled to lock
Z from the rim OF the sncircling bills
at Harbor View down upon the -r-
I position city and Sc. tn. buildings IN
I progress OF construction. To tn.
. 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 traffic that passes before
the exposition site.
Easy Of Aseess
One may easily reach the eIposi-
tion In twenty minutes from tn.
. Ferry building The site OF the er-
. position. at Hsrbor View. lies within
. the city limits as crescent upon the
shores OF San Francisco bay. just In
side the Golden Cate No more pic
turesque location. nor one NOR. ap.
propriate to the celebration OF great
maritime event. could be imagined.
On the south east and west II is en-
clrcled by towering hills with vary
Z Ing contours rising successfully from
$50 to 800 feet above sea level like
the enfolding walls OF a vas, amphi.
th.ater Upon IN. north the site
opens out up.A the harbor Of San
Francisco, The panorama at Harbor
View recalls the famous Riviera upon
the shores OF the Mediterranean In
the harbor before the site lies Alcs,
traz island the location OF n military
prison whose white walls are reflect.
cd In the waters OF the bay Beyond
are the hills OF Marin county rising
up into the hundreds and tn some in
stances into IN. thousands OF feet.
With Mount Tamrlpais. loft.cst % all.
Its summit often shrouded with
turhan Of FOG upon which the .un
shines as upon a vast bank Of snow.
as background for the setting
The central portion OF the sit. lies
slightly above the sea and is encircled
on three sides by Fa~';. .lopins
ground within short distance from
slopes change 20 steep hillsides and
thus the center becomes the floor Of
huge amphithester from whose sides
the exposition viii b. seen stretched
out below To the east and south
the residence section encircl.s the
exposition grounds. and TO tn. west
and southwest the site is embraced
by the wooded slopes OF the Preside
military reservation. dark with cy.
press and eucalyptus and in'ersp.rsed
with occasional yistas of green val
lcys
All told N" site comprises ss5
acres u IL two and ons-third miles
IN length with maximum width of
one half mile. Its frontage upon the
harbor Will be approximately two
miles and further from the bay II will
extend another onethird mile. Fort
Mason. a military post. occupying
correr upon the extreme east and
along the bay
Faces the Bay.
The exposition buildings built upon
an east and west avis will face IN.
bhN upon tue hofths tn"N VIII parallel
IN" stream OF IN. great Incoming ,raf
nc Of m. world through the western
sst. OF the United States The hzr
Dor itself Will b. a part OF IN. xr.st
th.at.r upon which ~iil b. staged
{ the world. jubll.. and ,A. Golden
Gate ~ill b. tn. entrance to the .s>
Atsr.
A marvellous panorama viii BE- AZ.
ford~d visitors on ships coming
through the Golden Gate. A. one
looks from the har Dor As siii see
three main sroups Of ssposit,os
buildings. There -iil BE- the great
central group comprising the fourteen
exposition palaces to Ne devoted 20
general exhibits. th-r. will be tn.
group upon tn. i-f, hand or east and
devoted to Amusement concessions
and covering sis,y.hvs acres: THE
Gill be IN. midway The righ,
hand group upon IN. Preside mill.
tAry reservation and nearest III. Ooia.
en- Cat. ~ill b. devoted to the -
viiions Of the states and forsisa gov.
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