Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-13
PANAMA PACIFIC EXPOSITION ,
SITE Scene OF GREAT ACTIVITY

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walled in and the staff work Is about
to be applied. The frame of the Pal
ace Of Agriculture has Just been
started. ~ a. =--st s.- - r.. s.'s
Walking along the south side OF the
main group of exhibit palaces. the
green grass Of the great south garden
grows luxuriantly and the site for the
Palace Of Horticulture appears ready
for the beginning of its foundations /.
The sound Of hammers, derricks and
electric machinery is heard on every
hand, while millions of feet of lumber.
from the mills In the north. lie at
hand. ready for the builders as fast as
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Turning to the north. at the west
end of the Palaces of Education and
Of Food Products. scores of teams
and Workmen are seen grading the
sites for the Palace of Fine Arts and
for various buildings Of foreign gov
|ernments and the states OF the Union.
To the southwark. a few hundred
yards away, stands the pavilion OF the
republic Of Honduras, the first for
eign building to be erected, with It's
roof on and its stucco covering more
than half completed. 81
cargoes Arrive by Sea = t..ss
E To the westward lie the broad acres
that will be devoted to foreign and
states building, the driIl grounds,
live stock exhibit and aviation field,
through which the tracks of the new
railroad extend and upon which an
army Of graders is at work.
Now turning to the right, or east,
past the palace Of food products, the
visitor enters upon the broad espfan-
ade of the Marina, which is to be the
vast northern garden Of the exposi.
ton. The sound Of machinery. of ham.
mers. Of moving men and horses and
vehicles grows more intense IN the
yacht harbor lie, several coastwise
steamers, discharging their cargoes Of
lumber and other supplies. while rock
hunkers and crushers add q new noise
20 the surroundings. All along the
Marina busy scenes are being enacted
and by the time the ferry slips are,
reached. With car floats bearing car
loads Of building material. enough has
been seen to convince anyone that the
leisurely worker Is unknown at the
Panama Pacific international Exposi-
ton. lssss IS
The freight ferry slip Is completed
and is power house and towers are
conspicuoussi among the lesser struc-
lures of thet exposition. Close to the
slip are the big passenger depot and
the sculpture warehouses, constantly
filled and surrounded by magnificent
satuary, being made or olready COM
pleted. for decorating the exhibit pal
aces and the grounds A wide rail-
road yard With many tracks, is TO the
west OF the warehouses
The most advanced Of the conces-
sions is the, GRAND Canyon OF Colo
RADIO, !, which the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe Railway Company il Install,
ing, and not far behind it on the road
to eompletionis the -Toylands of Fred
erickT Thompson.
More than 5000 applications for con-
cessions have been received to date
by the division Of concessions and adj
and more than 100 have al
ready been granted. These cover al
wider range of amusement. refresh
ment and instruction tina nhaye been
seen at any previous international ex-I
position. sThe Grand Canyon CT the
Colorado and 'Toyland" are them
selves wonderful, but there will be
others that are marvellous, such as,
aCreation," mased on the first chapter
uf Genesis The Fall OF Adrianople,'
an Oriental village, ''The Grand Tri-
anon Of Napoleon: "Roadland, and
others. Millions Of dollars willsbe ex-
rended BY the ccncessionaires alone
In the preparation and operation of
their attractions.
An $4,000. 900 Exposition.
In fact, the exposition is celebration
Of the completion Of the Panama ca
nal WIN be an $50. 000. 0eo affair, ac-
cording to conservative and accurate
estimators. The several amounts ag-
gregating this vast sum may be stated
as follows:
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