The Republican journal., 1915-02-11
The Panama Pacific Interna.
tional Exposition.

The San Diego Exposition. Railroad
Travel In 1870 and Today.
To THE EDITOR OF The JOURNAL: The
Union Pacific system is producing, as
their portion of the entertainment at the
Panama Pacific International Exposition,
a reproduction of the Yellowstone Ma
tional Park which is considered one of
the greatest, if not the greatest, and
most wonderful natural attraction in the
United States. I. as well as others have
wondered how this could possibly be
done-how the mountains, geysers, lakes
and canyons of the wonderful Yellow
stone country could be reproduced and
shown in a way that would interest and
instruct the visitors.
During the past few months l have
visited the grounds number of times and
have seen the enclosed four acres for the
Union Pacific exhibit. but not until last
Thursday could get an opportunity to
see the inside. While it was not COM
pleted, it was far enough advanced to
give an idea of what it is to be; and it
has been pronounced by those who have
visited the Yellowstone grand repro
duction and the most interesting enter
tainment that will be given at the Expo
sition. cannot begin to describe it, but
am enclosing you little booklet that
gives a good description and explains
fully how it was produced and what will
be done there during the season of the
Exposition.
presume our Maine friends are very
mueh interested in the two Expositions,
San Francisco and San Diego-and no
doubt all want to attend them, and many
will take advantage of the extremely low
rates which have been made to do so. l
have seen the grounds and buildings of
both. Those at San Diego are small but
beautiful. The grounds are as beautiful
as it is possible to make them and will
be enjoyed by all who 60 there; but for
grandeur and location l don t know any
thing to compare with San Francisco.
l was fortunate in seeing the expositions
at Chicago, st. Louis, Omaha, Buff
falo and Seattle, but the San Francis
co exhibition, for arrangements of its
buildings, location of grounds, with all
shipping passing it to and from the
Golden Gate, the beautiful approach up
on the water front, with its city backing,
makes this superior to all that have
preceded it. The grouping of the ''Pal-
aces of Exhibits" in a manner to make
them all easy to reach, with no time lost
In going from one to another; the ar
rangement Of the grounds giving the
Zone at one end, Exhibit Palaces in the
middle, and State and Foreign Nations,
at the other end. with grounds for live
stock and for athletic sports, make it easy
for the visitors to arrange their time to
take everything in a systematic way.
The program is intended to cover during
the season all imaginable sports of land,
or water. Exhibitions are planned that
it has never been possible to produce at
other Expeditions. l am told there have
already been booked the greatest num-
Der of conventions that has ever been
held in any one city. These will be held
in the new million dollar auditorium
which has just been completed in the
civic center of San Francisco. The Nat
ional Education ASSOCIATE alone is fig
uring on from thirty to fifty thousand in
attendance.
Mr.. Geo. M. Hackett of Palo Alto has
an old folder of 1870 describing the ''fast
Pacific and Atlantic Express, one of the
first overland trains when the Union Pa
cific was the only line between the east
and west. At that time train leaving
San Francisco at 7 a. m. Monday arriv-
ing in Chicago at 3.35 p. m. Saturday,
126 IL hours, was making very fast time,
while today the Overland Limited of the
Union Pacific leaves Sar Francisco at 4
p. m. Monday and arrives in Chicago at
$50 a. M, Thursday, So IL hours, show
ing the great saving of time made in
oShCuulCo dCloSS Tic COuIlIlGul. Odl6ty
First" was the rule even at that time,
1870, and great care was given to look
ing after the safety of the passengers
and attention is called in the following
manner to one of the features of the
route: "a wonderful care for the safety
of its passengers. Any passenger pas
sing over this line by night can by stand
ing at the rear of the train, see the
glimmer of the watchman's lantern as he
examines the track and bridges after the
train has passed." Safety first has al
ways been the aim of the Union Pacific,
and regardless of any cost the road has
been supplied with the latest up-to-date
electric safety appliances until in 1915 it
has become double tracked practically all
the way and has expended, I am told,
more money for electric safety appli-
ances than all its competitors combined.
The same folder mentions Pullman
sleepers and dining cars, in the following
way: 1.-THE word Pullman may be said to
have lost its original meaning as signify
ing an individual and is now used as a