The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-06-30
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course is Of great magnitude. This
of the completion of the Panama canal
and, naturally, the nations OF the
earth are contributors to its success
and this government has not been
slow to recognize its obligation to
make the exposition success. There
is very much to see'at the fair in San
Francisco and it is worth the effort
of every American citizen to try to
attend at least a few days. The rail
roads have reduced their charges to
the minimum and Il person does not
have to deny himself the privilege OF
attending many circuses in order to
save money enough to see the fair at
San Francisco
Many people think that because
they have seen one exposition there is
nothing new to be seen in attending
another, but this is not true inaslnuch
as the country is progressing and the
latest inventions and greatest inn
prOVements can all be seen i'll Il few
days at such fair. If, for example, q
person is Interested in automobiles,
this is the place to go to see the lat
est models and the highest perfection
in operation. For the man interested
in the study of agricultural nipple
ments, it is here where his ambition
can be gratified.
If interested in printing presses there
is no PLACE that offers such induce
ments as the exposition. The largest
printing press in the world is to be
seeh at the fair in San Francisco. 1t
is large enough to print the largest
daily newspaper, with all the funny
sections, at one time. 1t is so high
that it requires a ladder to get a peep
at the upper sections Of it. This
printing press was manufactured by
the Hoe Printing Press company, of
NeW~York and London, and was the
first printing press shipped through
the Panama canal. After the exposi
ton is over it is to be delivered to
one of the largest newspaper plants
Of C>>l Francisco, where it will per-
manently remain.
1t is at the fair Where the battle
ships and submarines can be seen;
not only seen, but their destructive
work demonstrated. If you wish to
know how q harbor can be mined
and how ship may be destroyed by
striking mine, it is all shown here
at the fair. The few things we have
mentioned but illustrate what a visit
or may be able to witness at the fair.
There is one thing shown on the
zone at the fair in San Francisco that
is worth half the price of the trans
portation, and that is a complete rep
resentation of the Panama canal.
4. 1oll n ice,
spread out before you showing large
enough section of each ocean to give
you some idea of the location Of the
canal with respect to the two oceans.
The picture before you shows the full
width Of the zone as we'll as the two
oceans! In order to see the canal al
ter entering the hall the visitor is in
vited to take seat upon a moving,
circular platform which surrounds
the canal and, after being seated, I've
is invited to employ a telephone with
in his reach and Immediately in front
of him and when he is quite comfort
ably seated with the telephone to his
ear the platform moves and at once
a lecture begins by one who is ia
miliar with the surroundings and he
tells you so that you hear over the
telephone of each point OF interest on
the canal and what it represents and
thus, in thirty or forty minutes. You
are carried around the canal and you
see it from every side the same as if
you were on the ground and should
be conveyed by team or automobile
the full distance.
If it is the Gatun dam in which you
are Interested, it is not only spread
out before you, but the lecturer de-
scribes it in great detail and you
know as much about it if you follow
the lecturer as if you were on the
ground and walking around the locks
and across the dam.
If it is Calebra, now called Gailliard.
cut in which you are Interested, all
you have to do is 10 direct your at
tention to that portion of the map and
the lecturer will tell you the depth of
the cut, the height of Gold hill and the
problems of the government in pre-
venting slides at this portion of the
canal.
The lake above Gatun dam is 81
feet in depth, contains about ITO
square miles of land and is maintained
by the waters of the Shagras river