Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-01

series Of special events are different
from special events ut previous fairs.
The effort has been to show the east
crn tourist that the American west
has such an infinite variety that two
great eXpositions can be held at the
same time without clashing with each
other, and without duplicating each
others efforts.
AT the outset, OK course. 1t was eN-
pected that there would be extensive
foreign participation Col -. G.. Col
Her the first president of the eXposi
ton and perhaps the one man In his
tory without whom the exposition
could never have been held, devoted
his entire time TO the cause of getting
state participation. and later, foreign
participation,
Industrial Participation.
For time his lahors seemed TO be
QttcGded by considerable success but
eventually il became Obvious that the
foreign participation Of San Diego
would be the participation of foreign
industrial leaders. rather than Of gov
ernments The largest of these eN-
hibits was the Japanese which, In
fact rs looked upon today as the
most important Industrial exhibit Ja-
pan has ever uado Tn the latter hair
Of 1914, people began to see that the
lack of extensive governmental par
tcipatiou was not an unmiXed evil,
for san Diego had learned not to eN-
pcct IT, II there had been any such
expectation there would have been
disappointment for the war has
changed everything The foreign in-
dustrlal exhibits persist without any
disturbance
with the decision 10 build the expo
stion in the observation-disclosures
Balboa park came on the discussion
us To exactly where the buildings
would stand, and what should be the
treatment Of the grounds The land
scape architectural firm ot Ostcad
Bros. made a considerable start Ber-
tram Goodhuo, the architect of the
west group of buildings comprising
the California and Zine Arts buildings,
made his plans for the entire colony
Then came Frank = Allen, Jr, d.
rector of works, and changed the OK
position in many important details
Most important perhaps OF his work.
is that of moving the site from the
lower end of the park up to It's prcsedt
location, whore II sct0 The fullest mea-
sure Of service out Of the beautiful
contour Of the mesa and the canyons
The work done not only with brick
ana stone and plaster and mortar,
but, further than that. done with
thousand varieties of trees, myriad
shrubs and flowers. is work which
strikes the observer as entirely stu
pendous.
Probably there is none Of the many
unique features of the exposition
more remarkable than the success in
opening il not only on time. as au-
nounced five years ago, but also OPP
ening Il free from debt, a feat which
Is without parallel IN exposition his
tory. and IN Itself Is rare tribute to
the financing and managing ability
OF The people Of san Diego and those
whom they selected TO build and OPP
crate the exposition.
In the same way under great dis
couragement, due in great part to the
war and the fears the war inspired IN
the minds of industrial leaders, the
exposition went ahead and secured the
finest array of American exhibits that
has been gathered together, not the
largest array to be sure. but quite as
representative as could be found The
competitive ideas in the exhibits We're
abandoned years ago in san Diego, and
instead Of competition, the exhibitors
were furnished with real service The |
entire field of industry was gone over
carefully by experts leaders in that