The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1915-02-20

was delivered by the Rt. Rev. e. j
Hanna, followed by the reading OF
Psalm by Rabbi Martin Meyer. Ad
dresses were made by President c. G.
Moore, Secretary of the Interior Frank
lin X. Lane, Governor johnson. Mayor
Rolph and other officials of the expo
sition.
At high noon, the real ceremonies
attendant upon the opening OF the
Jewel city" began. President Moore
telephoned to the President OF the
United States at the white house in
Washington that the exposition was
completed and ready to be opened. ~
President Wilson Immediately press.
ed button and completed an electric
circuit over a telegraph line to the
radio telegraphic station now being op'
Grated by the United States navy de-
partment at Tuckerton. N. j. This
automatically worked the relay key
in the Tuckerton station, and instantly
powerful electric waves, generated by
the Federal Telegraph company radio
apparatus flew 5000 miles across the
country and were received at the fair
grounds on two long antennae wires
stretched from the tower of jewels.
From these the electric current was
transposed, and sent throughout the
exposition grounds to the machinery
hall where the main door opened, and
to the Fountain of Energy, which be-
gan to play.
Exposition officials said that by to.
night at midnight 25O.0OO people will
have passed through the turnstilcs,
should the weather be anything like fa-
vorable.
The exposition consists Of ESQ build
ing in three main groups, lying III
garden plots and sunken pools. 1t
stretches in glittering band half
mile wide along the southern shore OF
San Francisco bay. 'G%-'.7e
It has cost $5O,OOO,oO0. OF this $12,-
500, 900 was raised by this city; $5.OOO,-
OtO by the state of California, and 81
800, 900 by the fifty-eight California
counties. The foreign and state par
ticipation represents $1O.0O0,0OO. the
amusement zone $10,O00,0o0, and the
outlay by individual exhibitors another
$1O,O00.OO0.
Eighty Thousa nd Exhibitors.
There are eighty thousand indivtd-
ual exhibitors, with displays arranged
along forty-seven miles Of exhibit
aisles in eleven of the main exhibit
places. Forty-five foreign nations are
represented. many of them having in
creased their space since the war. For
ty-three of the states and territories
of the United States are represented.
Twenty-eight states and territories
have official buildings. Twenty-fOur
foreign nations have pavilions.
Entering through the main gates at
&c, oH within
the south gardens, 900 feet in length,
500 feet in width. and three lagoons
and rich spaces Of pansies in bloom.
Festival Hall.
TO the east, and commanding that
end Of the gardens is Festival nall
where the greatest pipe organ in the
world is installed.
With it's inspiring dome. 1852 feet
in diameter and 1856 feet IN nelSnt'
the Palace Of Horticulture commands
the west side of the gardens.
Facing the exposition gates as one
enters is the Fountain Of Energy In
the middle lagoon. Across the South
Gardens are the Tower, Of Jewels ana
the facades OF four Of the main eX-
hibit palaces. linked with four that
face north and San Francisco bay, into
a unit by colonnades. To the extreme
right is the Palace of Varied Indus
tries, and next to it the Palace OF MaIi-
ufacture, the Court of Flowers sepa'
rating the two. To the left Of the
tower Ia the Palace Of Liberal Arts,
and then the Palace of Education and
Social Welfare, the Court or rams
separating these two. The approaches
to the Court of Palms and Flowers
are marked by Italian towers two hun
dred feet in height.
Court Of Universe.
BY the tower gate, under the Tower
of Jewels, is the southern approach to
the Count Of the Universe In general
way recalling the Plaza of st. Peters
The north approach to this court Is
commanded by the Column of Prog
ress, 100 feet in height, smybohzlns
the march of civilization.
The other large courts are IN this