The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-09-21
NOVEL EXHIBIT BY
W.P.AT EXPOSITION

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 2l.-No
matter through which door one enters
the Palace of Transportation at the
/ anama- Pacific International Exposi-
tlGn, San Francisco, the eve is almost
instantly arrested by the looming pro-
portions of what is declared to be one
6f the most novel and interesting ex-
hibits ever seen. The earth itself is on
| display. The exposed surface is cover
ed by the continent of North America
and the oceans that bound it. The Unit
cd States, with its mountains, rivers,
valleys, national parks and cities, is
taken in at a glance. In fact, the eye
travels with tiny trains which fly
across the huge miniature exactly as
the trains they represent are n fight
across the continent.
The exhibit is the production Of thu
transcontinental system embracing the
' estern Pacific. the Denver & Rio
Grande, the Missouri Pacific and the
Iron Mountain. 1t stands in the north
western corner of the Palace Of Trans.
portation, and becomes of even greater
interest as one approaches. About il OH
every hand are the fhrst examples af
the locomotive builde aud the ear cer-
| structor and these pie es { railroad
u. i.sare give adc,d ,olnt TO the
unique exhibit whial illustrates a
great railroads. function in serving
mankind.
| "Tho .;loi' - is fiji !. two feet in Iii.
ameter; bong eut off n ih. ..::>e.
fJrty-four eet in heig 4. n. trains
fie seen ira cling fron San Fran is
| over the tr'."ks success ~ of the
Western Pacific, Dem & Rio Grande
and Missonri Pacific = Ct Louis.
whence the ON Moan:ail radiates I,
points in the southe N states and par
ticularly to Hot Spamgs, srkansa-
| Cities anil places of in-rreS, are labr:
| ed with tho,r names and blat eiaws
| at each as the tram ia>,.s Ypllaw-
stone, Mesa Verde, Roxy Mouutain
and Yosemite national parks and Great
| Salt Lake a = indiear.i Nv s.marcs nf
scft light.
| Although a train crosses FROM San
| Francisco to st. Louis in three min
utes, ii is impossible to view this
globe and the suggested activity upon
| its surface without feeling as never be
fore the splendid achievement of thans
continental railroading and the part it
plays in our national life.
"'The Globe,'' which is even more
Interesting within than without, is en-
tered through ornamental arches. The
1 ilasters are surm0unted by strikiDgly
lscGlptured figures of a prospector, rep
resenting mining; fisherman, repre-
scnting sports: a farmer, representing
| agriculture; a blacksmith, representing
commerce; and a brakeman, represent
ing transportation. Locomotives in re-
lsef appear to be emerging from the pi
lasters as from tunnels and their smoke
| drapes above the arches to spell the
names of the four lines. Car wheels
fem a border for the arch entrances
IE the width of the arch is seen a frag
ment of bailasted track. The keystone
| displays bell, beneath which are the
words. "Scenic Line of the World"
| Adjoining the globe and forming
part of the roof of the interior exhibit
is a reproduction of Marshall Pass in
Colorado, the highest point reached by
| the Denver & Rio Grande. The Pass,
with an altitude of 10,S57 feet, is the
continental divide from which streams
flow west and east to the Pacific and
| Atlantic oceans. In the eolorful re
production Mt Ouray rises solemnly
in the background. The trees and rocks
| Of the foreground being real, the spec
1 tthoi fS dcSistth III SCttihS tht ANth
of the backbone of the United
States. - Below Marshall Pass are pan
els showing Ruby Canyon and scenes
on the Feather and Missouri rivers.
The interior of this huge globe is so
| interesting that were the exhibit ON
! the ".Jov Zone and an admission fee
exacted, the never-ending stream of
| visitors would as eagerly pass through
| IFS entrance arches. Within the globe
is shown in miniature three million
| billion feet of the finest scenery in the
world In passing along a winding
! fairy causewav one looks first to right
and then to left upon the vistas of
partly modelled, partly painted diara
ma that pictures the scenery and the
| activities living along the lines of this
railroad system. The effect of viewing
these superblv wrought miniatures il
| difficult to describe. Not only do they
aequaint the visitor with what is to be
seen on this route, but they make him
p,ouder of being an American.
Moving from scene to scene is iden-
! teal with crossing the continent from
west to east. The Panama Pacific In.
ternational Exposition is shown just
| as one would observe it from hilltop
mile away. The succeeding scenes
are given in the order in which thev
occur; San Francisco; Sacramento. the
capital of California: Feather River
Canvon, which has made the Western
Pacific famous throughout the world.
Salt Lake City: Provo Valley and Utah
Lake: Grand Junction. Colorado. with
an orchard in Grand River Valley:
Clenwood Springs, the noted resort;
Leadville. with its mines and smelters
and Mt. Massive in the distance; Royal
i Gorge, which has made the name of the
i nsnver Rio Grande known every
where that men love to speak of the
n ightv and beautiful in nature; the
Sky line Drive. showing Canon CITY
ard the Upper Arkansas River Valley
where agriculture alternates with oil
wells and gold and coal mines; Pueblo
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