The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-12-09
Panama Pacific
Exposition a Thing
Of the Past
Hundreds Of Thousands OF, lncandes'
cent Lights TwinkIed Farewell Sig
nails at Midnight Last Saturday.
Total Attendance Numbering over
Eighteen Million

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attendance at the Panama Pacific eX
! position. which closed last Saturday
! night was 1881 ,957, according to ar
official announcement today. Yester
day was the record day for admis
sions. 45S,553 persons having passed
through the turnstiles.
With the passing of the exposition
workmen began today the dismantl-
ing of tine various foreign and state
buildings and exhibition palaces. A
few of the amusement concessions
on the pleasure zone will continue TO
operate, it was said, for a short time
but for the most part the exhibitors
began arrangements for an early de-
parture from the grounds. A few of
the exhibits will be sent to the Pana-
| ma California international exposition
at San Diego and some will be ship
| ped to the Panama exposition in the
canal zone.
Close Of Big Affair
The Panama Pacific international
exposition closed Saturday night.
Hundreds of thousands Of incandes-
cent lights twinkled and trembled the
farewell signal a few minutes before
midnight, and at IL o'clock the lights
went out for the last time. The eX-
position of 2SS days duration official
ly was at an end, though the farewell
carnival continued in the morning
hours.
With the extinguishing of the cleo.
trirc lights there was q flash of the
sky of thousands of rockets, bombs
and star shells. More than half
ton of powder was used to hurl them
into the air. making salvo which
w. D'A. R"a.', TIE director OF illum-
'rH...a, said was the heaviest and
most elaborate pyrotechnic display
ever attempted.
In Total Darkness
Hundreds of searchlignts which
had pointed to the art Of the sculp-
| tor and shone on the tower of jewels
| and the domes and minarets each
night since February 20 when the ex-
position began were also diminished
in the closing moments and for 30
seconds the 6S5 acres of exposition
grounds were in total darkness Then
patrol lights here and there along the
avenues and byways and in courts
began to glow, so that the thousands
of merry makers could make their
way about. Throngs remained to
go on with the dances in the open
spaces and in the courts, and to
wander about the grounds in the
farewell festivities.
All Indebtedness Paid
In a financial way 1t is expected
the exposition will show profit Of
something like $4,000, 000-perhaps
more. All Indebtedness was paid be
fore the exposition was two thirds
over. The expense of preparing the
site and the buildings for the opening
date was said to be approximate.
$50,000,000. There was no fedora
appropriation for the undertaking, al
though the various departments o
the United States government mad'
displays for which 100000 had beer
, allowed for maintenance.
, San Francisco's exposition in ever
J particular was an exposition OF Pre-
> gress. All exhibits entered IL
, award we're contemporaneous article
1 originated or produced since the ST
e Louis exposition ten years ago.
In the general color scheme 1t wa
n different from any effect ever a
$ tempted on so large a scale. tn
. night illumination with subdue
. lights everywhere reflected on Il
n buildings, also was unique. Many e
n perts and artists among them Thor
d as A. Edison, declared the nigl
It scene the most enhancing display
d light effects they ever mad seen.
A Bit Of Sentiment
e A bit of sentiment, one which WI
B. outlast the exposition many gener
f. tions is a grove of young trees occ
a. pying government territory Fac
e tree was planted by some honcrt
n guest OF the exposition directors. II
e first to plant a tree was Vice Pres
10 dent Thomas r. Marshall in Apri
IA Others to plant trees in the reder
lie grove were Theodore Roosevelt, w
1t liam Howard Taft, former Vice Pre-;
o. dent Fairbanks, william Jennml
I. Bryan, Major General George W. q
ethals, William G. McAdro Oh
Thomas A. Edison.
Worlds Developments
Among the world developments po
- trayed at the exposition were III
!. Diesel engine in actual operation
"a transcontinental telephone; develo