SAN FRANCISCO OF TO-DAY.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 118, 16 May 1912, Page 2

SAN FRANCISCO OF TO-DAY.

BUILDING ON 1915

•' '1915'—that is what they try to burn into your brain in San 'Francisco," says Mr- Maurice Manthel, who has just -returned to Ney Zea1a ml from a visit to California.. ' 'All eyes are on 1915 and, the great exposition they are to hold there in honor of the opening of the Panama Canal.'" The year is stamped on every hotel envelope, and on millions of copies of pamphlets, which, are being sent out to all the other States and all over the world. Though it is thiee years, away, they are boomiug this exhibition—and they do know how to boom! Every evening over the big Humbolt banking; building the huge figures '1915? flash out in electric ,light, and, look wiiore you will, you cannot, but see some reference tQ f 191 51 They threaten to 'shake things' "up in that year, but not, it is hoped, by an earthquake. '•'They have worked a miracle in San Francisco since the big shake. It swms incredible that in such a com 7 raratively -short space of time they should be able to build a modern city. Practically the whole of, that great nr»id-city area has been rebuilt on a finer scale than ever before. Here and there is sv section still piled up with the debris of bricks and mortar shaken to crumbs by the earthquake, but these aro comparatively few,, and the city continues to grow at a great rate. ......

"They look," continued Mr Ma-n----ib cl, "for the big/exhibition to give Sr.n Francisco and California a big lift forward, and I believe that they -will succeed. While I was there some of the-delegations from the other States visited Golden Gate Park, the magnificent site of the 1915 exhibition, to select locations for their exhibits.

While io San Francisco I was prescoit at a grent aviation meeting at Emeryville, Vjakland's, just across the harbor frcm the. city. It was a wonderful si^ht to me—there were pight competitors, ■including Blanche-Sr-ott. the wonderful lady aviatoi', who flew splendidly. She is describ<v(. as the 'woman without nerves.'' The crack aviator of. the n>eet avps P/Uf^lier, who appeared to be able to "do aiiything on his machine."