Show GATE PARK Is the site of the midwinter international exposition EDITOR mn MH DE YOUNGS REMARKS at the breaking of the ground for for the coming event actual grading begun the electric spark has flashed Cali fornias triumph all over the globe in tho the northeast most ha habitations bi 1 of borealis Lor bor calic ealic norway in the huts on the su summits of Switzer lands mountains in the remotest hamlet of asia minor among the tropic jungles of dream dreamy 31 india in the far all away ay Ca A ti thays y 7 joss houses under dai trees and add beneath the b beautiful cautin ill constellation odthe of the southern cross there is spread at the present moment as keen a knowledge of san Francis cos great patriotic enterprise aa reigns ns enthusiasm enthus iam concerning the cominic comming event in the centers of civilization in all parts of both hemispheres yet it is an impossibility to justly or even ad adequately equa tely describe what human eyes witnessed and human hearts felt in golden gate park on the ever eventful afternoon of thurs day the of august 1893 over one hundred undred Ii thousands thousand some biti i mate n at e one hundred and fifty thou thousand people gathered to be present at the turning of the first of earth in tile the actual work of building a gigantic fair and lifted their voices to acclaim approval and give assurance that a work so BO well begun should be carried to a fitting conclusion there has never been gathered to together other in san in francisco nor on tho whole pacific coast such a concourse of people as was concentrated on the site of the midwinter exposition in golden gate park whom director general lion hon M 11 II de young mado made his appe ap perance ranco As one ot 0 the t he orators spoke cofone of one day dav bringing ringing together on that lovely spot the representatives of all nations had bad he be turned about he m might ig lit have seen them on every ban hand d the fhe patience of the swaying J jostling and cheering multitude e d chud dl f men women taxed axed as it waited wa cited for the arrival af f the he parade which was forming ht at distant entrance of the park but when it appeared it was found to be worth waiting a for or it was a novel si sight 0 ht this march to tile the sea over the broad drives round the t acen green hills and midst the flowers of the park one which san francisco will long remember and which wo we trust will be if not surpassed on oil january let 1891 1894 tile the opening day of the midwinter exposition at 0 3 director general do young and members ot the E executive x committee in carriages 0 state and civic authorities foreign consuls and representatives of the clergy of all creed and denominations united states troops the national guard of california military and civic benevolent societies an and d orders formed into procession in the panhandle oil trance of golden gate park and headed by the grand marshal of the day brig adier general jolin john 11 II dickinson his brilliant stiff staff and secretary of tile the parade theodore bacigalupi wended bended their way through the beautiful green high and byways by w ways avs of the public domain lined to overcrowding by bv enthusiastic multitudes of holiday anak makes es those jubilation at time completely effaced the musical efforts of the n military lili tary hands bands and drum brur ii corps in the exposition grol grounds duds proper a large platform capable of seating 80 0 to 1000 people gaily decorated with eve evergreen emblems emblem and flags 0 of all nations Nation 2 had been erected near tile the site of the proposed administration Bu building boillin illin it was a fit center for the imposing exercises of the day B by the time director hall had reached the grand stand battery F r united states fifth artiller captain morris in command which had held the right rig lit of line was in position at the proposed main entrance to the E exposition apo 4 on tile the south drive dri c and f iring seventeen minute guns tins tile the vast army of sight acers who had swarmed froni from the north and south drives over the hills and sand band dunes unmindful of the underbrush and the uneven for waste were packed almost immovable for hundreds of feet on every ever side of the grand stand each minute added to the thousands thou bands on the grounds up tip the steep steel inclines of tile the surrounding 0 hills arid and summits they climbed arid and it seemed every moment that some serious accident would happen but it was a good 1 crowd and not a single casualty has been reported the IOl police icet although well organized were powerless it was a 11 demonstration which low few had biad over ever teen seen eti equaled aled before the last gun gull was fired laev 6 john hemphill had bad invoked the divine blessing on oil the work of this day and the days to follow at the conclusion of the prayer the military bands took up tho the overture of patriotic airs then general R P hammond ammond II president of the lay day arose arosa and eloquently addressed address the he audience Following following another selection by the tho united music corps director general lion ilon M il II de young 0 stepped to the edge of the platform the seething 0 swaying jostling cheering crowd as if by magic magic influence subsided into in an att attentive bentive audience here stood the man mail who of his own fre free q accord prompted p solely by 1111 humane mane and charit able impulses imputes imp had brought within their grasp the realization of their most cherished hopes for a new dew era of prosperity brosic rity and general good will the man from whoso choso b rain brain like pallas athena from the li head ca d of jupiter Jupi tor had sprung the gigantic p project eject of an all institution of relief relic and I 1 asis assistance istance to the people of california i no wonder that his first attempts at the dc delivery livery of his well chosen address were drown drowned d in tumultuous applause no DO wonder that his re bemarkt markt to the point were constantly interrupted by cheer after cheer echoing and re echoing from the hilly biily surroundings 0 and the tops of the pine forests fo the acme of director general de youngs oratory appeared in the foll following owing passage 0 seven frels ap ago today the executive committee co appointed by you met for organization T airee days after that time the finance committee was organized now gentlemen in seven weeks what has been accomplished look back it at the great es of the world oral the histories of expositions and in two years they never accomplished as much as we have in seven weeks what have bedone we done seven weeks ago without a dollar without vit hout a possible assurance without organ organization n w what b at has been lone done up to today wo we have organized the exposition we have made its rules we have made its classification we have lave surveyed every inch of these grounds we have made our maps we have laid out our plans we have let the contracts for the ex cx ca a and grading we have started our office in C chicago and art ira assigning exhibitors today if his Is masterly speech terminated n the poetic lines cheer for tin thi queen of the western wave california jdith her ber wide warn heart near her hei j I 1 oneley leei and her regal brow by a rose crown pressed california for tile italy of the west california As the applause rolled through L g gh he throng and died away in tile the distance li stance irving M scott aiesi dent ent of the union iron works san francisco arose and in an elaborate arid and enthusiastic address again 0 aroused tile the feelings t of the mass ineat meeting ing A musical interlude and then 11 W H L barnes lifted his voice with a grand effort when with regard to t the be probable success or the enterprise the general called upon the assembled hundred thousand for a vote a mig mighty 0 h ty shout went up for universal 61 aye without one dissenting voice enthusiasm haj had b grown to wh white to heat beat when at the con conclusion elusion of general barnes oration director general de young 0 prec proceeded ceded by chief of police crowl crowley ley marchel marched down the platform and stepp stepped into the sand the silver shovel was hall handed ded him and the crowd craned and strained to g get eta a gli glimpse in ps 0 of the ceremonial which means fo much to san francisco for a moment M II 11 de young 9 swung the shovel and then buried it to the handle in the sand raising it he placed the sand into tb the e silver c casket asket prepared for it arid and the whole was exhibit exhibited tell to the cheering crowd a flag dropped in signal to the battery andarin and again 0 the uns boomed a salute then from behind tho the gran I 1 stand t a n d came C a ile a stream of wagons sa each e li tr trailing a 1 ling a grading scraper and all A winding av over r tile the dunes back of the crowd I 1 tile the wagons were vere i dropped and the horses harnessed harne sed to tile tho Bc scrapers a and nd with a cheering and driving and rattling of chains 1 tile actual grading brading began at this period colonel colone I 1 A andrews m member ember of tho the executive committee proceeded to auction tho the casket conta containing i 1 0 tho the first of sand together wit a miniature of the silver shovel and some valuable historic californian relies relics which were secured byar by mr adolplh and others after spirited bidding for about 1000 rabbi jacob sangor had been chosen to pronounce a benediction and close tho the ceremonies of the day and ile he made an eloquent ad dress with tins this the people hoople dispersed though thousands remained with the graders until sunset in the midst of the days core monies monie the director general received a telegraphic dis dispatch patch fl from flon on assistant director general R cornely comely at present in chicagoans Chicago and a large number of foreign commissioners ners at the worlds fair conveying their heartiest congratulations 0 on ri tho the occasion of int inauguration of work and a nd pledging their fullest assistance in the enterprise at the llie precise moment of 0 f turning the ground all the steam whistles of factories and ships in the gaily decorated city and flag be decked harbor united in their efforts to communicate the event to town and country |