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Why San Francisco Will Get the Exposition
REASON NO. 3.
An International Exposition means that the President of the
United States invites all nations to exhibit, and thereby assumes
a mighty obligation. The eyes of the world will be focused on the
Exposition City in 1915. The Exposition is safe in the hands of
San Francisco.
cent of the attendance comes from a radius of 250 miles. Within
ọnly 50 miles from San Francisco (one hour's ride) are 1,000,000
intelligent, industrious eitizens who would visit the Exposition
many times. There are not 1,000,000 people within 250 miles of
New Orleans.
Relative Ability of San Francisco and New Orleans to Finance
an Exposition.-Following are some banking statistics from the
latest Report of the National Monetary Commission, April 28,
1909:
Total savings deposits... .
Total individual deposits.... . 243,927,437.47
Number of savings depositors
Total number of depositors...
Average savings deposits.....
Amount paid savings deposi-
tors in interest.....
Increase in total resources of
national banks, 1909-1910 103,620,828.96
Bank clearings
Tax rate
The 12 Southern States including Louisiana) have only 344,-
632 depositors, with deposits amounting to $81,369,104.73.
Statistics of all Expositions show that 80 per
The attendance assures the Exposition's success.
New Orleans
$ 16,856,783.49
42,979,077.18
55,576
74,019
300.00
...$153,792,186.05
208,250
252,539
740.00
5,223,827.65
285,147.10
.1,979,872,570.00
1.96
2,370,226.74
186,067,353.00
2.80
..
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CROSS SEČTION VIEW SHOW-
ING UNDEROOUND STATION AND
ELEVATOR ŞHAFT TO OBSERVATORY ON TOP
THE GREAT TWIN PEAKS TUNNEL LENCTH 7200 PEFT COST $2300.000.
OPENS UP 4000ACRES TO ACCOMMODATE 200.000 POP
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