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106 THe Marine REVIEW May, 1909 Marine Exhibits at the Alaska-Yukon- Pacific Exposition. cA Large Number of E Will be Displayed---Puget Sound Harb xhibits of Special Interest to Navigators and Marine Engineers ors and Ship Yards Will Also Prove of Great Interest. HE ALASKA -YU- : kon-Pacific Exposi- tion, which will be held at. Seattle, Wash., toto Oct 16, of this year, is in- tended primarily to explort tie "re- sources, advantages and opportunities in the great. terri- tories bordering on Pacific' ocean. - Particu- will 'be paid to 'the United States, Alaska, Japan, the Philippines and Hawaii. Marine commerce and navi- gation are so closely interwoven with the development of this great region that, of necessity, the marine exhibits at the exposition will be particularly prominent. The steamship is repre- sented in the official design of the ex- position as one of the three most important agencies contributing to the upbuilding of the Alaska-Pacific ter- ritory. One of the most commendable features of the fair both from the standpoint of the spectator and the exhibitor, is that it will be ready on time. This is now an assured fact. Other international fairs have failed from June north lar attention western coast of the the dismally in this respect; the A. Y. P. management has made a special effort to have the exposition ready promptly on' June: 1. The buildings as a whole PACIFIC EXPOSITION. OFFICIAL DESIGN OF THE ALASKA-YUKON- GOVERNMENT Burtpinc ConTAINING A Larce NumBer or Marine Exuisits. are now over 90 per cent completed; many of them were finished in 1908, and they will all be done by May 1, 1909. The pavements are laid; the grading is done; the grass plots are sodded and the flower beds are in bloom. The Alaska and manufac- tures buildings are finished; the ma- "hinery hall has been completed since November, 1908; all of the buildings that will house marine exhibits are finished; some of the exhibits are already in place. The marine and navigation exhibits will be found in various appropriate buildings among which are the gov- ernment buildings at the head of the cascades, the manufactures and liberal arts building, the Alaska building and the machinery hall. Several large manufacturers of marine engines, boil- ers and steamboat machinery will ex- hibit in the machinery hall. There is excellent opportunity in this build- ing for the display of machinery to the best advantage. The building it- self is a permanent structure of heavy mill construction. It is provided with both direct and alternating current electricity of any commercial voltage; compressed air and high or low pres- sure steam is also avaitable. Among the exhibits which will be of particular interest in marine en- gineering and transportation circles MANUFACTURERS' AND LiperaAL ARTS BUILDING.