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THE WORLD'S ADVANCE 



THE EL CAMINO REAL BELLS 



The El Camino Real bells are a fea- 

 ture of the motor travel through Cali- 



fornia. In the 

 olden days 

 when the 

 Spanish g o v- 

 ernment was 

 i n control o f 

 the section 

 now known as 

 California, a 

 winding road 

 1 e d from the 

 northern to the 

 southern limits 

 of the state, 

 and still far- 

 ther. At t h a t 

 time this road 

 was known as 

 the El Camino 

 Real, or T h e 



Indi- King's H i g h- 



ThlS Was 



Hundreds of Bell-Like 

 cators Dot the Original Mission Way 

 Road of California. 



fare which connected the various mis- 

 sions of California, and it was along 

 this road that Anna B. Pitcher estab- 

 lished refreshment and rest rooms. Dur- 

 ing the past few years this road has 

 been transformed from the crooked, 

 winding cow trail to a comparatively 

 straight boulevard, improved under the 

 most modern methods. In making this 

 boulevard care was exercised to deviate 

 as little as possible from the original 

 highway. In order to retain the idea of 

 this road being first cut by the Spanish, 

 and also to remind travelers that 

 this was the original Mission 

 road, hundreds of bell-like indi- 

 cators have been erected, one at 

 each mile point. Divergent and 

 cross roads and also historic ob- 

 jects and points are indicated on 

 the metal sign of the bell post. 

 The distance and directions to 

 various towns and cities are also 

 indicated. The series of El Ca- 

 mino Real bells extends from San 

 Diego to Sonoma, in Sonoma 

 county, and lends an atmosphere 

 of distinct attractiveness to the 

 famous highway. 



ANCIENT CHINA AND MODERN 

 ELECTRICITY 



It is a sign of the progress of the 

 Chinese people that on the grounds of 

 the Chinese exhibit at the Panama-Paci- 

 fic Exposition the modern electric globe 

 is applied as a source of light for the 

 ancient Chinese lantern. Beside the 

 miniature Ancient Wall of China and 

 the curiously beautiful examples of Far 

 Eastern architecture stands a strictly 

 American lamp post from which is 

 suspended a beautifully marked Chinese 

 lantern, electrically lighted the only 



sign of advancing civilization 

 Chinese exhibit. 



in the 



A PIONEER AMERICAN LOCO- 

 MOTIVE 



One of the most interesting of old- 

 time American locomotives is the "At- 

 lantic," the second locomotive used on 

 the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. This 

 engine was built in 1832 by a watch- 

 maker named Phineas Davis of York, 

 Pa., who also constructed the "York" 

 one year previous, the latter being the 

 first locomotive used by that railroad. 

 Along with some forty odd locomotives, 

 among them many historic ones such 

 as the "Thomas Jefferson," "Mt. Ver- 

 non," "Mississippi" and the "Sandusky," 

 the "Atlantic" has been stored in the 

 shops of the railroad at Martinsburg, 

 W. Va., since the St. Louis Exposition. 



The Second Locomotive Used on 

 Railroad. 



the Baltimore & Ohio 



