The Bridge of Spain
The Bridge of Spain, a copy of the famous brudge over the Pasig River at
Manila, formed an appropriate and impressive entrance to the Philippine
Exposition within the greater Exposition. This viaduct had all the appearance
of solidity of a real structure of masonry, and looked weather-worn enough
to have come down through the centruies that had elapsed since the Spaniards
built it and the Walled City, a reproduction of which was at the further
end of the brudge. At the right of the bridge, was the picturesque village
of the Moros, and at the left the Visayan Village. The point of Arrowhead
Lake was crossed by the stately bridge. Within the Walled City was a war
museum furnished by the United States Army and the Philippine Constabulary,
where weapons and implements used by invader and defender were on display.
Primitive weapons were shown side by side with those of the American and
the European. The Philippine Exposition occupied forty-seven acres of rolling
ground, and included a hundred buildings, ranging from a hut to a reproduction
of a Spanish cathedral. The tribes fromed less than on-seventh of the population
of the islands.
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