New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-05-17

hab.tants. while New-YorK. Brooklyn and adjacent
cities have 100000. VITA 2.OOOOOO more VINO can
reach u slot daly by wafer III ADDITION 10 tho
that viii come by railroad. IL BE- evident that we
have raised an nsuperabe difficulty A. 10 the htness OF
Port Morris site for our Worlds Far I"e ptgct 10
certainly fo0 small The site selected must nc ldIge
enough to receive, accommodate coniurtapB NM us
bh can probably DO thS, - u mas uOfh t"hL' ~
many miles Port Morris certainly could no. receive
them. except at immense cos for docks qua thrh me
people would be so crowded together on 10 ares n'
they could see nothing with satisfaction.
good Zeal Of Stress lad on the fact tha AT POit
Morris the freight would have to be carried 0niy q
stones throw from the dock THIS on adyiuragc boz
railroad track and ears would De neeu .t
Ana when once ear - Loaded, ana ,1,,or rne
whether the cars moved 800 yards or three miles.
II Is the handling only which Is OF mlch mp lftance
In Port Morris dock, railroad and cars would an
nave To DE pun; III Bro0kyn we nave lheh al Ie""9
ana no outlay for these things would be needed.
HEALTH, COMFORT AND ECONOMY
~ Healtbfulness-Tbs is the highest land IN the two
cities the drainage In every direction ia perfeetand asst
is swept daily by un0bsructed salt soabreezes from the
ocean II Is absolutely without comparison as to health
funess. This is point of immense Importance IN view
of the many hundreds OF valuable lives lost all over the
country by malaria taken at the Philadelphia Centcn
NAL and unfortunately Port Morris its reputation
as malarial district IL not enyiabe.
V. COmOrt.-Owing to the elevation OF the Prospect
PaFk site, ana the fact thai the refreshing co9 Wills
from tue ocean sweep over IL every day' inc AR u
cooler by several degrees than ywhere else IN the TWO
cities. Inc inVlgoratns purity OF ths AR WOluu "'I
Immensely TO the comfort Of visitors. MOroOVrr, IL
ought 70 be borne in mind that in July,
August and September our country people VIII not
crowd into the hot city OF NewYOTk nor To hot un-
shaded spot like Port Morris. But If they knew they
could breathe the pure air Of the ocean daily and see
the ocean and battle in It every day. these would be Just
the inducements that would draw them to tue Exlhb-
ton during the not months.
VI. Remarkable combination OF attractions presented
by the Prospect Park siterhe great bridge Prospect
Park Greenwood Cemetery aud COney Island, with the
Brighton and Manhattan Beach Hotels, with Tie mag
ncent views TO be seen from the Mount Prospect Res
ervOir, overlooking side the Cites OF Neviork,
BROOKLYN. jersey City Hoboken and Newark;
with the Neyesink Highlands the Bay and
HarbOr of NewYOrk, lis ISLANDS and its shipping and
the North and East Rivers and on the other side the
old gray ocean itself only five miles awaytese
present combination OF attractions lncOInpalaDy gu
perior to any that can be named in connection with
any other site. Coney Island will have great
fascination for hundreds OF thousands OF our country
peOple who after spending the hot part the day IN
the Exhibition can step into train at the gates, and IN
ten minutes be at the ocean side where they can bahe
the SURF dine orsup ENJOY me music ana iOr rev
resort gathering health and eniolmen at once
II the gentlemen who snail finally decide upon ste
OF July, August and September, they VIII do wisely
they place It as near the ocean SHE az possoe anu
end commend to their careful and earnest atten-
ton the Prospect Park site
VII Economy-These grounds are In the main al
ready graded drained, supplied with abundance OF the
best water. beautifully planted, and with exquisite lawn
surfaces all ready for use and Will no doubt be offered
the Commission OF the Worlds FAIR without cost II
Port Morris f. selected for the site it must be drained,
graded, planted and sewered water mains and pipes
II viii cost all tins at Port Morris than ii did
at Philadelphia IL is not easy TO discover why TINS
dephia grounds not 1t VIII probably cost several
which would lie saved If Prospect Park be made the
site.
cannot be found nut We arc persuaded mat candid men
who will take the trouble TO examine the advantages
claimed for Prospect Park site must admit that no
site yet named compares with the one Ia BROOKLYN he
srrCtfuly, NJ c. LEOSAllD, Chairman.
B,ookigi May 1G, 1879